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  1. Dec 12, 1999 · Erich von Stroheim’s “Greed” (1925), like the Venus de Milo, is acclaimed as a classic despite missing several parts deemed essential by its creator. Its unhappy history is well known. Von Stroheim’s original film was more than nine hours long.

  2. 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.

  3. Stroheim is perhaps best known as an actor for his role as Rauffenstein in Jean Renoir 's La Grande Illusion (1937) and as Max von Mayerling in Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard (1950). For the latter film, which also starred Gloria Swanson, Stroheim was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

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    Director: D. W. Griffith. Co-stars: ...
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  4. Nov 18, 2021 · Von Stroheim’s films took sophisticated looks at the themes of sex and seduction – often with himself in the role of a villainous seducer – and he was always happy to push the envelope. He also pushed the envelope on his studio budgets, insisting on lavish replicas of Monte Carlo or imperial Vienna.

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  5. Mar 15, 2020 · Stroheim, who had been very impressed by Frank Norris's 1899 novel McTeague, masterpiece of American naturalism, wanted to make the perfect film adaptation. Instead of simplifying the story of McTeague, a dentist who gets married to Trina, a woman who wins 5000$ at lottery and becomes obsessed by it with tragic consequences, he amplified it.

  6. www.imdb.com › title › tt0015881Greed (1924) - IMDb

    Greed: Directed by Erich von Stroheim. With Zasu Pitts, Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller. The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.

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  8. Sep 26, 2022 · The best place to start – Foolish Wives. Erich von Stroheim’s films were an extension of his own personal myth-making. Presenting himself as the son of an Austrian count and German baroness with extensive military training, this Teutonic hustler never broke character.

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