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.
| The Conquest of Canaan | |
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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 |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 reels |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Plot
editThis article needs a plot summary. (August 2022) |
Cast
edit- 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
editThis 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
edit- ^ "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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