The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
1921 · Silent film · 130 min · dir. Rex Ingram
AN EPIC OF REALISM With its great scenes of Argentine-its intimate views of Parisian life-its titanic battle scenes-its massive settings-its tremendous realism-its faithful reproduction of the vital story-its mighty drama-its soul stirring romance.
- Drama
- silent film
- War
Synopsis
Julio Madariaga is the Argentine patriarch of a wealthy family. He has two daughters, the elder wed to a Frenchman and the other to a German. He prefers the Frenchman and his family, especially his grandson Julio, causing jealousy from the German and his three sons. When Madariaga dies, the family splits up, each son-in-law returning to his own country. The Frenchman and his own move to Paris, where Julio becomes an artist and has an affair with an unhappily married woman, the lovely Marguerite…
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Details
- Director
- Rex Ingram
- Writer
- Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
- Cinematography
- John F. Seitz
- Studio
- Metro Pictures Corporation
- Released
- 1921-03-06
- Running time
- 130 minutes
Cast & crew
Rex Ingram Director
John St. Polis
John George
Harry Northrup- Bridgetta Clark
Bull Montana
Stuart Holmes
Nigel De Brulier- Mark Fenton
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · In Praise of Silent Movies · USABG58 · 2011-06-03
Very good! Liked it! Can I go a bit off topic? We had a silent-movie theater across the S.F. Bay from us and I used to go back in the day. Now, my wife and kids hate silent movies. I still love them. It's like reading a book where you have to pay strict attention, not be sleepy, and in a way you participate since you give your full attention, (hopefully), to the screen. A few espressos before the movie did the trick for me. The Wulitzer organ was fantastic! The guy cranked up the volume, (probably to wake up those not high on espresso). With a tub of buttered popcorn, a Dr. Pepper, (non-diet…
