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Joseph White Farnham (December 2, 1884 – June 2, 1931) was an American playwright, film writer, and film editor of the silent movie era in the 1920s. He was also a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Joseph White Farnham (December 2, 1884 – June 2, 1931) was an American playwright and a film writer and film editor of the silent movie era to the early 1930s. He was also a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Joseph White Farnham (December 2, 1884 – June 2, 1931) was an American playwright, film writer, and film editor of the silent movie era in the 1920s. He was also a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Greed Is Good
- The First Cut Is The Deepest
- What Happened to The Masterpiece?
The plot of Greed followed the novel closely, with only minor alterations such as modernizing the setting slightly. The film follows John McTeague (Gibson Gowland), a trainee dentist who meets and later marries Trina Sieppe (ZaSu Pitts) despite her already being betrothed to John’s best friend Marcus Schouler (Jean Hersholt). This causes friction b...
The original cut of Greed spanned 42 reels of film with a runtime of over nine hours, down from a whopping 47 reels that constituted the earliest known version. It was only ever screened once, at a special showing in January 1924 that was attended by just twelve people. Whether this was von Stroheim’s preferred version or only ever a rough cut rema...
The debate over what happened to Greed is a complex one, even if most discussions these days firmly put the blame on MGM. Von Stroheim, for all his faults, was an extraordinarily talented filmmaker, and even in its truncated form, this is evident throughout the film. The cinematography is incredible, utilizing innovative techniques such as deep-foc...
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Greed is a 1924 American silent psychological drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim and based on the 1899 Frank Norris novel McTeague. It stars Gibson Gowland as Dr. John McTeague; ZaSu Pitts as Trina Sieppe, his wife; and Jean Hersholt as McTeague's friend and eventual enemy Marcus Schouler.
Joseph Farnham was born on 2 December 1884 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. He was a writer and editor, known for Thunder (1929), Where East Is East (1929) and The Trail of '98 (1928). He was married to Rose Alma LeCourt and Emily Ardis.
Sep 16, 2024 · Joseph White Farnham was an American playwright and a film writer and film editor of the silent movie era to the early 1930s. He was also a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
