Monte Cristo (1922 - Silent) John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, Robert McKim – Beautifully Restored
Monte Cristo (1922) DVD B&W (tinted) Silent with English intertitles. Shown in original aspect ratio 1.33:1 Approx. 106 min. Region One - Playable in the US, Canada, Mexico, etc. Additional documentary “Rediscovering John Gilbert” Color and B&W approx. 32 min. Beautifully restored print with wonderful new score! Starring John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, Robert McKim, William V. Mong, Virginia Brown Faire, George Siegmann, Spottiswoode Aitken, Ralph Cloninger, and Albert Prisco. Written by Charles Fechter (play), Alexander Salvini (adaptation), Bernard McConville (scenario), based on “The Count of Monte Cristo” by Alexandre Dumas. Directed by Emmett J. Flynn. Monte Cristo (1922) was adapted from the classic novel by Alexandre Dumas, directed by Emmett J. Flynn. Gilbert is Edmund Dantes, a sailor unjustly imprisoned for twenty years, time he spends acquiring education and finesse. Later the accidental heir to a vast fortune. Dantes reinvents himself as the Count of Monte Cristo and