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Before he became known as the king of spectacle, [[Cecil B. DeMille]] honed his craft on a series of silent melodramas like '''''The Cheat''''', a story about a woman embezzler ([[Fannie Ward]]), her husband ([[Jack Dean]]), and the Faustian bargain she enters into with a mysterious Burmese businessman, played by [[Sessue Hayakawa]]. Employing some of the silent era's most potent plot twists and elaborate production design, ''The Cheat'' has endured thanks to Hayakawa's performance, a subtle yet menacing mix which made him a cinema star. |
Before he became known as the king of spectacle, [[Cecil B. DeMille]] honed his craft on a series of silent melodramas like '''''The Cheat''''', a story about a woman embezzler ([[Fannie Ward]]), her husband ([[Jack Dean]]), and the [[Faustian Bargain|Faustian bargain]] she enters into with a mysterious Burmese businessman, played by [[Sessue Hayakawa]]. Employing some of the silent era's most potent plot twists and elaborate production design, ''The Cheat'' has endured thanks to Hayakawa's performance, a subtle yet menacing mix which made him a cinema star. |
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''The Cheat'' was added to the [[National Film Registry]] in 1993. |
''The Cheat'' was added to the [[National Film Registry]] in 1993. |
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Before he became known as the king of spectacle, Cecil B. DeMille honed his craft on a series of silent melodramas like The Cheat, a story about a woman embezzler (Fannie Ward), her husband (Jack Dean), and the Faustian bargain she enters into with a mysterious Burmese businessman, played by Sessue Hayakawa. Employing some of the silent era's most potent plot twists and elaborate production design, The Cheat has endured thanks to Hayakawa's performance, a subtle yet menacing mix which made him a cinema star.
The Cheat was added to the National Film Registry in 1993.
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