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Red Wine (1928 film)

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Red Wine
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Directed byRaymond Cannon
Screenplay byAndrew Bennison
Charles R. Condon
Garrett Graham
Story byRaymond Cannon
StarringJune Collyer
Conrad Nagel
Arthur Stone
Sharon Lynn
E. Alyn Warren
Ernest Hilliard
CinematographyDaniel B. Clark
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • December 23, 1928 (1928-12-23)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSound (Synchronized)
(English Intertitles)

Red Wine is a 1928 American synchronized sound comedy film directed by Raymond Cannon and written by Andrew Bennison, Charles R. Condon and Garrett Graham. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process. The film stars June Collyer, Conrad Nagel, Arthur Stone, Sharon Lynn, E. Alyn Warren, and Ernest Hilliard. The film was released on December 23, 1928, by Fox Film Corporation.[1][2][3]

Plot

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Cast

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  • June Collyer as Alice Cook
  • Conrad Nagel as Charles H. Cook
  • Arthur Stone as Jack Brown
  • Sharon Lynn as Miss Scott
  • E. Alyn Warren as Jack's first friend
  • Ernest Hilliard as Jack's second friend
  • Ernest Wood as Jack's third friend
  • Marshall Ruth as Jack's fourth friend
  • Dixie Gay as Stenographer
  • Margaret La Marr as Spanish cigarette girl
  • Bo Ling as Chinese dancer
  • Dolores Johnson as Mrs. Brown
  • Mike Tellegen as Head waiter
  • Betty Lorraine as Slinky
  • Lialani Deas as Hawaiian dancer

Censorship

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Like many American films of the time, Red Wine was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. In Kansas, with its themes of drinking and suggested marital infidelity, the Board of Censorship banned the film.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Red Wine (1928) - Overview". TCM.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  2. ^ Hal Erickson. "Red Wine (1928) - Raymond Cannon". AllMovie. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  3. ^ "Red Wine". Catalog.afi.com. Archived from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  4. ^ Butters, Gerald R. (2007). Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966. University of Missouri Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0-8262-1749-3.
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