Monte Cristo (1922)
107 mins | Romance | 3 September 1922
Director:
Emmett J. FlynnWriters:
Bernard McConville, Alexander SalviniCinematographer:
Lucien AndriotProduction Company:
Fox Film Corp.The 16 September 1921 Var announced the forthcoming picture as a special production for William Fox. Although a news item in the 26 November 1921 Motion Picture News reported that production was “finishing,” the film’s completion was not announced until two months later, on 4 February 1922, in both the Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World.
The world premiere was held at the Tremont Temple Baptist Church in Boston, MA, according to the 1 April 1922 Moving Picture World.
The film was re-issued in 1927, with a New York opening on April 1927. Several additional film adaptations were produced based on Alexandre Dumas' novel, including the 1908 version, Monte Cristo, directed by Francis Boggs, and the 1913 The Count of Monte Cristo, directed by Edwin S. Porter and Joseph Golden (see entries).
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. A 107-minute version was screened at the Kansas Silent Film Festival in Topeka, KS, on 25 February 2012.
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The 16 September 1921 Var announced the forthcoming picture as a special production for William Fox. Although a news item in the 26 November 1921 Motion Picture News reported that production was “finishing,” the film’s completion was not announced until two months later, on 4 February 1922, in both the Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World.
The world premiere was held at the Tremont Temple Baptist Church in Boston, MA, according to the 1 April 1922 Moving Picture World.
The film was re-issued in 1927, with a New York opening on April 1927. Several additional film adaptations were produced based on Alexandre Dumas' novel, including the 1908 version, Monte Cristo, directed by Francis Boggs, and the 1913 The Count of Monte Cristo, directed by Edwin S. Porter and Joseph Golden (see entries).
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. A 107-minute version was screened at the Kansas Silent Film Festival in Topeka, KS, on 25 February 2012.
Dantes, a young French sailor, is snatched from the arms of his bride, Mercedes, and placed in a dungeon on charges of treason trumped up by Danglars, Fernand, and De Villefort. Dantes tunnels into the cell of the Abbé Faria, spends the next 20 years receiving the benefits of the Abbé's great fund of knowledge, then escapes by substituting himself for Faria's dead body. After finding a treasure on the island of Monte Cristo with a map given to him by the Abbé, Dantes returns to France, eventually gets revenge on all of his enemies, and is reunited with ...
Dantes, a young French sailor, is snatched from the arms of his bride, Mercedes, and placed in a dungeon on charges of treason trumped up by Danglars, Fernand, and De Villefort. Dantes tunnels into the cell of the Abbé Faria, spends the next 20 years receiving the benefits of the Abbé's great fund of knowledge, then escapes by substituting himself for Faria's dead body. After finding a treasure on the island of Monte Cristo with a map given to him by the Abbé, Dantes returns to France, eventually gets revenge on all of his enemies, and is reunited with Mercedes.
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