The Conquest of Canaan

The Conquest of Canaan
The Conquest of Canaan
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Roy William Neill
Written by	Frank Tuttle (scenario)
Based on	The Conquest of Canaan; by Booth Tarkington
Produced by	Adolph Zukor; Jesse L. Lasky
Starring	Thomas Meighan; Doris Kenyon
Cinematography	Harry Perry
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	August 21, 1921;
Running time	7 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

The Conquest of Canaan is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It starred Thomas Meighan and Doris Kenyon and was directed by Roy William Neill. It was filmed in Asheville, North Carolina.^[1]^[2] A previous version of the story was filmed in 1916 under the same title.

Plot

Cast

Thomas Meighan as Joe Louden
Doris Kenyon as Ariel Taber
Diana Allen as Mamie Pike
Ann Egleston as Mrs. Louden
Alice Fleming as Claudine
Charles Abbe as Eskew Arp
Malcolm Bradley as Jonas Taber
Paul Everton as Happy Farley
Macey Harlam as Nashville Cory
Henry Hallam as Colonel Flintcroft
Louis Hendricks as Judge Pike
Charles Hartley as Peter Bradbury
Jed Prouty as Norbert Flintcroft
Cyril Ring as Gene Louden
J. D. Walsh as Squire Buckelew
Riley Hatch as Mike Sheenan

Preservation status

This film was considered lost for over seventy years until 2010, when a digital copy was returned to the United States as a gift from Russia and its film archive Gosfilmofond.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Portrait of the Past: Filming movies in Asheville, 1921". Citizen Times. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
^ Bellamy, Cliff. "Opening Credits: Durham Cinematheque celebrates birth of moviegoing". The Herald-Sun. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Conquest of Canaan at silentera.com
^ Russia Presents Library of Congress With Digital Copies of Lost U.S. Silent Films, Library of Congress press release, Oct. 21, 2010

External links

The Conquest of Canaan at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] "Portrait of the Past: Filming movies in Asheville, 1921". Citizen Times. Retrieved January 12, 2017.

[2] Bellamy, Cliff. "Opening Credits: Durham Cinematheque celebrates birth of moviegoing". The Herald-Sun. Retrieved January 12, 2017.

[3] Progressive Silent Film List: The Conquest of Canaan at silentera.com

[4] Russia Presents Library of Congress With Digital Copies of Lost U.S. Silent Films, Library of Congress press release, Oct. 21, 2010

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