Torrent (1926 film)
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Directed by | Monta Bell (uncredited) |
Written by | Vicente Blasco Ibáñez Dorothy Farnum (adaptation) |
Produced by | Irving Thalberg[1] |
Starring | Ricardo Cortez Greta Garbo |
Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
Music by | Arthur Barrow |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | February 21, 1926 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Budget | $250,443.27[2] |
Torrent (1926) is an American silent romantic drama film directed by an uncredited Monta Bell, based on a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and released on February 21, 1926.[1][3][4][5]
Torrent was the first American film starring Swedish actress Greta Garbo.[6] The film also starred Ricardo Cortez and Martha Mattox.
The title refers to a flood that occurs in the small town where most of the action takes place, which draws the two romantic leading characters closer together.
Cast[]
- Ricardo Cortez as Don Rafael Brull
- Greta Garbo as Leonora Moreno, aka La Brunna
- Gertrude Olmstead as Remedios Matías
- Edward Connelly as Pedro Moreno
- Lucien Littlefield as Cupido, the Barber
- Martha Mattox as Doña Bernarda Brull
- Lucy Beaumont as Doña Pepa Moreno
- Tully Marshall as Don Andrés, a Lawyer
- Mack Swain as Don Matías
- Arthur Edmund Carewe as Salvatti (as Arthur Edmund Carew)
- Lillian Leighton as Isabella, La Brunna's Maid
- Mario Carillo as King of Spain (uncredited)
- André Cheron as Man in Audience (uncredited)
- Dorothy Sebastian as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
Reception[]
MGM was uncertain about how to cast Garbo after her arrival in Hollywood. In Torrent, her first American film, she was cast as Leonora, a Spanish peasant girl, and MGM was pleased with the results. Variety reviewed the film and described Garbo in her debut as " a girl with everything, looks, acting ability and personality". The film grossed $460,000 in the USA and $208,000 internationally, it grossed $668,000 worldwide, netting a $126,000 profit for MGM.[7] Louis B. Mayer's initial instinct about the actress's ability paid off, and the film was a success.[8] The Torrent was released on DVD in 2011 as part of the Warner Archive Collection.
References[]
- ^ a b Fleming, E. J. (January 2009). Paul Bern: the life and famous death of the MGM director and husband of Harlow. McFarland. p. 325. ISBN 978-0-7864-3963-8. Retrieved July 19, 2010.
- ^ Alexander Walker; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (October 1980). Garbo: a portrait. Macmillan. p. 183. ISBN 978-0-02-622950-0. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
- ^ John Reid (April 2006). Films Famous, Fanciful, Frolicsome & Fantastic. Lulu.com. p. 196. ISBN 978-1-4116-8915-2. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
- ^ Jacobs, Lea (April 2, 2008). The decline of sentiment: American film in the 1920s. University of California Press. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-520-25457-2. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
- ^ American Film Institute (1971). The American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States. University of California Press. p. 823. ISBN 978-0-520-20969-5. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
- ^ Borrelli, Laird. "Greta Garbo". Style.com. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
- ^ http://www.garboforever.com/Film-09.htm
- ^ "Greta Garbo – The Ultimate Star – The Torrent". home.hiwaay.net. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2010.
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