A Modern Monte Cristo (1917)

A Modern Monte Cristo

1917

Drama

Synopsis

This adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas story tells of a man, living in the present day, who returns home incognito and wealthy after having been a sailor for years and living on a desert island surrounded by water filled with pearl-oysters. He revenges himself on his enemy, who had unjustly accused him of a crime he did not commit.

Credits

Director

Eugene Moore

Cast

Boyd Marshall as Tom Pemberton

Gladys Dore as Virginia Deane, age 18

H.M. Rhinehardt as Aviator

Helen Badgley as Virginia Deane, age 6

Thomas A. Curran as William Deane

Vincent Serrano as Doctor Emerson

Crew

George Webber (Director of Photography)