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Ricardo Cortez and Greta Garbo.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Torrent
Also known as [Ibáñez’ Torrent] : {The Torrent}
(1926) United States of America
B&W : Seven reels / 6769 feet
Directed by Monta Bell
Cast: Ricardo Cortez [Don Rafael Brull], Greta Garbo [Lenora], Gertrude Olmsted (Gertrude Olmstead) [Remedios], Edward Connelly [Pedro Moreno], Lucien Littlefield [Cupido], Martha Mattox [Doña Bernarda Brull], Lucy Beaumont [Doña Pepa], Tully Marshall [Don Andreas], Mack Swain [Don Mattias], Arthur Edmund Carew [Salvatti], Lillian Leighton [Isabella], Mario Carillo [the King of Spain], Rae Ethelyn
Cosmopolitan Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Scenario by Dorothy Farnum, from the novel Entre Naranjos by Vicente Blasco-Ibáñez. Production design by Cedric Gibbons and Merrill Pye. Costume design by Kathleen Key, Maude Marsh, André-ani and Max Rée. Cinematography by William Daniels. Film editor, Frank Sullivan. Intertitles written by Katherine Hilliker and H.H. Caldwell. / © 1 March 1926 by Cosmopolitan Pictures Corporation [LP22444]. Premiered 21 February 1926 in New York, New York. Released 8 February 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Garbo’s first American film. Principal photography began on 27 November 1925 and ended on 23 December 1925.
Drama: Romance.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Authors: Vicente Blasco-Ibáñez (1867-1928) - Singers: Opera
Listing updated: 26 June 2023.
References: Eames-MGM p. 27; Everson-American p. 168; Higashi-Virgins pp. 24, 75, 90, 91; Kobal-Fifty p. 30; Limbacher-Feature p. 256; McCaffrey-Guide p. 13; McIlroy-Sweden p. 32; Paris-Brooks p. 147; Shipman-Cinema p. 92; Sinyard-Silent p. 83; Sklar-Movie p. 102; Sweeney-Coming p. 92; Vermilye-Twenties p. 144; Walker-Garbo pp. 11, 39, 41-42, 183 : Website-AFI.
Home video: DVD.
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