The Dream Cheater (1920)
An adaptation of Balzac's novel set in the roaring twenties, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. La Peau de chagrin belongs to the Études philosophiques group of Balzac's sequence of novels, La Comédie humaine.
Director:
Ernest C. Warde
Writer:
Jack Cunningham
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J. Warren Kerrigan as Brandon McShane |
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Wedgwood Nowell as Angus Burton |
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Alice Wilson as Mimi Gascoigne |
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Joseph J. Dowling as Shib Mizah |
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Tom Guise as Patrick Fitz-George |
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Fritzi Brunette as Pauline Mahon |
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Aggie Herring as Mrs. Mahon |
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Sam Sothern as Shamus McShane |
| Writing | Honoré de Balzac | Writer |
| Directing | Ernest C. Warde | Director |
| Writing | Jack Cunningham | Screenplay |
| Camera | Arthur L. Todd | Director of Photography |
