Best Films - 1921
by Andre Soares
A sensation in its day, Rex Ingram’s filmization of Vicente Blasco Ibáñez’s The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, from a screenplay by June Mathis, catapulted Mathis’s protégé Rudolph Valentino to superstardom. Ingram’s wife, the highly capable Alice Terry, played the romantic interest. More than 80 years after its initial release, The Four Horsemen remains a powerful cinematic experience.
FILM
The Conquering Power
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Nobody
DIRECTOR
Rex Ingram (The Conquering Power)
Rex Ingram (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)
Roland West (Nobody)
ACTOR
Richard Barthelmess (Tol’able David)
Jackie Coogan (The Kid)
Ralph Lewis (The Conquering Power)
ACTRESS
Jewel Carmen (Nobody)
Alice Terry (The Conquering Power)
Alice Terry (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Agnes Ayres (The Affairs of Anatol)
Wanda Hawley ( The Affairs of Anatol)
SCREENPLAY
June Mathis (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)
June Mathis (The Conquering Power)
Roland West & Charles H. Smith (Nobody)
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Rudolph J. Bergquist (Camille)
Henry Cronjager (Tol’able David)
Harry Fischbeck (Nobody)
Charles Rosher (Little Lord Fauntleroy)
Charles Rosher (Through the Back Door)
Charles Rosher & Henry Cronjager (The Love Light)
John F. Seitz (The Conquering Power)
John F. Seitz & Tom Storey (The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse)
Karl Struss & Alvin Wyckoff (The Affairs of Anatol)
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