Contraband is a lost 1925 silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Alan Crosland directed and Lois Wilson stars. The film is taken from a novel, Contraband, by Charles Buddington Kelland.
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Contraband
^ Contraband at Arne Andersen's Lost Film Files: Paramount Pictures Films - 1925
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
, 1h9 Réalisé parAlan Crosland OrigineEtats-Unis GenresPolicier ActeursLois Wilson, H. B. Warner, Natalie Moorhead, Theodore von Eltz, Jane Winton, Carl Stockdale Note20% Fifi Sands (Wilson) is married to Mr. Sands (Love), an unpleasant millionaire, who is constantly cheating on her. Being fed up with his affairs, Mrs. Wilson, who is in love with Owen McDonald (von Eltz), asks Love for a divorce but he constantly refuses. Mr. Sands's lawyer (Warner), manages to prevent Wilson from filing for divorce for a while.
, 1h8 Réalisé parAlan Crosland OrigineEtats-Unis GenresComédie, Musical ThèmesMise en scène d'un animal, Sport, Les chevaux, Musique, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre, Equitation ActeursAl Jolson, Claudia Dell, Louise Closser Hale, Noah Beery Sr., Lloyd Hughes, Lew Harvey Note55% Al Jolson plays Gus, a loyal stable boy and jockey to a rich family in the South that has been interested in horse racing and breeding horses for generations. (In a flashback we see Jolson's grandfather, who also worked for the same family back in 1870.) The young heir of the family, Jack, loses a lot of money by gambling and is blackmailed by the crooks he lost to for forging a check. They convince Jack to ask his mother to replace Gus with another jockey for the family's racehorse, "Big Boy", but she refuses. The crooks frame Gus and he is discharged for tampering with the horse. Gus is replaced by a jockey who has been bought off to lose on purpose. Gus find works as a waiter in a fancy restaurant. While working there he uncovers the details about the race throwing plot and he reveals this to Hughes and then, with his help, outsmarts the crooks just in time to then ride "Big Boy" to victory. [...]Voir plus...