The Winding Stair (film)

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	Alma Rubens Edmund Lowe Warner Oland
Cinematography	Karl Struss
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	October 25, 1925 (1925-10-25)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United 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]

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.

Cast

• Alma Rubens as Marguerite
• Edmund Lowe as Paul
• Warner Oland as Petras
• Mahlon Hamilton as Gerard
• Emily Fitzroy as Madame Muller
• Chester Conklin as Onery
• Frank Leigh as Andrea
• Zalla Zarana as Fifi
• Jane Thomas

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, 2022 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

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 1-85739-229-9

External links

• The Winding Stair at IMDb