Human Wreckage
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
John Griffith Wray
Mrs. Wallace Reid
James Kirkwood
Bessie Love
George Hackathorne
Claire Mcdowell
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Synopsis
"Treats the evils of drugs, pointing out the disasters which visit several figures in general and the MacFarlands in particular. The husband is an attorney who suffers a nervous breakdown. Becomes addicted to morphine and his efforts to shake off the habit are fruitless until he realizes that his wife is encouraged to take up the habit because of his weakness and the futility of trying to cope with it." ( Motion Picture News , 14 Jul 1923.)
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Director
John Griffith Wray
Cast
Mrs. Wallace Reid
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James Kirkwood
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Bessie Love
George Hackathorne
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Claire Mcdowell
Robert Mckim
Harry Northrup
Victory Bateman
Eric Mayne
Otto Hoffman
Philip Sleeman
George Clark
Lucille Ricksen
George E. Cryer
Dr. R. B. Von Kleinsmid
Benjamin Bledsoe
Louis D. Oaks
Martha Nelson Mccan
Mrs. Chester Ashley
John P. Carter
Mrs. Charles F. Gray
Dr. L. M. Powers
Brig. C. R. Boyd
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Film Details
Technical Specs
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Quotes
Trivia
This movie was produced by actress Dorothy Davenport (AKA "Mrs. Wallace Reid") as a drug prevention film after the death of her husband, silent superstar Wallace Reid, from morphine addiction. No print of the film is known to exist.
Notes
According to contemporary sources, this film was made with the cooperation of the Los Angeles Anti-Narcotic League.
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