Wine (1924 film)

Wine
Directed by	Louis J. Gasnier
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Written by	Raymond L. Schrock (adaptation)
Screenplay by	Philip Lonergan Eve Unsell
Based on	Wine by William Briggs MacHarg
Starring	Clara Bow Forrest Stanley Myrtle Stedman Huntley Gordon
Cinematography	John Stumar
Edited by	Harold McLernon
Distributed by	Universal Jewel
Release date	August 31, 1924 (1924-08-31) [1]
Running time	70 mins.
Country	United States
Language	Silent English intertitles

Wine was a 1924 American silent melodrama directed by Louis J. Gasnier, produced and released by Universal Pictures under their 'Jewel' banner.^[1] The film featured Clara Bow in her first starring role. The film is now presumed lost.^[2][3]

Synopsis

Set during the Prohibition Era, Wine exposes the widespread liquor traffic in the upper-classes. Bow portrays an innocent girl who develops into a "wild redhot mama".^[4]

Cast

• Clara Bow as Angela Warriner
• Forrest Stanley as Carl Graham
• Huntley Gordon as John Warriner
• Myrtle Stedman as Mrs. Warriner
• Robert Agnew as Harry Van Alstyne
• Walter Long as Benedict, Count Montebello
• Arthur Thalasso as Amoti
• Walter Shumway as Revenue officer
• Grace Carlyle as Mrs. Bruce Corwin
• Leo White as The Duke

Reviews

• "If not taken as information, it is cracking good entertainment", Carl Sandburg reviewed September 29.^[5]
• "Don’t miss Wine. It’s a thoroughly refreshing draught ... there are only about five actresses who give me a real thrill on the screen – and Clara is nearly five of them", Grace Kingsley in The Los Angeles Times August 24.

See also

• List of lost films

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wine (1924 film).

• Wine on IMDb
• Wine at SilentEra
• Wine at AllMovie