The Dream Cheater (1920)
50 min
An adaptation of Balzac's novel set in the roaring twenties, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. La Peau de chagrin belongs to the Études philosophiques group of Balzac's sequence of novels, La Comédie humaine.
- Release date
- April 4, 1920
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- J. Warren Kerrigan as Brandon McShane
- Wedgwood Nowell as Angus Burton
- Alice Wilson as Mimi Gascoigne
- Joseph J. Dowling as Shib Mizah
- Tom Guise as Patrick Fitz-George
- Fritzi Brunette as Pauline Mahon
- Aggie Herring as Mrs. Mahon
- Sam Sothern as Shamus McShane
Crew
- Ernest C. Warde · Director
- Jack Cunningham · Writer
- Honoré de Balzac · Writer
- Arthur L. Todd · Cinematographer