Greed
Summary:
Frank Norris' powerful Zola-esque novel -McTeague was first filmed in 1915. While filmmaker Erich Von Stroheim would insist that he'd been enthralled by the book since it first came out in 1902, it is more likely that he didn't make the novel's acquaintance until seeing that 1915 film. Whatever the case, Von Stroheim vowed that, if he ever had enough Hollywood clout, he'd prod... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Gibson Gowland - (McTeague)
ZaSu Pitts - (Trina)
Jean Hersholt - (Marcus Schouler)
Chester Conklin - (Mr. Sieppe)
Sylvia Ashton - (Mrs. Sieppe)
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Review:
Even in its mutilated form, Erich von Stroheim's Greed (1924) remains an intense silent masterpiece. Already notorious for his excesses when Goldwyn Pictures signed him in 1922, Stroheim faithfully adapted Frank Norris's naturalistic novel -McTeague, shooting the grim story about a couple's avaricious downfall on location in San Fr... Continue >>
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