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]

Roulette
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Directed byStanner E.V. Taylor
Written byLewis Allen Browne
Gerald C. Duffy
Story byWilliam MacHarg
Produced byDavid O. Selznick
StarringEdith Roberts
Norman Trevor
Maurice Costello
Production
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Aetna Pictures
Distributed bySelznick Pictures
Release date
  • January 19, 1924 (1924-01-19)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

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.

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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
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