Greed

19241924
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2h 20m

Greed (1924)

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The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.The sudden fortune won from a lottery fans such destructive greed that it ruins the lives of the three people involved.

Director
- Erich von Stroheim(personally directed by)
Writers
- June Mathis(screen adaptation and scenario)
- Erich von Stroheim(screen adaptation and scenario)
- Frank Norris(from the American classic "McTeague" by)
Stars

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Awards
- 1 win

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Greed

"Greed" Zasu Pitts 1923 MGM

Erich von Stroheim and Zasu Pitts in Greed (1924)

Zasu Pitts in Greed (1924)

Gibson Gowland and Zasu Pitts in Greed (1924)

Greed (1924)

Gibson Gowland in Greed (1924)

Zasu Pitts in Greed (1924)

Gibson Gowland and Jean Hersholt in Greed (1924)

Zasu Pitts in Greed (1924)

Gibson Gowland in Greed (1924)

Sylvia Ashton in Greed (1924)

Jean Hersholt in Greed (1924)

McTeagueas McTeague

Trinaas Trina

Marcusas Marcus

Mariaas Maria

Mother McTeagueas Mother McTeague

'Mommer' Sieppeas 'Mommer' Sieppe
(as Silvia Ashton)

Chester Conklin

'Popper' Sieppeas 'Popper' Sieppe

Selinaas Selina

The Ministeras The Minister
(uncredited)

Extraas Extra
(uncredited)

McTeague Sr.as McTeague Sr.
(uncredited)

Gwendolynne D'Amour

Undetermined Secondary Roleas Undetermined Secondary Role
(uncredited)

James F. Fulton

Cribbens - Prospectoras Cribbens - Prospector
(uncredited)

Extraas Extra
(uncredited)

Florence Gibson

Hagas Hag
(uncredited)

Deputyas Deputy
(uncredited)

Sieppe Twinas Sieppe Twin
(uncredited)

Sieppe Twinas Sieppe Twin
(uncredited)

Director
- Erich von Stroheim(personally directed by)
Writers
- June Mathis(screen adaptation and scenario)
- Erich von Stroheim(screen adaptation and scenario)
- Frank Norris(from the American classic "McTeague" by)
All cast & crew
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John McTeague was a simple slow man who became a dentist after working at the Big Dipper Gold Mine. He is now being hunted in Death Valley by his ex-best friend Marcus and the law. His lot was cast the day that he meet his future wife Trina in his office. She was with Marcus and she bought a lottery ticket. Well Mac fell for her and Marcus stepped aside. When Mac and Trina married, she won the Lottery for $5000 and became obsessive about the money in gold. Marcus is steamed as he stepped aside and now she is rich so he has the law shut down Mac as he has no official schooling for his dentistry. Trina fearful that they will take her gold away sells everything and takes all Mac earns when he is working. She adds to her stash of gold as they both live as paupers. When Mac has no job and no money, he leaves and Trina moves. Driven to desperation at being poor and hungry he finds Trina and demands the gold. —Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>

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Taglines
- It took two years to make; it gives you two hours of engrossing entertainment. You may hate it, as you hate the dangerous undercurrents of life, but you will be fascinated, thrilled, held spell-bound. (Print Ad-Daily Alaska Empire, ((Juneau, Alaska)) 20 January 1927)
Genres
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide

Trivia
This film features one of the earliest uses of a hidden camera in film-making. In the scene where Zasu Pitts leaves the junk shop after discovering the dead body she rushes into a real street and into real passers-by who were unaware they were being filmed. A crowd gathered, police turned up to the scene and it is said that a reporter called in the 'murder' to his editor. This coincides with Dziga Vertov 's Kinoglaz (1924) which also used hidden camera techniques for the first time.

Goofs
After Marcus breaks McTeague's pipe and throws a knife at him, men pull McTeague's tie off as they hold him back. The tie is back in place a moment later as McTeague rushes out of the saloon.

Quotes
Title card: GOLD - GOLD - GOLD - GOLD. Bright and Yellow, Hard and Cold, Molten, Graven, Hammered, Rolled, Hard to Get and Light to Hold; Stolen, Borrowed, Squandered - Doled.

Alternate versions
Version 5, 16 reels (4,800 meters), edited by June Mathis - According to Jean Mitry who saw it in Paris ("Le romantisme de Stroheim", article in L'Avant-Scène du Cinéma, no. 83-84, July 1968), this version had exactly 4 hours running time. It cut off all derivative stories about supporting characters, concentrating the story on the character McTeague, and adding a number of inter-titles to explain what happened in the deleted scenes. This version was shown in the theatre Studio des Ursulines, Paris, and then the French distributor cut it to a 2 hour film. Cinémathèque Française has a copy of the Mathis' cut - but versions 1 to 4 of the film are considered lost films (1999).

Connections
Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)

Top review

10/10

Mutilated masterpiece

Heavily edited MGM release version of Stroheim's 8 hour epic satisfies at 2 and a half hours -- you have to wonder if any extra length would have made it a little better or a little worse. To be sure, Stroheim probably ran the thing pretty slow when he projected it. Authentic detail in locations adds another level of interest, as we get to see parts of San Francisco, Oakland, and Placer County in the early 20s. The story is dark and involved, detailing the love of two people destroyed by their compulsive greed and neuroses. There is no moment in its story where the viewpoint is not pessimistic, except the image of dual humanity presented in McTeague's birds. Exceptional.

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Release date
- February 1925 (Canada)
Country of origin
- United States
Languages
- None
- English
Also known as
- Greedy Wives
Filming locations
- Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA
Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation
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Budget
- $546,883 (estimated)

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Runtime
2 hours 20 minutes
Color
- Black and White
Sound mix
- Silent
Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1

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