The Wine of Life
Encyclopedia
The Wine of Life is a 1924 British
silent
drama film
directed by Arthur Rooke
and starring Betty Carter
, Clive Brook and James Carew
. A newly divorced woman falls in love with an artist and a hypnotist at the same time.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Arthur Rooke
Arthur Rooke
Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself...
and starring Betty Carter
Betty Carter
Betty Carter was an American jazz singer renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style...
, Clive Brook and James Carew
James Carew
James Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm...
. A newly divorced woman falls in love with an artist and a hypnotist at the same time.
Cast
- Betty CarterBetty CarterBetty Carter was an American jazz singer renowned for her improvisational technique and idiosyncratic vocal style...
- Lady Branton - Clive Brook - Michael Strong
- James CarewJames CarewJames Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm...
- Alva Cortez - Juliette ComptonJuliette ComptonJuliette Compton was an American actress whose career began in the silent film era and concluded with That Hamilton Woman in 1941....
- Regine - Gertrude SterrollGertrude Sterroll-Selected filmography:* The Shadow Between * Lorna Doone * Dicky Monteith * The Glorious Adventure * The Wine of Life * A Romance of Mayfair * A Daughter in Revolt...
- Mrs. Mainwaring - Mildred Evelyn - Dorrie Richards
- Lucien Verne - Brian Westleigh