Movie Details
Theatrical Release:January 10th, 1916
Original Language:English
Production Companies:William A Brady Picture Plays
Lifes Whirlpool (1916)
Audience Score
Plot
Eight years before the release of Erich Von Stroheims Greed Frank Norriss 1899 novel McTeague was adapted to the screen by World Film The basic story pretty much follows the book McTeague Holbrook Blinn is a coarse young man who becomes a dentist after a fashion He is rivals for the hand of Trina Sieppe Fania Marinoff with his pal Marcus Schuller Walter Green McTeague weds her and she wins the lottery But she refuses to let go of the money and her miserly attitude destroys the marriage
