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Life's Whirlpool

Life's Whirlpool

191650m

Status

Released

Release

1916

Runtime

50m

Storyline

Eight years before the release of Erich Von Stroheim's Greed, Frank Norris's 1899 novel McTeague was adapted to the screen by World Film. The basic story pretty much follows the book: McTeague (Holbrook Blinn) is a coarse young man who becomes a dentist, after a fashion. He is rivals for the hand of Trina Sieppe (Fania Marinoff) with his pal Marcus Schuller (Walter Green). McTeague weds her and she wins the lottery. But she refuses to let go of the money, and her miserly attitude destroys the marriage.

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Status
Released
Runtime
50m
Jan 10, 1916
Director
Production Countries
United States of America