Wine
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1924 · 70 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama
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.
Directed by Louis J. Gasnier · Written by Eve Unsell
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Clara Bow Angela Warriner -
Forrest Stanley Carl Graham -
Huntley Gordon John Warriner -
Myrtle Stedman Mrs. Warriner -
Robert Agnew Harry Van Alstyne -
Walter Long Benedict, Count Montebello - A Arthur Thalasso Amoti
- W Walter Shumway Revenue officer
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Grace Carlyle Mrs. Bruce Corwin -
Leo White The Duke -
Charles King Bootlegger - W Winifred Landis Dowager
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