| The Magician | |
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| Directed by | Rex Ingram |
| Written by | Rex Ingram |
| Based on | The Magician 1908 novel by W. Somerset Maugham |
| Produced by | Rex Ingram |
| Starring | Alice Terry Paul Wegener Iván Petrovich |
| Cinematography | John F. Seitz |
| Edited by | Grant Whytock |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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Running time | 88 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
The Magician is a 1926 American silent fantasy horror film directed by Rex Ingram about a magician's efforts to acquire the blood of a maiden for his experiments to create life. It was adapted by Ingram from the 1908 novel The Magician by W. Somerset Maugham.[2] It stars Alice Terry (the director's wife), Paul Wegener and Iván Petrovich. Critic Carlos Clarens wrote that it was "perhaps the most elusive of lost films."[3] However, since the time Clarens wrote this, various prints of the film have surfaced. Some have screened at independent movie festivals from 1993 onwards, and the film has also been shown on Turner Classic Movies. It remained commercially unavailable until being released on DVD in the Warner Brothers Archive Collection in 2011 (with a running time of 88 minutes).[1]
- ^ a b "Silent Era : Home Video Reviews".
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
PSFLwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Carlos Clarens. Horror Movies: An Illustrated Survey. London: Secker and Warburg, 1968 (revised enlarged from the 1967 Putnam's edition published under the title An Illustrated History of the Horror Film), p. 72.