The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1921 American silent epic war film produced by Metro Pictures Corporation and directed by Rex Ingram. Based on the Spanish novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, it was adapted for the screen by June Mathis. The film stars Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard, Bridgetta Clark, Rudolph Valentino, Wallace Beery, and Alice Terry. Often regarded as one of the first true anti-war films, it had a huge cultural impact and became the top-grossing film of 1921, beating out Charlie Chaplin's The Kid. The film turned then-little-known actor Rudolph Valentino into a superstar and associated him with the image of the Latin Lover. The film also inspired a tango craze and such fashion fads as gaucho pants.[3] The film was written by June Mathis, who, with its success, became one of the most powerful women in Hollywood at the time. In 1995, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film is now in the public domain, having been made before 1923. A DVD version was released in 2000 but is now out of print. The film is now available for free download on the Internet Archive. Cast Pomeroy Cannon as Madariaga Josef Swickard as Marcelo Desnoyers Bridgetta Clark as Doña Luisa Rudolph Valentino as Julio Desnoyers Virginia Warwick as Chichí Alan Hale as Karl von Hartrott Mabel Van Buren as Elena Stuart Holmes as Otto von Hartrott John St. Polis as Etienne Laurier Alice Terry as Marguerite Laurier Mark Fenton as Senator Lacour Derek Ghent as René Lacour Nigel De Brulier as Tchernoff Bowditch M. Turner as Argensola Edward Connelly as Lodgekeeper Wallace Beery as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen Harry Northrup as The General Arthur Hoyt as Lieut. Schnitz
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1921 American silent epic war film produced by Metro Pictures Corporation and directed by Rex Ingram. Based on the Spanish novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, it was adapted for the screen by June Mathis. The film stars Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard, Bridgetta Clark, Rudolph Valentino, Wallace Beery, and Alice Terry. Often regarded as one of the first true anti-war films, it had a huge cultural impact and became the top-grossing film of 1921, beating out Charlie Chaplin's The Kid. The film turned then-little-known actor Rudolph Valentino into a superstar and associated him with the image of the Latin Lover. The film also inspired a tango craze and such fashion fads as gaucho pants.[3] The film was written by June Mathis, who, with its success, became one of the most powerful women in Hollywood at the time. In 1995, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The film is now in the public domain, having been made before 1923. A DVD version was released in 2000 but is now out of print. The film is now available for free download on the Internet Archive. Cast Pomeroy Cannon as Madariaga Josef Swickard as Marcelo Desnoyers Bridgetta Clark as Doña Luisa Rudolph Valentino as Julio Desnoyers Virginia Warwick as Chichí Alan Hale as Karl von Hartrott Mabel Van Buren as Elena Stuart Holmes as Otto von Hartrott John St. Polis as Etienne Laurier Alice Terry as Marguerite Laurier Mark Fenton as Senator Lacour Derek Ghent as René Lacour Nigel De Brulier as Tchernoff Bowditch M. Turner as Argensola Edward Connelly as Lodgekeeper Wallace Beery as Lieut. Col. von Richthosen Harry Northrup as The General Arthur Hoyt as Lieut. Schnitz