Wine

Directed by	Louis J. Gasnier
Written by	Raymond L. Schrock (adaptation)
Screenplay by	Philip Lonergan Eve Unsell
Based on	Wine by William Briggs MacHarg
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Clara Bow Forrest Stanley Myrtle Stedman Huntley Gordon
Cinematography	John Stumar
Edited by	Harold McLernon
Distributed by	Universal Jewel
Release date	August 31, 1924 (1924-08-31) ^[1]
Running time	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.^[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]