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{{short description|1924 film by Dell Henderson}}
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{{infobox film
| name = Gambling Wives
| name = Gambling Wives
| image =
| image = Gambling Wives (1924) - 1.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| caption = Advertisement
| director = [[Dell Henderson]]
| director = [[Dell Henderson]]
| producer = Ben Wilson Productions
| producer = [[Ben F. Wilson]]
| writer = Ashley T. Locke(story)<br>Leota Morgan(scenario)
| screenplay = [[Leota Morgan]]
| starring =
| story = [[Ashley T. Locke]]
| starring = [[Marjorie Daw (actress)|Marjorie Daw]]
| cinematography =
| cinematography = [[Edward Linden|Eddie Linden]]<ref name=TFD2805/>
| editing =
| distributor = Arrow Films
| studio = Ben Wilson Productions
| released = February 10, 1924
| distributor = [[Arrow Film Corporation]]
| released = {{film date|1924|2|10}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = {{Film US}}
| country = United States
| language = Silent film(English intertitles)
| language = [[Silent film|Silent]] (English [[intertitle]]s)
}}
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'''''Gambling Wives''''' is a 1924 silent film melodrama, now [[lost film|lost]]. It was produced by Ben Wilson an action star and released through Arrow Films. <ref>''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30'' by The American Film Institute, c.1971</ref>
'''''Gambling Wives''''' is a 1924 American [[silent film|silent]] [[melodrama film]]. Directed by [[Dell Henderson]] and produced by actor-producer [[Ben F. Wilson]], it was released through [[Arrow Film Corporation|Arrow Films]]. The film stars [[Marjorie Daw (actress)|Marjorie Daw]].<ref name=AFI/>

==Plot==
As described in a film magazine review,<ref name="ETR">{{cite journal |last=Stone |first=Henriette |title=Box Office Reviews: ''Gambling Wives'' |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume= |issue= |pages=24 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=8 March 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibi00newy/page/n105/mode/1up |accessdate=19 September 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Vincent Forrest is a young bank clerk who, lured by a desire for gambling, visits a fashionable gambling house run by Madame Zoe, who is being maintained by Van Merton. Sylvia Baldwin, a friend of his wife Ann tells her what is happening, and advises her to play his game in order to win him back. Since the husband is infatuated with Madame Zoe, Sylvia arranges so that Ann is able to interest herself in Merton. The usual complications arise, and the husband realizes what is happening in time to save his wife and restore happiness to their marriage.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Marjorie Daw]] - Ann Forrest
* [[Marjorie Daw (actress)|Marjorie Daw]] as Ann Forrest
*Dorothy Brock - Baby June (*Baby Dorothy Brock)
* Baby Dorothy Brock as Baby June
*[[Edward Earle]] - Vincent Forrest
* [[Edward Earle]] as Vincent Forrest
*Lee Moran - A Friend
*[[Betty Francisco]] - Sylvia Baldwin
* [[Lee Moran]] as A Friend
*Joseph W. Girard - Duke Baldwin (*Joe Girard)
* [[Betty Francisco]] as Sylvia Baldwin
* [[Joseph W. Girard|Joe Girard]] as Duke Baldwin
*[[Florence Lawrence]] - Polly Barker
*[[Ward Crane]] - Van Merton
* [[Florence Lawrence]] as Polly Barker
*[[Hedda Hopper]] - Madame Zoe
* [[Ward Crane]] as Van Merton
* [[Hedda Hopper]] as Madame Zoe
}}


==Preservation==
With no copies of ''Gambling Wives'' located in any film archives,<ref>[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5535/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Gambling Wives'']</ref> it is a [[lost film]].


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
{{reflist}}
<ref name=AFI>{{cite book|editor=White Munden, Kenneth|title=The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921–1930, Part 1|year=1997|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0-520-20969-9|page=280}}</ref>
<ref name=TFD2805>{{cite journal |title=Gambling Wives |journal=The Film Daily |date=April 6, 1924 |volume=XXVIII |issue=5 |page=12 |url=https://archive.org/stream/filmdaily2728newy#page/720/mode/1up/search/gambling |accessdate=2015-10-13 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
}}


==Exteranl links==
==External links==
{{commons category|Gambling Wives}}
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014936/ Gambling Wives at IMDb.com]
*{{IMDb title|0014936}}
*[http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/gambling-wives-v92624 allrovi/synopsis]
*{{allMovie title|92624|Synopsis}}
*{{AFI film|9283}}

{{Dell Henderson}}


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Latest revision as of 11:43, 20 July 2024

Gambling Wives
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Directed byDell Henderson
Screenplay byLeota Morgan
Story byAshley T. Locke
Produced byBen F. Wilson
StarringMarjorie Daw
CinematographyEddie Linden[1]
Production
company
Ben Wilson Productions
Distributed byArrow Film Corporation
Release date
  • February 10, 1924 (1924-02-10)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Gambling Wives is a 1924 American silent melodrama film. Directed by Dell Henderson and produced by actor-producer Ben F. Wilson, it was released through Arrow Films. The film stars Marjorie Daw.[2]

Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[3] Vincent Forrest is a young bank clerk who, lured by a desire for gambling, visits a fashionable gambling house run by Madame Zoe, who is being maintained by Van Merton. Sylvia Baldwin, a friend of his wife Ann tells her what is happening, and advises her to play his game in order to win him back. Since the husband is infatuated with Madame Zoe, Sylvia arranges so that Ann is able to interest herself in Merton. The usual complications arise, and the husband realizes what is happening in time to save his wife and restore happiness to their marriage.

Cast

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Preservation

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With no copies of Gambling Wives located in any film archives,[4] it is a lost film.

References

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  1. ^ "Gambling Wives". The Film Daily. XXVIII (5): 12. April 6, 1924. Retrieved October 13, 2015 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921–1930, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 280. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
  3. ^ Stone, Henriette (March 8, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Gambling Wives". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 24. Retrieved September 19, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Gambling Wives
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