Monte Cristo

1922

1h 40m

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6.2/10

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A film adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmond of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of...

Directors

Emmett J. Flynn

Writers

Alexandre Dumas(novel by)

Sandro Salvini(writer by)

Charles Fechter(writer by)

Stars

John Gilbert

Estelle Taylor

Robert McKim

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John Gilbert

Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo

Estelle Taylor

Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf

Robert McKim

De Villefort, the king's attorney

William V. Mong

Caderousse, the innkeeper

Virginia Brown Faire

Haidee, an Arabian Princess

George Siegmann

Luigi Vampa, ex-pirate

Spottiswoode Aitken

Abbé Faria

Ralph Cloninger

Fernand, Count de Morcert

Harry Lonsdale

Dantes, Father of Edmond

Albert Prisco

Baron Danglars

Howard Kendall

Surgeon

Willard Koch

Tailor at Cheateau f'If

Albert de Morcerf

Eugénie Danglars

Morrel

Benedetto

Governor of Chateau d'If

Maude George

Baroness Danglars

Directors

Emmett J. Flynn

Writers

Alexandre Dumas(novel by)

Sandro Salvini(writer by)

Charles Fechter(writer by)

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6/10

The dashing John Gilbert is really quite good in this two-part adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas adventure. He is the wronged "Edmond", who finds himself the subject of jealousy and ambition before being sentenced to life imprisonment in the fearsome "Chateau D'If" prison. After many years in captivity, he is visited by the elderly Abbé Faria (Spottiswoode Aitken) who has been trying to tunnel his way out for many years, but has actually only managed to get to this nearby cell. Both victims of huge injustice, they become friends with the elder man teaching the younger a myriad of skills and languages before, just as he is dying, imparting some news about the legendary treasure of Monte Cristo. Substituting himself for the corpse, he manages to find safety, the treasure and is soon on the trail - in part two - of the three men he holds responsible. "de Villefort" (Robert McKimm); "Danglars" (Albert Prisco) and "Mondego" (Ralph Cloninger) who also managed to seduce his betrothed - the young "Mercedes" (Estelle Taylor). His clever entrapment of these three is based on allowing their greed, avarice, ambition and mistrust to do his heavy lifting for him - and he sits by facilitating and enjoy their destruction of each other. The first part of this works better, I felt. The sense of betrayal and the claustrophobic nature of his imprisonment better suited the rather static, though decent quality, of this production. It also featured the scene stealing performances of William V. Mong as the duplicitous "Caderouse". The second part climaxes well, with effective efforts from just about all - including a lovely series of scenes from the "Princess Haidee" (Virginia Brown Faire - a lady with very expressive eyes); but the swordplay and the general denouement fall a little flat as the technique of director Emmett Flynn relies more on a barrage of inter titles, single character scenes and lingering - if quite potent - close ups a little too much. This story of betrayal, bitterness, revenge and ultimately happiness is a great one and whilst this is maybe not the best version, it still packs a lot into 100 minutes.

Geronimo196709 Jun, 2022