''Triumph'' is a 1924 American silent

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directed by

Cecil B. DeMille Cecil Blount DeMille (; August 12, 1881January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker and actor. Between 1914 and 1958, he made 70 features, both silent and sound films. He is acknowledged as a founding father of American cinema and the most co ...

and starring

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and Rod La Rocque. It was based on a 1924 novel of the same name by May Edginton. The novel had previously been serialized in 1923 by ''

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''.

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, Anna Land is forewoman of the Garnet Can Works, controlled by William Silver, one of the late owner's sons. Another son, King Garnet, is destitute. Anna's ambition is to be a singer. King extorts $1,000 from Silver and aids Anna in making her debut, which is a success. Silver sends Anna abroad and follows her. She loses her voice as a result of an injury in a fire. King takes a job in the factory and works his way up. On Silver's return, he finds King has obtained control of the company. King makes Silver manager. The latter, knowing Anna really loves his brother, gives her up to King.

Cast

Production

DeMille fell out with Adolph Zukor, one of the heads of Famous Players–Lasky, over the production costs of '' The Ten Commandments'' (1923). He completed ''Triumph'' and '' Feet of Clay'' (1924), before he departed Paramount to lead his own production company,

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(PDC). He returned to Paramount only after the introduction of sound in the early 1930s.

Preservation

Complete prints of ''Triumph'' are held by the

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(on 35 mm) and the

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.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress'', p. 189, c.1978 by the American Film Institute

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