The Eternal Struggle
1923 film by Reginald Barker
- October 8, 1923 (1923-10-08)
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The Eternal Struggle is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker. Distributed by Metro Pictures, the film is based on the 1913 novel The Law-Bringers, written by Edith Joan Lyttleton.[1][2][3]
Plot
The film focuses on Andrée Grange, the daughter of a local cafe owner. She is about to marry Neil Tempest, a sergeant at the North-West Mounted Police, but is actually in love with Bucky O'Hara, one of Tempest's underlings whom she is constantly flirting with. Meanwhile, her father is attacked in his cabin by Barode Dukane. Andrée, who has witnessed the struggle, feels that she is responsible for the following death of Barode. Her father helps her flee town by ship and O'Hara is assigned to locate and arrest her. He tracks her down, but is followed by Tempest. Tempest tries to help her, but they are caught in the rapids. O'Hara eventually comes to the rescue, saving Tempest and Andrée's lives. In the end, her innocence is proven and Tempest breaks the engagement, realizing that his fiancée is in love with O'Hara.[4]
Cast
- Renée Adorée as Andrée Grange
- Earle Williams as Sgt. Neil Tempest
- Barbara La Marr as Camille Lenoir
- Pat O'Malley as Bucky O'Hara
- Wallace Beery as Barode Dukane
- Josef Swickard as Pierre Grange
- Pat Harmon as Oily Kirby
- Anders Randolf as Capt. Jack Scott
- Ed Brady as Jean Caardeau
- Robert Anderson as Olaf Olafson
- George Kuwa as Wo Long
Preservation status
Once thought to be a lost film, this film was one of ten silent films digitally preserved in the Russian film archive Gosfilmofond and presented to the Library of Congress in October 2010.[5]
References
- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Eternal Struggle at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ "Screenplay Info for The Eternal Struggle (1923)". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- ^ Knafo, Saki (2012). "Review Summary". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on October 26, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2010.
- ^ "'Lost' silent movies found in Russia, returned to U.S." cnn.com. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Eternal Struggle.
- The Eternal Struggle at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
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Films directed by Reginald Barker
- The Bargain (1914)
- The Wrath of the Gods (1914)
- The Typhoon (1914)
- The Devil (1915)
- The Coward (1915)
- The Italian (1915)
- On the Night Stage (1915)
- The Aryan (1916)
- Civilization (1916)
- The Iced Bullet (1917)
- Paws of the Bear (1917)
- Sweetheart of the Doomed (1917)
- The Hell Cat (1918)
- The Turn of the Wheel (1918)
- Shackled (1918)
- Shadows (1919)
- The Rustlers (1919)
- The Women and the Puppet (1920)
- Godless Men (1920)
- The Old Nest (1921)
- The Poverty of Riches (1921)
- Hearts Aflame (1923)
- The Eternal Struggle (1923)
- Broken Barriers (1924)
- The Dixie Handicap (1924)
- The Great Divide (1925)
- When the Door Opened (1925)
- The White Desert (1925)
- The Flaming Forest (1926)
- The Frontiersman (1927)
- Body and Soul (1927)
- The Toilers (1928)
- New Orleans (1929)
- Mississippi Gambler (1929)
- The Rainbow (1929)
- The Great Divide (1929)
- The Moonstone (1934)
- Forbidden Heaven (1935)
- The Healer (1935)
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