Tyrant Fear
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| Tyrant Fear | |
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| Directed by | Roy William Neill |
| Screenplay by | R. Cecil Smith |
| Produced by | Thomas H. Ince |
| Starring | Dorothy Dalton Thurston Hall Melbourne MacDowell William Conklin Lou Salter Carmen Phillips |
| Cinematography | John Stumar |
Production company | Thomas H. Ince Corporation |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Tyrant Fear is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill, written by R. Cecil Smith, and starring Dorothy Dalton, Thurston Hall, Melbourne MacDowell, William Conklin, Lou Salter, and Carmen Phillips. It was released on April 29, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2] A print of the film is held by the Library of Congress.[3][4]
As described in a film magazine,[5] Allaine Grandet (Dalton) is sold to Jules Latour (Conklin) by her father Paula Grandet. As a climax to his constant brutality, Latour turns her over to James Dermot (MacDowell), who offers to pay the husband well for his wife's appearance at the Northern Star dance hall. At the dance hall she is put up as the stake in a card game between Dermot and a miner, with the dance hall proprietor being the looser. She resists her new owner and is assisted by the piano player, Harley Dane (Hall), who is shot down by Dermot. She, in turn, shoots Dermot and she escapes with the piano player, whom she nurses back to health. He wants to marry her, but she appraises him of her husband. Later, they find Latour's body in the snow, which simplifies matters for the couple.
Cast
- Dorothy Dalton as Allaine Grandet
- Thurston Hall as Harley Dane
- Melbourne MacDowell as James Dermot
- William Conklin as Jules Latour
- Lou Salter as Theodore De Coppee
- Carmen Phillips as Marie Courtot
Preservation status
- A fragment, or reel 1, exists of this film in the Library of Congress collection.[6][7]