''The Wine of Life'' is a 1924 British silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by

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

Clive Brook Clifford Hardman "Clive" Brook (1 June 1887 – 17 November 1974) was an English film actor. After making his first screen appearance in 1920, Brook emerged as a leading British actor in the early 1920s. After moving to the United States ...

Juliette Compton Juliette Compton (May 3, 1899 – March 19, 1989) was an American actress whose career began in the silent film era and concluded with ''That Hamilton Woman'' in 1941. Career Compton was born in Columbus, Georgia, on May 3, 1899. She was a ...

and

James Carew James Usselman (February 5, 1876 – April 4, 1938), known professionally as 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 fir ...

. The screenplay concerns a newly divorced woman who falls in love with an artist and a hypnotist at the same time.

Cast

* Betty Carter as Lady Branton *

as Michael Strong *

as Alva Cortez *

as Regine *

Gertrude Sterroll Gertrude Sterroll was a British stage and film actress. Selected filmography * '' Bars of Iron'' (1920) * '' The Shadow Between'' (1920) * ''Dicky Monteith'' (1922) * '' Potter's Clay'' (1922) * '' The Glorious Adventure'' (1922) * '' The Wine of ...

as Mrs. Mainwaring * Mildred Evelyn as Dorrie Richards * Lucien Verne as Brian Westleigh

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''The History of British Film, Volume 4 1918-1929''. Routledge, 1997.

External links

* 1924 films 1924 drama films British silent feature films British drama films Films directed by Arthur Rooke British black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s British films Silent drama films Butcher's Film Service films {{1920s-UK-film-stub