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The Wanters

Film Information:
Production: Not Available;

Premiere: Not Available;
Released: January 25, 1924;
Production/Distribution Companies: First National;
Director: John M. Stahl;
From a story by Leila Burton Wells;
Scenario: J. G. Hawks; Paul Bern;
Film editor: unknown;
Running time: unknown(lost);
Not available on VHS or DVD;

Cast: Marie Prevost as Myra Hastings; Robert Ellis as Elliot Worthington; Norma Shearer as Marjorie; Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Van Pelt; Huntley Gordon as Theodore Van Pelt; Lincoln Stedman as Bobby; Lillian Langdon as Mrs. Worthington; Louise Fazenda as Mary; Hank Mann as The Star Boarder; Lydia Yeamans Titus as The Landlady; Vernon Steele as Tom Armstrong; Harold Goodwin as Chauffeur; William Buckley as Butler;

Reviews:

Variety, March, 1924: "The production, interior setting and so forth should prove enough quality to make the picture a suitable program leader within the intermediate houses despite the patrons will fin they've gone up against the same type of story many times previously. Stahl has carried the theme along evenly, though certain deletions might help, as it threatens to hit an upgrade more than once."

Lawrence Reid in Motion Picture News, January 19, 1924: "A sympathetic treatment of the plot and characterization coupled with an effective melodramatic climax succeed in saving this story and lifting it above the average program offering.

The central idea is not new- having served in various guises since it was first introduced. It presents a natural craving for things we can not have- a craving which affects even the most exclusive circles. Thus is found a reason for the title. While it follows familiar lines it offers moments of interest- having been adequately cast and striking home occasionally with its dramatic touches."