The Reckless Sex

The Reckless Sex
Directed by	Alan James
Written by	Travers Wells
Produced by	Phil Goldstone
Starring	Madge Bellamy William Collier Jr. Wyndham Standing
Cinematography	Bert Baldridge Edgar Lyons (additional photography)
Production company	Phil Goldstone Productions
Release date	1925 (1925)(US) [1]
Running time	6 reels
Country	United States
Language	English

The Reckless Sex is a lost ^[2] 1925 American melodrama film directed by Alan James from a screenplay by Travers Wells. The film stars Madge Bellamy, William Collier Jr., and Wyndham Standing.

Plot

Robert Lanning Jr. is sent by his father in Boston to his ranch in New Mexico to stop the employees from smuggling firearms across the Mexico–United States border. During the voyage Lanning Jr. picks up stage actress Mary Hamilton from a roadshow production of Uncle Tom's Cabin , but believes she is a child because she is in character as Eva St. Claire. At the ranch he and the Rurales stops the gun smugglers, and after he realizes Mary is an adult he successfully proposes to her. ^[3]

Cast

• Madge Bellamy as Mary Hamilton
• William Collier Jr. as Juan
• Wyndham Standing as Carter Trevor
• Claire McDowell as Concha
• Johnnie Walker as Robert Lanning, Jr.
• Gertrude Astor as Lucile Dupré
• Alec B. Francis as Emanuel García
• Gladys Brockwell as Mrs. García
• David Torrence as Robert Lanning
• Helen Dunbar
• Walter Long

Preservation

With no holdings located in archives, The Reckless Sex is considered a lost film. ^[2]

References

1. "The Reckless Sex". American Film Institute. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
2. "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Reckless Sex". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-05-14. Retrieved 2025-08-31.
3. "The Reckless Sex". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2021-12-08.