Thomas Meighan-Doris Kenyon in The Conquest of Canaan

''The Conquest of Canaan'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by

Famous Players-Lasky Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company—originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays—and ...

and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred

Thomas Meighan Thomas Meighan (April 9, 1879 – July 8, 1936) was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he co ...

and

Doris Kenyon Doris Margaret Kenyon (September 5, 1897 – September 1, 1979) was an American actress of motion pictures and television. Early life She grew up in Syracuse, New York, where her family had a home at 1805 Harrison Street. Her father, Dr. Ja ...

and was directed by Roy William Neill. It was filmed in Asheville, North Carolina. A previous version of the story was filmed in 1916 under the same title.

Plot

Cast

Preservation status

This film was considered

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for over seventy years until 2010, when a digital copy was returned to the United States as a gift from Russia and its film archive

Gosfilmofond Gosfilmofond is a state film archive in Russia. It is the main film archive of the Russian Federation and a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). It is a state cultural institution — curator of films collection and oth ...

.Russia Presents Library of Congress With Digital Copies of Lost U.S. Silent Films
Library of Congress press release, Oct. 21, 2010

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* * 1921 films American silent feature films Films based on American novels Films directed by Roy William Neill Famous Players-Lasky films Films based on works by Booth Tarkington 1921 drama films Silent American drama films American black-and-white films 1920s rediscovered films Rediscovered American films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub