Monte Cristo (1922 film)

Monte Cristo
File:Monte Cristo (1922) 1.jpg John Gilbert and Virginia Brown Faire
Directed by	Emmett J. Flynn
Produced by	William Fox
Written by	Charles Fechter (play) Alexander Salvini (adaptation) Bernard McConville (scenario)
Based on	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Starring	John Gilbert
Cinematography	Lucien Andriot
Production company	Fox Film Corporation
Release dates	April 1, 1922 (premiere) September 3, 1922 April 1927 (re-release)
Running time	10 reels (9,828 feet) (general)
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Monte Cristo is a 1922 American silent film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and directed by Emmett J. Flynn. It is based on the novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, which was adapted by 19th century thespian Charles Fechter and written for this screen version by Bernard McConville. John Gilbert plays the hero with Estelle Taylor as the leading lady. This film was long thought lost until a print surfaced in the Czech Republic. The film has been released on DVD, packaged with Gilbert's 1926 MGM film Bardelys the Magnificent.

Cast

• John Gilbert – Edmond Dantes, the Count of Monte Cristo
• Estelle Taylor – Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf
• Robert McKim – De Villefort, the king's public prosecutor
• William V. Mong – Caderousse, the innkeeper
• Virginia Brown Faire – Haidee, an Arabian princess
• George Siegmann – Luigi Vampa, ex-pirate
• Spottiswoode Aitken – Abbe Faria
• Ralph Cloninger – Fernand, Count de Morcert
• Albert Prisco – Baron Danglars
• Al. W. Filson – Morrel, shipowner (as Al Filson)
• Harry Lonsdale – Dantes, father of Edmond
• Francis McDonald – Benedetto
• Jack Cosgrave – Governor of Chateau d'If (as Jack Cosgrove)
• Maude George – Baroness Danglars
• Renée Adorée – Eugenie Danglars, her daughter

External links

• Monte Cristo at IMDb
• Monte Cristo at the TCM Movie Database
• Monte Cristo at AllMovie