The Wheel (1925 film)

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Directed by Victor Schertzinger
Written byEdfrid A. Bingham
Based onThe Wheel
by Winchell Smith
Produced by William Fox
Starring Margaret Livingston
Harrison Ford
Claire Adams
Cinematography Glen MacWilliams
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film
Release date
  • September 20, 1925 (1925-09-20)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Wheel is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Margaret Livingston, Harrison Ford, and Claire Adams. [1] [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine reviews, [3] Ted Morton's habit of gambling worries his parents, who make him promise to quit. When he announces that he is going to marry a milliner, his father objects to this also, and Ted leaves home. He and Kate are married. Edward Baker, a gambling house owner, had also wanted Kate, so decides to break Ted to revenge himself. He buys a costly car from Ted, who is now a salesman. When Ted appears to collect the money owned on the car for his company, Baker induces him to gamble with it. Ted loses, and confesses the loss to Kate, who in her turn confesses to losing money on a horse race. Baker, remorseful, gives Ted a check for the amount he had lost. Kate and Ted swear off gambling.

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Preservation

With no prints of The Wheel located in any film archives, [4] it is a lost film.

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References

  1. Solomon p. 294
  2. Progressive Silent Film List: The Wheel at silentera.com]
  3. "New Pictures: The Wheel", Exhibitors Herald, 22 (12), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 53, September 12, 1925, retrieved September 6, 2022PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: The Wheel

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