The Auction Block is a 1926

1926 in film

-Events:*August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. The Vitaphone system used multiple 33⅓ rpm disc records developed by Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric to play back audio synchronized with film....

 silent

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 directed by Hobart Henley

Hobart Henley

Hobart Henley was an American silent film actor, director, and screenwriter....

. The film stars Charles Ray and Eleanor Boardman

Eleanor Boardman

Eleanor Boardman was an American film actress, popular during the era of silent movies.-Early life and career:...

. It is written by Fanny Hatton based on the novel by Rex Beach

Rex Beach

Rex Ellingwood Beach was an American novelist, playwright, and Olympic water polo player.- Biography :...

. The film is a remake of The Auction Block, a 1917

1917 in film

The year 1917 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*Foundation of Universum Film AG , as a propaganda film company, in Berlin.*Technicolor System 1, a two-color process, is introduced...

 Goldwyn production

Goldwyn Pictures

Goldwyn Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in 1916 by Samuel Goldfish in partnership with Broadway producers Edgar and Archibald Selwyn using an amalgamation of both last names to create the name...

 starring Rubye De Remer

Rubye De Remer

Rubye De Remer was an American dancer and actress in silent films....

 and Tom Powers

Tom Powers

Tom Powers was an American stage and film actor. He was born in Owensboro, Kentucky, USA and died in Hollywood, California, of heart disease.- Career :...

. Both versions are considered lost.

Plot

Bob Wharton (Charles Ray) marries beauty queen Lorelei Knight (Eleanor Boardman), only to fall into the arms of Bernice Lane (Sally O'Neil) during their honeymoon. Lorelei abandons him to return home, but the husband goes after her to win her back. The opportunity presents itself at a charity auction.

Cast

• Charles Ray - Bob Wharton
• Eleanor Boardman
  Eleanor Boardman
  Eleanor Boardman was an American film actress, popular during the era of silent movies.-Early life and career:...
  
   - Lorelei Knight
• Sally O'Neil
  Sally O'Neil
  Sally O'Neil was an American film actress of the 1920s. She was born as Virginia Louise Noonan, one of 11 children born to a judge in Bayonne, New Jersey. One of her sisters was actress Molly O'Day....
  
   - Bernice Lane
• Donald Reed
  Donald Reed
  Donald Reed was a film actor, and later, Beverly Hills video consultant. He appeared in 47 films between 1925 and 1940...
  
   - Carter Lane (as Ernest Gillen)
• Charles Clary
  Charles Clary
  Charles Clary was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 206 films between 1910 and 1930.He was born in Charleston, Illinois and died on his 58th birthday in Los Angeles, California...
  
   - Homer Lane
• David Torrence
  David Torrence
  David Torrence was a Scottish-born film actor. His birth name was David Tayson. He appeared in 104 films between 1913 and 1953. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame....
  
   - Robert Wharton Sr
• James Corrigan
  James Corrigan
  James Corrigan , was an American actor. He appeared in 16 films between 1920 and 1927.He was born in Ohio, USA and died in Los Angeles, California.-External links:...
  
   - Mr. Knight
• Forrest Seabury - Edward Blake
• Ned Sparks
  Ned Sparks
  Ned Sparks was a Canadian character actor. Sparks was well known for his deadpan expression and deep, gravelly voice.-Early life and career:...
  
  - Nat Saluson

External links

• The Auction Block at the silentera.com database