Monte Cristo (1922 film)

Monte Cristo
John Gilbert and Virginia Brown Faire
Directed by	Emmett J. Flynn
Produced by	William Fox
Written by	Charles Fechter (play) Alexander Salvini (adaptation) Bernard McConville (scenario)
Based on	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Starring	John Gilbert
Cinematography	Lucien Andriot
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	April 1, 1922 (premiere) September 3, 1922 April 1927 (re-release)
Running time	10 reels (9,828 feet) (general)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Monte Cristo is a 1922 American silent film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and directed by Emmett J. Flynn. It is based on the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, which was adapted by 19th century thespian Charles Fechter and written for this screen version by Bernard McConville. John Gilbert plays the hero with Estelle Taylor as the leading lady. This film was long thought lost until a print surfaced in the Czech Republic. The film has been released on DVD, packaged with Gilbert's 1926 MGM film Bardelys the Magnificent.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Cast

John Gilbert – Edmond Dantes, the Count of Monte Cristo
Estelle Taylor – Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf
Robert McKim – De Villefort, the king's public prosecutor
William V. Mong – Caderousse, the innkeeper
Virginia Brown Faire – Haidee, an Arabian princess
George Siegmann – Luigi Vampa, ex-pirate
Spottiswoode Aitken – Abbe Faria
Ralph Cloninger – Fernand, Count de Morcert
Albert Prisco – Baron Danglars
Al. W. Filson – Morrel, shipowner (as Al Filson)
Harry Lonsdale – Dantes, father of Edmond
Francis McDonald – Benedetto
Jack Cosgrave – Governor of Chateau d'If (as Jack Cosgrove)
Maude George – Baroness Danglars
Renée Adorée – Eugenie Danglars, her daughter

References

↑ Monte Cristo at silentera.com
↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c. 1971
↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Monte Cristo

External links

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Monte Cristo at the Internet Movie Database
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Monte Cristo at AllMovie

Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo (1844)

Characters	Edmond Dantès Abbé Faria

Films	Monte Cristo (1922) The Count of Monte Cristo (1929) The Countess of Monte-Christo The Count of Monte Cristo (1934) The Son of Monte Cristo (1940) El Conde de Monte Cristo The Count of Monte Cristo (1943) The Return of Monte Cristo (1946) Mask of the Avenger The Count of Monte Cristo (1954) Vanjikottai Valiban Raj Tilak The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) The Count of Monte Cristo (1975) Padayottam Veta The Count of Monte Cristo (1998 miniseries) The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)

Television	The Count of Monte Cristo Ezel Revenge Montecristo Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo Yago

Literature	The Stars' Tennis Balls A Prisoner of Birth The Stars My Destination

Other	The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo (biography) The Count of Monte Cristo (Wildhorn-Murphy musical) The Count of Monte Cristo (Behr musical) Christ 0 (album) The Treasure of Monte Cristo (film)

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