Greed
Greed is a 1924 American silent psychological drama film written and directed by Erich von Stroheim and based on the 1899 Frank Norris novel McTeague. It stars Gibson Gowland as Dr. John McTeague; ZaSu Pitts as Trina Sieppe, his wife; and Jean Hersholt as McTeague's friend and eventual enemy Marcus Schouler. The film tells the story of McTeague, a San Francisco dentist, who marries his best friend Schouler's girlfriend Trina.
Plot
In 1908, John McTeague works in a gold mine in Placer County, California. A traveling dentist calling himself Dr. "Painless" Potter visits the town, and McTeague's mother begs Potter to take her son on as an apprentice. Potter agrees and McTeague eventually becomes a dentist, practicing on Polk Street in San Francisco.
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| author | Erich von Stroheim Joseph Farnham June Mathis |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | San Francisco |
| director | Erich von Stroheim |
| editor | Erich von Stroheim Frank Hull Grant Whytock Joseph W. Farnham June Mathis Rex Ingram |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | amputate amputation apartment complex begin cattle rancher death valley fish force gold mine handcuff infect lottery lottery ticket mexican woman mine obsess open polk street quartz san francisco bay travel |
| musicBy | William Axt |
| producer | Abe Lehr Erich von Stroheim Irving Thalberg |
| productionCompany | The Goldwyn Company–Metro-Goldwyn |
| publisher | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| recordedAt | California San Francisco |
| theme | epic psychological drama |