The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film)

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1921 American silent epic war film produced by Metro Pictures Corporation and directed by Rex Ingram. Based on the Spanish novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibez, it was adapted for the screen by June Mathis. The film stars Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard, Bridgetta Clark, Rudolph Valentino, Wallace Beery, and Alice Terry.

Madariaga The Centaur Pomeroy Cannon, a harsh but popular Argentine landowner, has a German soninlaw whom he dislikes and a French one whose family he openly favors. He is particularly fond of his grandson Julio Rudolph Valentino, with whom he often carouses at seedy dives in the Boca district of Buenos Aires. In one of these bars, the movies famous tango sequence occurs. A man and a woman Beatrice Dominguez are dancing the tango. Julio strides up and asks to cut in. The woman stares at Julio alluringly. The man brushes him off, and they resume dancing. Julio then challenges the man and strikes him, knocking him into some tables and out of the scene. Julio and the woman then dance a dramatic version of the tango that brings cheers from the people in the establishment. Following the dance, the woman sits on Julios lap. Madariaga then slides to the floor, drunk. The woman laughs at Madariaga. Julio casts her aside in scorn and helps his grandfather home.Sometime later, Madariaga dies. The extended family breaks up, one half returning to Germany and the other to France. ........

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