Film

Life's Whirlpool

1916 · 50m · Drama

IMDb

6.8

Eight years before the release of Erich Von Stroheim's Greed, Frank Norris's 1899 novel McTeague was adapted to the screen by World Film. The basic story pretty much follows the book: McTeague (Holbrook Blinn) is a coarse young man who becomes a dentist, after a fashion. He is rivals for the hand of Trina Sieppe (Fania Marinoff) with his pal Marcus Schuller (Walter Green). McTeague weds her and she wins the lottery. But she refuses to let go of the money, and her miserly attitude destroys the marriage.

Holbrook Blinn

McTeague

Walter Greene

Marcus Schuller

Fania Marinoff

Trina Sieppe

Philip Robson

Mr. Sieppe

Rosemary Dean

Selina Sieppe

Eleanor Blanchard

Maria Cappa

Julia Stuart

Mrs. Sieppe

• Barry O'NeilWriter · Director
• Eugenie Magnus IngletonWriter
• Frank NorrisNovel

Release date

January 10, 1916

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Drama