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The Wheel of Chance
Also known as {The Wheels of Chance}
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / [?] 6813 or 6895? feet
Directed by Alfred Santell

Cast: Richard Barthelmess [Nickolai Turkeltaub; and Jacob Talinef / Schmulka Turkeltaub], Bodil Rosing [Sara Turkeltaub], Warner Oland [Mosher Turkeltaub], Ann Schaeffer (Anne Schaefer) [Hanscha Talinef], Lina Basquette [Ada Berkowitz], Margaret Livingston [Josie Drew], Sidney Franklin [Pa Berkowitz], Martha Franklin [Ma Berkowitz], [?] Ray Berendzen? [Schulke Turkeltaub as a child], [?] Roy Berendzen? [Nicholai Turkeltaub, as a child], [?] Paul Henley Berendzen? [a baby], [?] Spec O’Donnell? [the freckle-faced kid], [?] Lon Poff? [Rusian], [?] Georgia Hale?

First National Pictures, Incorporated, production; distributed by First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Picture]. / Scenario by Gerald C. Duffy, from an adaptation by Gerald C. Duffy of the short story “Roulette” by Fannie Hurst. Cinematography by Ernest Haller. Film editor, Cyril Gardner. Intertitles written by Garrett Graham. Presented by Richard A. Rowland. / © 4 June 1928 by First National Pictures, Incorporated [LP25341]. Released 17 June 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Working title: Roulette? / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 29 November 2023.

References: Katchmer-Eighty p. 22; Sweeney-Coming p. 125; Weaver-Twenty p. 157 : ClasIm-220 p. 41 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.

 
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