The Conquering Power (1921)
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- TV-G
- 1h 29min
- Drama, Romance
- 08 Jul 1921 (USA)
- Movie
After losing his father, a playboy moves in with his miserly uncle, who seeks to cheat him out of his inheritance.
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Cast
| Alice Terry | ... |
Eugenie Grandet
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| Rudolph Valentino | ... |
Charles Grandet
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| Eric Mayne | ... |
Victor Grandet
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| Ralph Lewis | ... |
Pere Grandet
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| Carrie Daumery | ... |
Mere Grandet
(as Edna Demaurey)
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| Edward Connelly | ... |
Notary Cruchot
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George Atkinson | ... |
Bonfons Cruchot
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Willard Lee Hall | ... |
Abbé Cruchot
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Mark Fenton | ... |
Monsieur des Grassins
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Bridgetta Clark | ... |
Madame des Grassins
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Ward Wing | ... |
Adolph des Grassins
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Mary Hearn | ... |
Nanon
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Eugene Pouyet | ... |
Cornoiller
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Andrée Tourneur | ... |
Annette
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C.E. Collins | ... |
Ghost of Gold (uncredited)
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| Louise Emmons | ... |
Washerwoman (uncredited)
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| John George | ... |
Villager (uncredited)
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Bynunsky Hyman | ... |
Man cutting toenails (uncredited)
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| Rolfe Sedan | ... |
Annette's Suitor (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Rex Ingram | ||
Written by
| June Mathis | ... | (scenario) |
| Honoré de Balzac | ... | (story "Eugénie Grandet") |
Produced by
| Rex Ingram | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| John F. Seitz | ||
Additional Crew
| Ralph Barton | ... | technical director |
| Amos Myers | ... | technical director |
Production Companies
- Metro Pictures Corporation (presents)
Distributors
- Metro Pictures Corporation (1921) (United States) (theatrical)
- Grapevine Video (2012) (United States) (DVD)
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Storyline
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Young playboy Charles Grandet is sent to live with his miserly uncle after his father loses his fortune. He and his cousin Eugenie fall in love, but his uncle sends him away and tries to arrange a marriage more to his liking (and profit!). Will true love triumph?
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| Taglines | Enter Romance-a young blood from Paris, into the life of Eugenie Grandet -a life of chintz and candle-light (Print Ad- Quebec Telelegraph, ((Quebec, PQ)) 11 February 1922) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Both this film and the earlier hit The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921) had screenplays by June Mathis, who is credited with "discovering" Rudolph Valentino. When The Great Lover died unexpectedly in 1926 and was too poor to pay for a burial plot, Mathis agreed to "lend" him the crypt intended for her husband. Nearly 100 years later, Mathis and Valentino remain interred side-by-side with her husband buried in a crypt below the two of them. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Lorg na gCos: Súil Siar ar Mise Éire (2012). See more » |
| Quotes |
Victor Grandet:
[in a letter read by his brother Pere Grandet]
My dear brother, After twenty years, I am sending my son to you for by the time this letter reached you, I shall be no more. My entire fortune has been swept away by speculation on the stock market. I owe millions. In three days all Paris will say I was a rogue and I shall be wrapped in a winding sheet of infamy. My dying prayer is that you will be a father to my boy and may God bless you as you fulfill this trust. Your despairing brother, Victor Grandet. See more » |