Life's Whirlpool

Release Date: 1916-01-10

Overview: 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.

Rating: 6 / 10

Cast

Holbrook Blinn

as McTeague

Walter Greene

as Marcus Schuller

Fania Marinoff

as Trina Sieppe

Philip Robson

as Mr. Sieppe

Rosemary Dean

as Selina Sieppe