Life's Whirlpool (1916)
McTeague
50 min
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.
- Release date
- January 10, 1916
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Holbrook Blinn as McTeague
- Walter Greene as Marcus Schuller
- Philip Robson as Mr. Sieppe
- Fania Marinoff as Trina Sieppe
- Julia Stuart as Mrs. Sieppe
- Rosemary Dean as Selina Sieppe
- Eleanor Blanchard as Maria Cappa
Crew
- Barry O'Neil · Director
- Frank Norris · Writer
- Barry O'Neil · Writer
- E. Magnus Ingleton · Writer