For the 1962 film version, see Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (film).

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was a 1921 silent movie produced by Metro Pictures Corporation, directed by Rex Ingram and starring Rudolph Valentino, Pomeroy Cannon, Josef Swickard and Alice Terry. It was based on the novel The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez. Rex Ingram (October 20, 1895 - September 19, 1969) was an African American film and stage actor. ... Metro Studios, Culver City, CA. in 1918 Metro Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in 1916 by Richard A. Rowland (1880-1947) and Louis B. Mayer (1885-1957). ... June Mathis (June 30, 1892, Leadville, Colorado USA - July 26, 1927, New York City, USA) was born June Beulah Hughes, and adopted her stepfathers surname, Mathis. ... Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (January 29, 1867 - January 28, 1928) was a Spanish novelist in Spanish, a screenwriter and sometime film director. ... Annette DeFoe and Raymond Griffith Josef Swickard (26 June 1866 - 29 February 1940) was a German-born veteran stage and screen character actor, who had toured with stock companies in Europe, South Africa, and South America. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... Alice Terry (July 29, 1899 - December 22, 1987) Born in Vincennes, Indiana, USA was an American actress who appeared in thirty-nine films between 1916-1933. ... Metro Studios, Culver City, CA. in 1918 Metro Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in 1916 by Richard A. Rowland (1880-1947) and Louis B. Mayer (1885-1957). ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is a 1962 movie based on a novel by Vincente Blasco Ibáñez, directed by Vincente Minnelli, and starring Ingrid Thulin and Glenn Ford. ... original theatrical poster Silent Movie is a 1976 comedy film directed by and starring Mel Brooks. ... Metro Studios, Culver City, CA. in 1918 Metro Pictures Corporation was an American motion picture production company founded in 1916 by Richard A. Rowland (1880-1947) and Louis B. Mayer (1885-1957). ... Rex Ingram (October 20, 1895 - September 19, 1969) was an African American film and stage actor. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... Annette DeFoe and Raymond Griffith Josef Swickard (26 June 1866 - 29 February 1940) was a German-born veteran stage and screen character actor, who had toured with stock companies in Europe, South Africa, and South America. ... Alice Terry (July 29, 1899 - December 22, 1987) Born in Vincennes, Indiana, USA was an American actress who appeared in thirty-nine films between 1916-1933. ... Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (January 29, 1867 - January 28, 1928) was a Spanish novelist in Spanish, a screenwriter and sometime film director. ...

Synopsis

The famous tango sequence

Madariaga "The Centaur,"(Pomeroy Cannon) a harsh but popular Argentine landowner, has a German son-in-law whom he dislikes and a French one whose family he openly favors. He is particularly fond of his grandson Julio (Rudolph Valentino), with whom he often carouses at seedy dives in the Boca district of Buenos Aires. In one of these bars, the movie's famous tango sequence occurs. A man and a woman are dancing the tango. Julio strides up and asks to cut in. The woman stares at Julio alluringly. The man brushes him off, and they resume dancing. Julio then challenges the man and strikes him, knocking him into some tables and out of the scene. Julio and the woman then dance a dramatic version of the tango that brings cheers from the people in the establishment. Following the dance, the woman sits on Julio's lap. Madariaga then slides to the floor, drunk. The woman laughs at Madariaga. Julio casts her aside in scorn and helps his father home. Sometime later, Madariaga dies. The extended family breaks up, one half returning to Germany and the other to France.-1... A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or land which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called the tenant. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... Tango is a social dance form that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

In Paris, Julio enjoys a somewhat shiftless life as a would-be artist and sensation at the local tea dances. He falls in love with Marguerite Laurier (Alice Terry), the unhappy and much younger wife of a friend of Julio's father, Etienne Laurier. The affair is discovered, and Marguerite's husband agrees to give her a divorce. It seems as though Julio and Marguerite will be able to marry, but both end up getting caught up in the Great War. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur Tossed by the waves, she does not founder Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Département Paris (75) Région ÃŽle-de-France Mayor Bertrand Delanoë (PS) City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 86. ... Look up artist in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Alice Terry (July 29, 1899 - December 22, 1987) Born in Vincennes, Indiana, USA was an American actress who appeared in thirty-nine films between 1916-1933. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ...

Marguerite becomes a nurse in Lourdes. The bravery of Ettienne is reported, and he is blinded in battle. Ettiene happens to end up at the hospital where she is working, and Marguerite attends to him there. Julio travels to Lourdes to see Marguerite and instead sees her taking care of Ettienne. Julio, ashamed of his wastrel life, enlists in the French Army. It has been suggested that Nursing be merged into this article or section. ... French soldiers of the IFOR in Mostar, 1995. ...

The German Army overruns Julio's father Marcelo's Marne Valley castle in the First Battle of the Marne. Marcelo is forced to host a German general and staff in the castle. Marcelo's german nephew is amongst the staff and tries to protect him, but Marcelo is arrested after a melee involving an officer's assault of a woman. Marcello is to be executed in the morning, but his life is spared when the French Army counterattacks in the "Miracle of the Marne". Army The German Army (German: Heer ) is the land component of the Bundeswehr (Federal Defence Forces) of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Marne is a département in northeastern France named after the Marne River which flows through the département. ... Combatants France United Kingdom Germany Commanders Joseph Joffre John French Helmuth von Moltke Karl von Bulow Alexander von Kluck Strength 1,071,000 1,485,000 Casualties Approximately 263,000: 250,000 French casualties (80,000 dead) 13,000 British casualties (1,700 dead) Approximately 250,000 total The First...

Julio becomes renowned for his bravery in the trenches on the front, but is killed by a shell in No man's land, just after recognizing his German cousin who is also killed. Back in Paris, Marguerite considers abandoning the blinded Ettienne, but Julio's ghost guides her to continue her care for him. Both families mourn for their fallen sons as the film ends. Trench Warfare is a form of war in which both opposing armies have static lines of fortifications dug into the ground, facing each other. ... No mans land is a term for a land that is not occupied or more specifically land that is under dispute between parties that will not occupy it because of fear or uncertainty. ...

Reviews

With its extended scenes of the devastated French countryside and personalized story of loss, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse is often considered to be one the first anti-war films ever made. It won wide acclaim and was one of the top grossing silent films of all time. Julio proved a break through role for Valentino who would go on to become one of the biggest stars of silent films. The film was remade in 1962 (the setting was changed to World War Two) with Vincente Minnelli as the director. Anti war protest in Melbourne, Australia, 2003 Anti_war is a name that is widely adopted by any social movement or person that seeks to end or oppose a future or current war. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Trivia

Ramon Novarro was hired as an extra and would go on to star in Ingram's The Prisoner of Zenda and Scaramouche. Chief Tahachee had a small role as a gaucho. Ramón Novarro (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968) was a Mexican actor who achieved fame as a Latin lover in silent films. ... The Prisoner of Zenda is an adventure novel by Anthony Hope, first published in 1894. ... Scaramouche is a historical novel by Rafael Sabatini, originally published in 1921 and subsequently adapted into a play by Barbara Field and into feature films in 1923 starring Ramón Novarro and 1952 with Stewart Granger. ... Chief Tahachee (born 4 March 1904 in James Mill, Arkansas - died June 9, 1978 in San Gabriel, California) was an American-born Old Settler Cherokee Indian who was a stage and film actor, expert horseman, circus and wild west performer, contortionist and firewalker. ...

The tango sequence is parodied by Gene Wilder during the opening credits of The World's Greatest Lover (1977). Gene Wilder (born Jerome Silberman on June 11, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actor who has starred in more than thirty movies. ...

Preservation

In 1995, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was added to the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress, recognising the cultural, historical and aesthetic significance of the work, as well as the risk of the original movie reel no longer being preserved. 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ... The Great Hall interior. ... The word culture, from the Latin colo, -ere, with its root meaning to cultivate, generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic structures that give such activity significance. ... For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... Aesthetics (or esthetics) (from the Greek word αισθητική) is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty. ... This movie film reel has film wrapped around it. ...

External link

• The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse at the Internet Movie Database