The Wanters

{{Infobox film

| name = The Wanters

| image = The Wanters (1923) - 1.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Advertisement

| director = John M. Stahl

| producer = Louis B. Mayer

| writer = Paul Bern
J.G. Hawks

| screenplay =

| story = Leila Burton Wells

| based_on =

| narrator =

| starring = Marie Prevost
Norma Shearer
Gertrude Astor

| music =

| cinematography = Ernest G. Palmer

| editing = Margaret Booth

| studio = Louis B. Mayer Productions

| distributor = Associated First National Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1923|11|26}}

| runtime = 70 mins.

| country = United States

| language = Silent (English intertitles)

| budget =

| gross =

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The Wanters is a 1923 American silent society drama film produced by Louis B. Mayer, directed by John M. Stahl and distributed by Associated First National Pictures, which became First National Pictures in 1924. The film stars Marie Prevost, Robert Ellis, and Norma Shearer.{{cite book|last=Fleming|first= E. J. |title=Paul Bern: The Life and Famous Death of the MGM Director and Husband of Harlow|year=2008|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-786-43963-8|page=314}}[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/Wanters1923.html Progressive Silent Film List: The Wanters] at silentera.com[https://web.archive.org/web/20161009161247/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=13076 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Wanters] (Wayback)

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |author-link= |title=Box Office Reviews: The Wanters |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume=15 |issue=7 |page=21 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=12 January 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibit00newy/page/n490/mode/1up |accessdate=8 June 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Elliot Worthington falls in love with and weds Myra Hastings, the maid to his wealthy sister Mrs. Van Pelt. Myra is coldly received in society. Shocked by the hypocrisy and infidelities of the society men and women she encounters, she leaves. Her husband, who really loves her, follows and saves her when her foot becomes lodged in a railroad track switch. They are reconciled and face a happy future together.

Cast

{{Cast listing|

Marie Prevost as Myra Hastings
Robert Ellis as Elliot Worthington
Norma Shearer as Marjorie
Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Van Pelt
Huntley Gordon as Theodore Van Pelt
Lincoln Stedman as Bobby
Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Worthington
Louise Fazenda as Mary
Hank Mann as Star boarder
Lydia Yeamans Titus as Landlady
Vernon Steele as Tom Armstrong
Harold Goodwin as Chauffeur
William Buckley as Butler

}}

Preservation

With no prints of The Wanters located in any film archives,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.10317/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Films] Retrieved September 24, 2014 it is a lost film.