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Torrent is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by an uncredited Monta Bell, based on a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and released on February 21, 1926. [1] [3] [4] [5] Torrent was the first American film starring Swedish actress Greta Garbo. [6] [7] The film also starred Ricardo Cortez and Martha Mattox .
Torrent: Directed by Monta Bell. With Ricardo Cortez, Greta Garbo, Gertrude Olmstead, Edward Connelly. A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them.
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- Drama, Romance
- Monta Bell
- 1926-02-08
Sound. Silent. Color. Black and White. Theatrical Aspect Ratio. 1.33 : 1. Film Length. 6,769ft (7 reels) A glamorous opera star returns home to resume her romance with the nobleman who once dumped her.
- Monta Bell
- Ricardo Cortez
A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them. After becoming an opera star in Paris, the girl returns to her homeland and finds her romance with the nobleman rekindled. Monta Bell. Director.
And this film delivers that message in a pleasantly non-melodramatic way. Rafael (Ricardo Cortez) is the son of a well-off bitch of a noblewoman, Doña Bernarda Brull, played by Martha Mattox, who first kicks the Moreno family out of their home, but also forbids her son from being with the Moreno's daughter, Leonora (Greta Garbo), even though ...
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- Cosmopolitan Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Monta Bell
Music by Arthur Barrow. Distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Release date: February 21, 1926. Running time: 87 minutes. Budget $250,443.27. End Note: I am grateful to TCM for showing “Torrent” on April 1, 2019. The silent romantic melodrama, Torrent, based a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, was the first American film starring Swedish ...
Torrent (1926) Torrent (1926) View more photos Movie Info. Synopsis Leonora (Greta Garbo) is a pretty young peasant girl living in a small town in Spain. When she falls in love with her landlord's ...
- Drama