''A Modern Monte Cristo'' is a 1917 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Eugene Moore and starring
Vincent Serrano
Vincent Serrano (February 17, 1866 – January 11, 1935) was an American actor in plays and silent films.
Biography
Serrano's best-known role was as Lieutenant Denton in the Augustus Thomas play ''Arizona'', which had its New York opening in Se ...
,
Helen Badgley
Helen Badgley (December 1, 1908 – October 25, 1977) was an American child actor, child actress of the silent films, silent film era.
Biography
Badgley was born in Saratoga Springs, New York. At three years of age she appeared in her first fi ...
and
Thomas A. Curran
Thomas A. Curran (May 29, 1879 – January 24, 1941), was an Australian-born American actor on the stage and in motion pictures. Between 1915 and 1941 he appeared in 60 films, the last of which was '' Citizen Kane'', in which he played the ...
.
[Connelly p.174] It is also known by the
alternative title
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of ''Eye for an Eye''.
Cast
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Vincent Serrano
Vincent Serrano (February 17, 1866 – January 11, 1935) was an American actor in plays and silent films.
Biography
Serrano's best-known role was as Lieutenant Denton in the Augustus Thomas play ''Arizona'', which had its New York opening in Se ...
as Doctor Emerson
*
Helen Badgley
Helen Badgley (December 1, 1908 – October 25, 1977) was an American child actor, child actress of the silent films, silent film era.
Biography
Badgley was born in Saratoga Springs, New York. At three years of age she appeared in her first fi ...
as Virginia Deane, age 6
*
Thomas A. Curran
Thomas A. Curran (May 29, 1879 – January 24, 1941), was an Australian-born American actor on the stage and in motion pictures. Between 1915 and 1941 he appeared in 60 films, the last of which was '' Citizen Kane'', in which he played the ...
as William Deane
* Gladys Dore as Virginia Deane, age 18
*
Boyd Marshall as Tom Pemberton
* H.M. Rhinehardt as Aviator
References
Bibliography
* Robert B. Connelly. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998.
External links
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1917 films
1917 drama films
1910s English-language films
American silent feature films
Silent American drama films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Eugene Moore
Pathé Exchange films
1910s American films
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