Triumph is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Leatrice Joy and Rod La Rocque.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/T/Triumph1924.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Triumph |accessdate=June 21, 2008|work=silentera.com}} It was based on a 1924 novel of the same name by May Edginton. The novel had previously been serialized in 1923 by The Saturday Evening Post.{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/12848-TRIUMPH |title=Triumph |work=afi.com |access-date=April 5, 2024}}

Plot

As described in a film magazine review,{{cite journal |last=Pardy |first=George T. |title=Box Office Reviews: Triumph |journal=Exhibitors Trade Review |volume= |issue= |pages=31 |publisher=Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation |date=3 May 1924 |location=New York |url=https://archive.org/details/exhibi00newy/page/n618/mode/1up |accessdate=23 November 2022}} {{Source-attribution}} Anna Land is forewoman of the Garnet Can Works, controlled by William Silver, one of the late owner's sons. Another son, King Garnet, is destitute. Anna's ambition is to be a singer. King extorts $1,000 from Silver and aids Anna in making her debut, which is a success. Silver sends Anna abroad and follows her. She loses her voice as a result of an injury in a fire. King takes a job in the factory and works his way up. On Silver's return, he finds King has obtained control of the company. King makes Silver manager. The latter, knowing Anna really loves his brother, gives her up to King.

Cast

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Leatrice Joy as Ann Land
Rod La Rocque as King Garnet
Victor Varconi as William Silver
Charles Ogle as James Martin
Theodore Kosloff as Varinoff
Robert Edeson as Samauel Overton
Julia Faye as Countess Rika
George Fawcett as David Garnet
Spottiswoode Aitken as Torrini
ZaSu Pitts as A Factory Girl
Raymond Hatton as A Tramp
Alma Bennett as A Flower Girl
Jimmie Adams as A Painter
Elmo Billings as Freckle-Faced Boy(uncredited)
William Boyd (uncredited)

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Production

DeMille fell out with Adolph Zukor, one of the heads of Famous Players–Lasky, over the production costs of The Ten Commandments (1923). He completed Triumph and Feet of Clay (1924), before he departed Paramount to lead his own production company, Producers Distributing Corporation (PDC). He returned to Paramount only after the introduction of sound in the early 1930s.

Preservation

Complete prints of Triumph are held by the Library of Congress (on 35 mm) and the George Eastman Museum in Rochester, New York.{{cite web |url=https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.1371/ |title=American Silent Feature Film Database: Triumph |access-date=April 5, 2024 |publisher=Library of Congress}}Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress, p. 189, c.1978 by the American Film Institute

References

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0015433|title=Triumph}}
[https://www.silentfilmstillarchive.com/triumph.htm Theater flier for film] at silentfilmstillarchive.com

Category:1924 films

Category:1924 drama films

Category:1920s American films

Category:1920s English-language films

Category:American black-and-white films

Category:American silent feature films

Category:English-language drama films

Category:Films directed by Cecil B. DeMille

Category:Silent American drama films