Triumph (1917)
The Dramatic Tale of a Stage-Struck Girl.
50 min
This melodrama about an actress in love with a playwright and the stage manager blackmailing her for her affections offers a unique glimpse into Chaney’s career before his classic performances in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera. Preserved and restored by the Academy Film Archive in 2004.
- Release date
- September 2, 1917
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Dorothy Phillips as Nell Baxter
- Lon Chaney as Paul Neihoff
- William Stowell as Dudley Weyman
- William Dyer as David Montieth
- Claire Du Brey as Lillian Du Pon
- Clyde Benson as Rupert Vincent
- Helen Wright as Character Woman
- Ruth Elder as Second Woman
- J. Edwin Brown as Man in Open Air Audience
- Nigel De Brulier as Townsman
Crew
- Joseph De Grasse · Director
- Samuel Hopkins Adams · Writer
- Fred Myton · Writer
- King D. Gray · Cinematographer