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Life's Whirlpool

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Life's Whirlpool

6.0

0h 50m

1916

Synopsis

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.

Director

Barry O'Neil

Drama

Cast & Crew

Holbrook Blinn

Holbrook Blinn

as McTeague

Walter Greene

as Marcus Schuller

Fania Marinoff

Fania Marinoff

as Trina Sieppe

Philip Robson

as Mr. Sieppe

Rosemary Dean

as Selina Sieppe

Eleanor Blanchard

Eleanor Blanchard

as Maria Cappa

Julia Stuart

Julia Stuart

as Mrs. Sieppe

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