Life's Whirlpool (1916 film)
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Life's Whirlpool is a 1916 American silent film drama directed by Barry O'Neil. The first motion picture adaptation of Frank Norris's 1899 novel McTeague, the film stars Holbrook Blinn and Fania Marin
Film still of Fania Marinoff and Holbrook Blinn
Greed (1924 film)
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Greed is a 1924 American silent psychological drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim and based on the 1899 Frank Norris novel McTeague. It stars Gibson Gowland as Dr. John McTeague; ZaS
Life's Whirlpool (1916 film)
…Blinn and Fania Marinoff as McTeague and Trina. These roles later were played by Gibson Gowland and Zasu Pitts in Eric von Stroheim's 1924 adaptation Greed. Blinn was famous for playing brutal characters on the stage, as in the Edward Sheldon play Salvation Nell (1908). The film is considered a lost film…
Theatrical release poster
The Death Valley scenes, including this final sequence, were filmed over two months during midsummer, in harsh conditions.
The wedding scene made innovative use of deep focus cinematography, despite challenges with the lighting.
In the wedding banquet scene, Trina's mother grotesquely devours her food.