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 dates	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.

References

1 2 "Wine". afi.com. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
↑ Stenn, David (2000). Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild. Cooper Square Press. p. 291. ISBN 1-461-66091-2.
↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Wine
↑ Galveston Daily News, October 20, 1924
↑ Carl Sandburg's film reviews and essays, 1920-1928, Lake Claremont Press, 2000

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Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier

The Perils of Pauline (1914)
The Exploits of Elaine (1914)
The New Exploits of Elaine (1915)
The Shielding Shadow (1916)
The Seven Pearls (1917)
Hands Up! (1918)
The Tiger's Trail (1919)
Kismet (1920)
Maytime (1923)
Poisoned Paradise: The Forbidden Story of Monte Carlo (1924)
Wine (1924)
White Man (1924)
The Triflers (1924)
The Parasite (1925)
Parisian Love (1925)
Pleasures of the Rich (1926)
Streets of Shanghai (1927)
Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
Darkened Rooms (1929)
Slightly Scarlet (1930)
Mysterious Mr. Parkes (1930)
The Virtuous Sin (1930)
The Lawyer's Secret (1931)
Silence (1931)
The Strange Case of Clara Deane (1932)
Forgotten Commandments (1932)
Gambling Ship (1933)
Downward Slope (1934)
The Last Outpost (1935)
Reefer Madness (1936)
Bank Alarm (1937)
Sunset Murder Case (1938)

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