Roulette (1924 film)

1924 film

Roulette

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Directed by| Stanner E.V. Taylor
Written by| Lewis Allen Browne
Gerald C. Duffy
Story by| William MacHarg
Produced by| David O. Selznick
Starring| Edith Roberts
Norman Trevor
Maurice Costello

Production
company

Aetna Pictures

Distributed by| Selznick Pictures

Release date

* January 19, 1924 (1924-01-19)

Running time

| 5 reels
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

Roulette is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Stanner E.V. Taylor and starring Edith Roberts, Norman Trevor, and Maurice Costello.[1][2]

## Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[3] on her father's death from shock after his partner cheats him in a card shuffle, Lois Carrington becomes the ward of gambler John Tralee. He utilizes the young woman as a decoy when playing his games. She meets and falls in love with Peter Marineaux. Peter fancies that Loris helped Tralee to cheat him. She offers herself as payment but Tralee objects as he also has designs on her. Finally, the men agree to play with the winner getting the young woman and the money. Loris controls the roulette wheel using a foot control so as to give Peter the victory. Later developments show that she made a wise choice and they are married.

## Cast

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* Edith Roberts as Lois Carrington
* Norman Trevor as John Tralee
* Maurice Costello as Ben Corcoran
* Mary Carr as Mrs. Harris
* Walter Booth as Peter Marineaux
* Effie Shannon as Mrs. Marineaux
* Montagu Love as Dan Carrington
* Henry Hull as Jimmy Moore
* Flora Finch as Mrs. Smith-Jones
* John Raymond as Hastings
* Diana Allen as Mrs. Hastings
* Dagmar Godowsky as Rita
* Rudolf Schündler as Reginald

## Preservation

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

## References

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1. ^ Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 92
2. ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Roulette(Wayback)
3. ^ Pardy, George T. (March 1, 1924). "Box Office Reviews: Roulette". Exhibitors Trade Review. 15 (15). New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 25. Retrieved September 19, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. ^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Roulette

## Bibliography

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* Donald W. McCaffrey and Christopher P. Jacobs. Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema. Greenwood Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-313-30345-2

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roulette (1924 film).

* Roulette at IMDb
* Synopsis at AllMovie

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