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The Conquering Power
(1921) United States of America
B&W : [?] Five-Seven? reels
Directed by Rex Ingram
Cast: Alice Terry [Eugénie Grandet], Rudolph Valentino [Charles Grandet], Eric Mayne [Victor Grandet], Ralph Lewis [Père Grandet], Edna Demaurey [his wife], Edward Connelly [Notary Cruchot], George Atkinson [Cruchot’s son], Willard Lee Hall [the abbé], Mark Fenton [Monsieur des Grassins], Bridgetta Clark [his wife], Ward Wing [Adolph], Mary Hearn [Nanon], Eugène Pouyet [Cornoiller], Andrée Tourneur [Annette]
Metro Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro Pictures Corporation [Metro Special]. / Produced by Rex Ingram. Scenario by June Mathis, from the novel Eugènie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac. Technical direction by Ralph Barton and Amos Myers. Cinematography by John F. Seitz. / © 28 November 1921 by Metro Pictures Corporation [LP17258]. Premiered circa 8 July 1921 in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was previously filmed as Eugénie Grandet (1910).
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 January 2012.
References: Bondanella-Hollywood pp. 134, 136-137; Brownlow-Parade pp. 219, 244; Carroll-Matinee p. 125; Everson-American p. 169; Fell-History p. 86; Limbacher-Feature p. 49 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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