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Greed is a 1924 American silent psychological drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim and based on the 1899 Frank Norris novel McTeague. It stars Gibson Gowland as Dr. John McTeague; ZaSu Pitts as Trina Sieppe, his wife; and Jean Hersholt as McTeague's friend and eventual enemy Marcus Schouler. The film tells the story of McTeague, a San Francisco dentist, who marries his best friend Schouler's…
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Conflict between pure artistic vision that should be preserved at all cost and those who want art to be subjected to more practical considerations is old as the art itself. It was usually won by the latter, but losers sometimes had the consolation of being hailed by critics and historians as misunderstood visionaries and their work as unrealised masterpieces. History of Hollywood provides such examples. Probably the…More
Sharp satire on the world of millionaires and fashion, where silly and absurd situations accurately reflect a grotesque reality. Source - Edited in photoshop What is the plot of the film? Sir Richard McCreadie is a millionaire businessman who for three decades has been the king of retail fashion, has built an empire, buying companies where he sells clothes, his stores are in the best shopping streets of London. But…More
