Gambling Wives Explained

Gambling Wives
Director:Dell Henderson
Producer:Ben F. Wilson
Screenplay:Leota Morgan
Story:Ashley T. Locke
Starring:Marjorie Daw
Cinematography:Eddie Linden
Studio:Ben Wilson Productions
Distributor:Arrow Film Corporation
Runtime:70 minutes
Country:United States
Language:Silent (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.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,[1] 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.

Preservation

With no copies of Gambling Wives located in any film archives,[2] it is a lost film.

Notes and References

  1. Stone . Henriette . Box Office Reviews: Gambling Wives . Exhibitors Trade Review . 24 . Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation . 8 March 1924 . New York . 19 September 2022.
  2. https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5535/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Gambling Wives