McTeague aka Lifes a Whirlpool is a 1916 American silent film drama directed by Barry ONeil, the first adaptation of Frank Norriss 1899 novel McTeague. The stars of the film were Holbrook Blinn and Fania Marinoff whose roles were played seven years later by Gibson Gowland and Zasu Pitts in the remake, Eric von Stroheims opus Greed 1923. Blinn was already famous for playing brutal characters on the stage such as in Salvation Nell 1908.
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