The Snob (1924 film)

The Snob is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Monta Bell. The film starred Norma Shearer and John Gilbert (prior to their stardom), together with Phyllis Haver, Conrad Nagel, and Hedda Hopper.[1] The film was written by Monta Bell, and was based on the novel The Snob: The Story of a Marriage by Helen Reimensnyder Martin.[2] The film is now considered lost.[3]

The Snob
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Directed byMonta Bell
Written byMonta Bell
Based onThe Snob: The Story of a Marriage
by Helen Reimensnyder Martin
StarringJohn Gilbert
Norma Shearer
Conrad Nagel
CinematographyAndré Barlatier
Edited byRalph Lawson
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • November 19, 1924 (1924-11-19) (United States)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$100,000[1]

Plot

Two schoolteachers, married for love, are parted by the husband's obsessive desire for wealth and social position.

Cast

References

  1. Slide, Anthony (2005). Silent Topics: Essays on Undocumented Areas of Silent Film. Scarecrow Press. p. 19. ISBN 0-810-85016-8.
  2. White Munden, Kenneth, ed. (1971). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1921-1930. R. R. Bowker. p. 737. ISBN 0-835-20440-5.
  3. Jacobs, Lea (2008). The Decline of Sentiment: American Film in the 1920s. University of California Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-520-23701-8.


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