The Conquest of Canaan
Appearance
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Directed by | Roy William Neill |
Written by | Frank Tuttle (scenario) |
Based on | The Conquest of Canaan by Booth Tarkington |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor Jesse L. Lasky |
Starring | Thomas Meighan Doris Kenyon |
Cinematography | Harry Perry |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 7 reels |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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The Conquest of Canaan is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred Thomas Meighan and Doris Kenyon and was directed by Roy William Neill. It was filmed in Asheville, North Carolina.[1][2] A previous version of the story was filmed in 1916 under the same title.
Cast
- Thomas Meighan as Joe Louden
- Doris Kenyon as Ariel Taber
- Diana Allen as Mamie Pike
- Ann Egleston as Mrs. Louden
- Alice Fleming as Claudine
- Charles Abbe as Eskew Arp
- Malcolm Bradley as Jonas Taber
- Paul Everton as Happy Farley
- Macey Harlam as Nashville Cory
- Henry Hallam as Colonel Flintcroft
- Louis Hendricks as Judge Pike
- Charles Hartley as Peter Bradbury
- Jed Prouty as Norbert Flintcroft
- Cyril Ring as Gene Louden
- J. D. Walsh as Squire Buckelew
- Riley Hatch as Mike Sheenan
Preservation status
This film was considered lost 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.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Portrait of the Past: Filming movies in Asheville, 1921". Citizen Times. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ Bellamy, Cliff. "Opening Credits: Durham Cinematheque celebrates birth of moviegoing". The Herald-Sun. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Conquest of Canaan at silentera.com
- ^ 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
- American films
- American drama films
- American black-and-white films
- 1920s rediscovered films
- Rediscovered American films
- 1920s silent drama film stubs