Torrent (1926) is an American silent romantic drama film directed by an uncredited Monta Bell, based on a novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, and released on February 21, 1926.[1][3][4][5]
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Directed by | Monta Bell (uncredited) |
Written by | Dorothy Farnum (adaptation) |
Based on | Entre Naranjos 1900? novella by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez |
Produced by | Irving Thalberg[1] |
Starring | Ricardo Cortez Greta Garbo |
Cinematography | William H. Daniels |
Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
Music by | Arthur Barrow |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | February 21, 1926 |
Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Budget | $250,443.27[2] |
Torrent was the first American film starring Swedish actress Greta Garbo.[6][7] The film also starred Ricardo Cortez and Martha Mattox.
The title refers to a flood that occurs in the small town where most of the action takes place, which draws the two romantic leading characters closer together.
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MGM was uncertain about how to cast Garbo after her arrival in Hollywood. In Torrent, her first American film, she was cast as Leonora, a Spanish peasant girl, and MGM was pleased with the results. Variety reviewed the film and described Garbo in her debut as " a girl with everything, looks, acting ability and personality". The film grossed $460,000 in the USA and $208,000 internationally, it grossed $668,000 worldwide, netting a $126,000 profit for MGM.[8] Louis B. Mayer's initial instinct about the actress's ability paid off, and the film was a success.[9] The Torrent was released on DVD in 2011 as part of the Warner Archive Collection.
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