Tyrant Fear

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Tyrant Fear
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Directed by Roy William Neill
Screenplay by R. Cecil Smith
Produced by Thomas H. Ince
Starring Dorothy Dalton
Thurston Hall
Melbourne MacDowell
William Conklin
Lou Salter
Carmen Phillips
Cinematography John Stumar
Production
company
Thomas H. Ince Corporation
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • April 29, 1918 (1918-04-29)
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Tyrant Fear is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill, written by R. Cecil Smith, and starring Dorothy Dalton, Thurston Hall, Melbourne MacDowell, William Conklin, Lou Salter, and Carmen Phillips. It was released on April 29, 1918, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2] A print of the film is held by the Library of Congress. [3] [4]

Contents

Plot

As described in a film magazine, [5] Allaine Grandet (Dalton) is sold to Jules Latour (Conklin) by her father Paula Grandet. As a climax to his constant brutality, Latour turns her over to James Dermot (MacDowell), who offers to pay the husband well for his wife's appearance at the Northern Star dance hall. At the dance hall she is put up as the stake in a card game between Dermot and a miner, with the dance hall proprietor being the looser. She resists her new owner and is assisted by the piano player, Harley Dane (Hall), who is shot down by Dermot. She, in turn, shoots Dermot and she escapes with the piano player, whom she nurses back to health. He wants to marry her, but she appraises him of her husband. Later, they find Latour's body in the snow, which simplifies matters for the couple.

Cast

Preservation status

Reception

Like many American films of the time, Tyrant Fear was subject to cuts and restrictions by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors cut, in Reel 1, the intertitles "At Dermot's Settlement are girls to warm a man's heart" and "That is the life — drink, cards and women of fire", two scenes of bridegroom passionately embracing Marie after the dance, Reel 2, the intertitles "Wife, hell, you're not a wife for a real man — you're as cold as the snow outside" and "A magnet which draws men's souls from their bodies where unbridled indulgence holds sway", scene in which Dermot sends woman over to Allaine to include the twisting of her arm, Reel 3, flash one gambling scene, girl on bar falling back into man's arms, girls at bar, girl throwing arms around man's neck, three intertitles "One whirl for the girl" etc., "She is your woman, Dermot", and "By God, I'm through — I'll play no more for your dirty swine", entire incident of gambling for girl to include man throwing bag of money on gambling table, two closeups of wheel, and Dermot pushing girl towards man, four scenes of man dragging girl except for scene in which she breaks away and runs to man at the piano, all scenes of man dragging girl upstairs, three struggle scenes with man on balcony and girl throwing him over balustrade, and, Reel 5, the three intertitles containing the words "The lustful lights of the North Star", "What will you do if I consent", and "Damn you, you're made of ice". [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Janiss Garza (2015). "Tyrant-Fear - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Tyrant Fear (1918) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: Tyrant Fear at silentera.com
  4. ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:..Tyrant Fear
  5. ↑ "Reviews: Tyrant Fear". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (23). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 27. June 1, 1918.
  6. ↑ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:..Tyrant Fear
  7. ↑ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, (<-book title) p.191 c.1978 by the American Film Institute
  8. ↑ "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (23). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 31. June 1, 1918.
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