AFI CATALOG OF FEATURE FILMS

THE FIRST 100 YEARS 1893–1993

Movie Title

Cast:

Clara Bow, Forrest Stanley, Huntley Gordon [ More ]

Director:

Louis J. Gasnier

Writers:

Philip Lonergan, Eve Unsell, Raymond L. Schrock

Cinematographer:

John Stumar

Production Company:

Universal Pictures
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CAST
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
PRODUCTION CREDITS
NAME
PARENT COMPANY
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Universal Pictures
PRODUCTION TEXT
Universal-Jewel
NAME
CREDITED AS
CREDIT
DIRECTOR
Louis Gasnier
Louis J. Gasnier
Dir
PRODUCER
Carl Laemmle
Pres
PHOTOGRAPHY
John Stumar
Dir of photog
SOURCES
LITERARY
Based on the short story "Wine" by William Briggs MacHarg in Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan (Mar 1922).
LITERARY SOURCE AUTHOR
William Briggs MacHarg
DETAILS
Release Date:
31 August 1924
Production Date:

Copyright Info
Claimant
Date
Copyright Number
Universal Pictures
31 July 1924
LP20450
Physical Properties:
Silent
Black and White
Length(in feet):
6,220
Length(in reels):
7
Country:
United States
SYNOPSIS

John Warriner, facing financial ruin, accepts the proposal of a bootlegger, Benedict, to underwrite the business of illegal wine-selling. His daughter, Angela, takes up with the jazz set and is caught in a raid, at a cafe owned by Benedict. Her former sweetheart, Carl Graham, comes to the rescue and saves her from notoriety, while the family struggles back to its former respectability following Warriner's prison ...

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John Warriner, facing financial ruin, accepts the proposal of a bootlegger, Benedict, to underwrite the business of illegal wine-selling. His daughter, Angela, takes up with the jazz set and is caught in a raid, at a cafe owned by Benedict. Her former sweetheart, Carl Graham, comes to the rescue and saves her from notoriety, while the family struggles back to its former respectability following Warriner's prison term.

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