Monte Cristo (1922 film)
Monte Cristo | |
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Directed by | Emmett J. Flynn |
Written by | Charles Fechter (play) Alexander Salvini (adaptation) Bernard McConville (scenario) |
Based on | The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas |
Produced by | William Fox |
Starring | John Gilbert |
Cinematography | Lucien Andriot |
Production company | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Monte Cristo is a 1922 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and directed by Emmett J. Flynn. It is based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, which was adapted by 19th century thespian Charles Fechter and written for this screen version by Bernard McConville. John Gilbert plays the hero with Estelle Taylor as the leading lady. This film was long thought lost until a print surfaced in the Czech Republic. The film has been released on DVD, packaged with Gilbert's 1926 MGM film Bardelys the Magnificent.[1][2][3]
Cast[]
- John Gilbert as Edmond Dantes, the Count of Monte Cristo
- Estelle Taylor as Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf
- Robert McKim as De Villefort, the king's public prosecutor
- William V. Mong as Caderousse, the innkeeper
- Virginia Brown Faire as Haidee, an Arabian princess
- George Siegmann as Luigi Vampa, ex-pirate
- Spottiswoode Aitken as Abbe Faria
- Ralph Cloninger as Fernand, Count de Morcerf
- Albert Prisco as Baron Danglars
- Al. W. Filson as Morrel, shipowner (as Al Filson)
- Harry Lonsdale as Dantes, father of Edmond
- Francis McDonald as Benedetto
- Jack Cosgrave as Governor of Chateau d'If (as Jack Cosgrove)
- Maude George as Baroness Danglars
- Renée Adorée as Eugenie Danglars, her daughter
References[]
- ^ Monte Cristo at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
- ^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Monte Cristo
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Monte Cristo (1922 film). |
- Monte Cristo at IMDb
- Monte Cristo at the TCM Movie Database
- Monte Cristo at AllMovie
Categories:
- 1922 films
- American silent feature films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- American films based on plays
- Films based on The Count of Monte Cristo
- Films directed by Emmett J. Flynn
- 1922 romantic drama films
- American romantic drama films
- Fox Film films
- Films based on adaptations
- 1920s rediscovered films
- 1920s historical romance films
- American historical romance films
- Rediscovered American films
- Silent romantic drama film stubs