Monte Cristo (1922 film)
Monte Cristo is a 1922 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and directed by Emmett J. Flynn. It is based on the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas, which was adapted by 19th century thespian Charles Fechter and written for this screen version by Bernard McConville. John Gilbert plays the hero with Estelle Taylor as the leading lady. This film was long thought lost until a print surfaced in the Czech Republic. The film has been released on DVD, packaged with Gilbert's 1926 MGM film Bardelys the Magnificent.Cast
- John Gilbert as Edmond Dantes, the Count of Monte Cristo
- Estelle Taylor as Mercedes, Countess de Morcerf
- Robert McKim as De Villefort, the king's public prosecutor
- William V. Mong as Caderousse, the innkeeper
- Virginia Brown Faire as Haidee, an Arabian princess
- George Siegmann as Luigi Vampa, ex-pirate
- Spottiswoode Aitken as Abbe Faria
- Ralph Cloninger as Fernand, Count de Morcert
- Albert Prisco as Baron Danglars
- Al. W. Filson as Morrel, shipowner
- Harry Lonsdale as Dantes, father of Edmond
- Francis McDonald as Benedetto
- Jack Cosgrave as Governor of Chateau d'If
- Maude George as Baroness Danglars
- Renée Adorée as Eugenie Danglars, her daughter
