The Winding Stair (film)

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The Winding Stair
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Directed by John Griffith Wray
Written by Julian La Mothe
Based on The Winding Stair
by A.E.W. Mason
Produced by William Fox
Starring
Cinematography Karl Struss
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • October 25, 1925 (1925-10-25)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Winding Stair is a lost 1925 American silent drama film directed by John Griffith Wray and starring Alma Rubens, Edmund Lowe, and Warner Oland. [1] It is based on the 1923 novel of the same name by the British writer A.E.W. Mason. [2]

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, [3] a French Legionnaire on foreign station loves a cafe dancer, and when the natives rebel and the young woman is endangered, the officer leaves his command to go to the woman's aid. His friend saves him from court-martial and he heads a regiment in the World War. When the war ends, he marries the dancer.

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Preservation

With no prints of The Winding Stair located in any film archives, [4] it is lost film. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Goble p. 1018
  2. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Winding Stair
  3. ↑ "New Pictures: The Winding Stair", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (6), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 59, October 31, 1925, retrieved November 3, 2022PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Winding Stair
  5. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: The Winding Stair at silentera.com

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