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The Magician
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels
Directed by Rex Ingram
Cast: Paul Wegener [Oliver Haddo], Alice Terry [Margaret Dauncey], Firmin Gémier [Doctor Porhoët], Iván Petrovich [Doctor Arthur Burdon], Gladys Hamer [Susie Boyd], Henry Wilson [Haddo’s servant], John George [Haddo’s dwarf servant], Stowitts (Hubert I. Stowitts) [a dancing faun], Claude Fielding [a dancing faun], Gerald Fielding [a dancing faun], Rosita Garcia [the Arab girl bitten by a snake], Michael Powell [the man with a balloon at the snake charming]
Rex Ingram production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Rex Ingram. Scenario by Rex Ingram, from the short story “The Magician” by W. Somerset Maugham. Cinematography by John F. Seitz. / Released 24 October 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum (EmGee Film Library collection) [16mm reduction positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Hypnotism - Monte Carlo - Occult
Listing updated: 3 December 2024.
References: Bardèche-History p. 285; Eames-MGM p. 30; Everson-American p. 219; Kobal-Fifty p. 32; Marrero-Vintage pp. 5, 14, 158; McCaffrey-Guide p. 12 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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