Wine (1924 film)

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

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".^[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
Winifred Landis as Dowager (uncredited)

Reviews

"If not taken as information, it is cracking good entertainment", Carl Sandburg reviewed September 29.^[5]
Bilingual Wine ad in Chinese "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.^[6]

References

^ a b "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
^ Yaeger, Lynn. "Happy Birthday, Clara Bow!". Vogue. Retrieved April 25, 2020.

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