Life's Whirlpool (1916)
Eight years before the release of Erich Von Stroheim's Greed, Frank Norris's 1899 novel McTeague was adapted to the screen by World Film. The basic story pretty much follows the book: McTeague (Holbrook Blinn) is a coarse young man who becomes a dentist, after a fashion. He is rivals for the hand of Trina Sieppe (Fania Marinoff) with his pal Marcus Schuller (Walter Green). McTeague weds her and she wins the lottery. But she refuses to let go of the money, and her miserly attitude destroys the marriage.
- Date of release
- 1916-01-10
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Barry O'Neil
Casting
- Holbrook Blinn — McTeague
- Walter Greene — Marcus Schuller
- Fania Marinoff — Trina Sieppe
- Philip Robson — Mr. Sieppe
- Rosemary Dean — Selina Sieppe
- Eleanor Blanchard — Maria Cappa
- Julia Stuart — Mrs. Sieppe
Interesting facts
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 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).
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