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| ~The Conquering Power~ 1921 |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Director Rex Ingram's The Conquering Power served as the much-anticipated reteaming of Ingram's
stars from Blood and Sand, Alice Terry (aka Mrs. Rex Ingram) and Rudolph Valentino. The latter plays an
impoverished French aristocrat who falls in love with Alice, the stepdaughter of his wicked uncle Eric
Mayne. Uncle is dead set against this romance, and to that end place insurmountable roadblocks in the
lovers' path. But Valentino, who has proven that he can make his own way in the world, eventually wins
Alice away from Mayne-but not before the old man has suffered a suitably gruesome demise. The
Conquering Power is a prettied-up adaptation of Honore de Balzac's Eugenie Grandet.
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson, AllMovie.com
stars from Blood and Sand, Alice Terry (aka Mrs. Rex Ingram) and Rudolph Valentino. The latter plays an
impoverished French aristocrat who falls in love with Alice, the stepdaughter of his wicked uncle Eric
Mayne. Uncle is dead set against this romance, and to that end place insurmountable roadblocks in the
lovers' path. But Valentino, who has proven that he can make his own way in the world, eventually wins
Alice away from Mayne-but not before the old man has suffered a suitably gruesome demise. The
Conquering Power is a prettied-up adaptation of Honore de Balzac's Eugenie Grandet.
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson, AllMovie.com
| Directed by: Rex Ingram Written by: June Mathis Based on the story "Eugénie Grandet" by Honoré de Balzac |
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| ~Cast~ Alice Terry ... Eugenie Grandet Rudolph Valentino ... Charles Grandet Ralph Lewis ... Pere Grandet Carrie Daumery ... Mere Grandet (as Edna Demaurey) Bridgetta Clark ... Madame des Grassins Mark Fenton ... Monsieur des Grassins Ward Wing ... Adolphe des Grassins Eric Mayne ... Victor Grandet Edward Connelly ... Notary Cruchot George Atkinson ... Bonfons Cruchot Willard Lee Hall ... Abbé Cruchot Mary Hearn ... Nanon Eugene Pouyet ... Cornoiller Andrée Tourneur ... Annette C.E. Collins ... Ghost of Gold (uncredited) Louise Emmons ... Washerwoman (uncredited) John George ... Villager (uncredited) Rolfe Sedan ... Annette's Suitor (uncredited) |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Production & Released by: Metro Pictures Corporation Producer: Rex Ingram Cinematography by: John F. Seitz Technical Directors: Ralph Barton & Amos Myers Length: 7 Reels Runtime: 89 Minutes Released: July 8, 1921 |