The Dream Cheater (1920)
Overview
An adaptation of Balzac's novel set in the roaring twenties, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. La Peau de chagrin belongs to the Études philosophiques group of Balzac's sequence of novels, La Comédie humaine.
Cast
J. Warren Kerrigan
Brandon McShane
Wedgwood Nowell
Angus Burton
Alice Wilson
Mimi Gascoigne
Joseph J. Dowling
Shib Mizah
Tom Guise
Patrick Fitz-George
Fritzi Brunette
Pauline Mahon
Aggie Herring
Mrs. Mahon
Sam Sothern
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