Roulette (1924 film)

Roulette
Roulette
	Norman Trevor; Maurice Costello
Production; company	Aetna Pictures
Distributed by	Selznick Pictures
Release date	January 19, 1924;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Roulette is a 1924 American

Norman Trevor, and Maurice Costello.^[1]^[2]

Plot

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.

Cast

Edith Roberts as Lois Carrington
Norman Trevor
as John Tralee
Maurice Costello as Ben Corcoran
Mary Carr as Mrs. Harris
Walter Booth as Peter Marineaux
Effie Shannon as Mrs. Marineaux
Montagu Love as Dan Carrington
Henry Hull as Jimmy Moore
Flora Finch as Mrs. Smith-Jones
John Raymond as Hastings
Diana Allen as Mrs. Hastings
Dagmar Godowsky as Rita
Rudolf Schündler as Reginald

Preservation

With no copies of Roulette located in any film archives,^[4] it is a lost film.

References

^ Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema, p. 92
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Roulette(Wayback)
^ 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.
^ Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: Roulette