Wine (1924 film)
{{short description|1924 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Wine
| image = Filmposter_Wine_1924.png
| caption =
| director = Louis J. Gasnier
| producer = Carl Laemmle
| writer = Raymond L. Schrock (adaptation)
| screenplay = Philip Lonergan
Eve Unsell
| based_on = {{based on|Wine|William Briggs MacHarg}}
| starring = Clara Bow
Forrest Stanley
Myrtle Stedman
Huntley Gordon
| music =
| cinematography = John Stumar
| editing = Harold McLernon
| distributor = Universal Jewel
| released = {{Film date|1924|8|31}}
| runtime = 70 mins.
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Wine is a 1924 American silent melodrama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier, produced and released by Universal Pictures under their 'Jewel' banner.{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=13359|title=Wine|publisher=afi.com|access-date=April 19, 2013}} The film, which featured Clara Bow in her first starring role, is currently classified as lost.{{cite book|last=Stenn|first=David| author-link = David Stenn |title=Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild|year=2000|publisher=Cooper Square Press|isbn=1-461-66091-2|page=291}}[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.10672/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Wine]
Plot
During the Prohibition Era, the widespread liquor traffic in the upper-classes is exposed. Angela is an innocent girl who develops into a "wild redhot mama".Galveston Daily News, October 20, 1924
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- 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
- Winifred Landis as Dowager (uncredited)
}}
Reviews
- "If not taken as information, it is cracking good entertainment", Carl Sandburg reviewed September 29.Carl Sandburg's Film Reviews and Essays, 1920-1928, Lake Claremont Press, 2000
- File:"Wine" ad (English and Chinese) in Screen Weekly (January 1925) (page 13 crop).jpg "Screen Weekly" (January 1925)]]"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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/clara-bow-birthday|title=Happy Birthday, Clara Bow!|last=Yaeger|first=Lynn|website=Vogue|language=en|access-date=April 25, 2020}}
See also
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb title|0015499|Wine}}
- [http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/Wine1924.html Wine] at silentera.com
- [https://www.moviepostershop.com/wine-movie-poster-1924/CB27060 Poster featuring Clara Bow]
- [https://silenthollywood.com/wine.html Stills] at silenthollywood.com
{{Louis J. Gasnier}}
Category:Silent American drama films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films based on short fiction
Category:Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier
Category:Lost American drama films
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:1920s melodrama films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language drama films
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