The Dream Cheater

The Dream Cheater
The Dream Cheater
Directed by	Ernest C. Warde
Written by	Jack Cunningham
Based on	La Peau de chagrin by Honoré de Balzac
Starring	J. Warren Kerrigan ; Wedgwood Nowell ; Fritzi Brunette
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd
Production; company	Robert Brunton Productions
Distributed by	Hodkinson Pictures
Release date	April 4, 1920;
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent ; English intertitles

Last updated April 27, 2025

The Dream Cheater is a 1920 American silent horror film directed by Ernest C. Warde and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Wedgwood Nowell and Fritzi Brunette.^[1] It is based on the 1831 novel La Peau de chagrin by Honoré de Balzac.

Plot

Cast

J. Warren Kerrigan as Brandon McShane
Wedgwood Nowell as Angus Burton
Alice Wilson as Mimi Gascoigne
Joseph J. Dowling as Shib Mizah
Tom Guise as Patrick Fitz-George
Fritzi Brunette as Pauline Mahon
Aggie Herring as Mrs. Mahon
Sam Sothern as Shamus McShane

References

↑ Soister, Nicolella & Joyce p.161

Bibliography

Soister, John T., Nicolella, Henry & Joyce, Steve. American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929. McFarland, 2014.

External links

The Dream Cheater at IMDb

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[1] Soister, Nicolella & Joyce p.161

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v t e Honoré de Balzac's La Peau de chagrin (1831)
Screen works	Desire (1920) The Dream Cheater (1920) Slave of Desire (1923) La piel de Zapa (1964) The Skin of Sorrow (2010)
Stage works	Die tödlichen Wünsche (1959 opera) The Shagreen Bone (1990 ballet)