Merry-Go-Round (1923)
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Best known today as the film which cost director Erich Von Stroheim his job at Universal Studios, Merry Go Round contains enough Von Stroheim touches to suggest that "official" director Rupert Julian merely tied together the film's loose ends. The titular merry-go-round is owned by the… More Best known today as the film which cost director Erich Von Stroheim his job at Universal Studios, Merry Go Round contains enough Von Stroheim touches to suggest that "official" director Rupert Julian merely tied together the film's loose ends. The titular merry-go-round is owned by the unspeakable George Siegmann, who inflicts all sorts of casual cruelties upon organ-grinder Mary Philbin. In addition to enduring Siegmann, Philbin must decide whether or not Austrian-count Norman Kerry truly loves her, or is merely toying with her in the months before his arranged marriage with countess Dorothy Wallace. The latter seems to be the case when Kerry goes through with his marriage. While fighting in the Franco-Prussian war, Kerry fortuitously comes across Philbin's dying father (Cesare Gravina), who roundly chastises the count before expiring. After the war, an impoverished and widowed Kerry tries to make amends to Philbin, who by now is herself engaged to hunchbacked circus performer George Hackathorne. A happy ending is in store for all concerned except the villainous Siegmann (remember him?), who suffers an appropriately grisly demise. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Erich von Stroheim, Rupert Julian
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jul 1, 1923 Wide
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Cast
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Norman Kerry
as Count Franz Maxmillian von Hohenegg
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Mary Philbin
as Agnes Urban
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Cesare Gravina
as Sylvester Urban
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Edith Yorke
as Ursula Urban
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George Hackathorne
as Bartholomew Gruber
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Dale Fuller
as Mariana Huber
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Lillian Sylvester
as Mrs. Aurora Rossreiter
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Spottiswood Aitken
as Minister of War/Gisella's Father
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Dorothy Wallace
as Komtasse Gisella von Steinbrueck
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Al Edmundsen
as Nepomuck Navrital
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Albert Conti
as Rudi/Baron von Leightsinn
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Charles King
as Nicki/Baron von Nubenmuth
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Sidney Bracey
as Gisella's Groom
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Anton Vaverka
as Emperor Franz Josef
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Maude George
as Mme. Elvira
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Jane Sherman
as Marie
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Edna May Oliver
as Eitel/Prince Eitel Hogemut
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George Siegmann
as Shani Huber
