The Auction Block
1926 film
- February 1, 1926 (1926-02-01)
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The Auction Block is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Charles Ray and Eleanor Boardman. It is written by Fanny and Frederic Hatton and is based on the novel of the same name by Rex Beach.[1]
The film is a remake of the 1917 film of the same name, released by Goldwyn production starring Rubye De Remer and Tom Powers.[2]
Plot
As described in a film magazine review,[3] Bob Wharton, spendthrift son of a millionaire, weds beauty contest winner Lory Knight. She repents her marriage to a man who has never worked, abandons Bob, and goes home to Palmdale, South Carolina, where she is wooed by Carter Lane. Bob arrives in town and goes to work in a shoe store and scores a big hit as a salesman. He is vamped by Bernice, the sister of Carter, who compromises him. The Lane family swears that he must marry Bernice or die. However, Bernice confesses her trick, allowing Bob to escape the family. Bob gets his opportunity to win his wife back at a charity auction, and Bob and Lory are reunited.
Cast
- Charles Ray as Bob Wharton
- Eleanor Boardman as Lorelei Knight
- Sally O'Neil as Bernice Lane
- Donald Reed as Carter Lane (credited as Ernest Gillen)
- Charles Clary as Homer Lane
- David Torrence as Robert Wharton Sr
- James Corrigan as Mr. Knight
- Forrest Seabury as Edward Blake
- Ned Sparks as Nat Saluson
Preservation
The Auction Block is considered to be a lost film.[4]
References
- ^ White Munden, Kenneth (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921–1930. University of California Press. p. 29. ISBN 0-520-20969-9.
- ^ Eames, John Douglas (1975). The MGM Story: The Complete History Of Fifty Roaring Years (3 ed.). Octopus Books. p. 24. ISBN 0-904230-14-7.
- ^ Pardy, George T. (February 27, 1926), "Pre-Release Review of Features: The Auction Block", Motion Picture News, 33 (9), New York City, New York: Motion Picture News, Inc.: 1016, retrieved March 26, 2023
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ^ The Auction Block Lost Film Files: MGM 1925
External links
- The Auction Block at IMDb
- The Auction Block at the silentera.com database
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Films directed by Hobart Henley
- The Double Room Mystery (1917)
- All Woman (1918)
- Laughing Bill Hyde (1918)
- The Face in the Dark (1918)
- The Glorious Adventure (1918)
- The Woman on the Index (1919)
- The Peace of Roaring River (1919)
- One Week of Life (1919)
- The Sin That Was His (1920)
- Cheated Hearts (1921)
- Society Snobs (1921)
- Her Night of Nights (1922)
- The Scrapper (1922)
- The Flirt (1922)
- The Flame of Life (1923)
- The Abysmal Brute (1923)
- A Lady of Quality (1924)
- Sinners in Silk (1924)
- The Turmoil (1924)
- So This Is Marriage (1924)
- His Secretary (1925)
- The Denial (1925)
- The Auction Block (1925)
- A Slave of Fashion (1925)
- Exchange of Wives (1925)
- Tillie the Toiler (1927)
- Wickedness Preferred (1928)
- A Certain Young Man (1928)
- His Tiger Lady (1928)
- Roadhouse Nights (1930)
- The Big Pond (1930)
- Free Love (1930)
- Captain Applejack (1930)
- Bad Sister (1931)
- Expensive Women (1931)
- Night World (1932)
- Unknown Blonde (1934)
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