The Conquest of Canaan
Encyclopedia
The Conquest of Canaan is a silent
film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky
and distributed by Paramount Pictures
. It starred Thomas Meighan
and Doris Kenyon
and was directed by Roy William Neill
. A previous version of the story was filmed in 1916.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created on July 19, 1916 from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company -- originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays -- and Jesse L...
and distributed by Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
. It starred Thomas Meighan
Thomas Meighan
Thomas Meighan was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading man roles opposite popular actresses of the day including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he commanded $10,000 a week....
and Doris Kenyon
Doris Kenyon
Doris Kenyon was a popular actress of motion pictures and television.-Youth:She grew up in Syracuse, New York, where her family had a home at 1805 Harrison Street. Her father, Dr. James B. Kenyon, was a Methodist Episcopal Church minister at University Church. Kenyon studied at Packer College...
and was directed by Roy William Neill
Roy William Neill
Roy William Neill was a film director best known today for directing several of the Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, made between 1943 and 1946 and released by Universal Studios....
. A previous version of the story was filmed in 1916.
Preservation status
This film remained lost for over seventy years until 2010 when a digital copy was returned to the United States from Russia.Cast
- Thomas MeighanThomas MeighanThomas Meighan was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading man roles opposite popular actresses of the day including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he commanded $10,000 a week....
- Joe Louden - Doris KenyonDoris KenyonDoris Kenyon was a popular actress of motion pictures and television.-Youth:She grew up in Syracuse, New York, where her family had a home at 1805 Harrison Street. Her father, Dr. James B. Kenyon, was a Methodist Episcopal Church minister at University Church. Kenyon studied at Packer College...
- Ariel Taber - Diana Allen - Mamie Pike
- Ann Egleston - Mrs. Louden
- Alice Fleming - Claudine
- Charles Abbe - Eskew Arp
- Malcolm Bradley - Jonas Taber
- Paul Everton - Happy Farley
- Macey Harlam - Nashville Cory
- Henry Hallam - Colonel Flintcroft
- Louis Hendricks - Judge Pike
- Charles Hartley - Peter Bradbury
- Jed Prouty - Norbert Flintcroft
- Cyril Ring - Gene Louden
- J. D. Walsh - Squire Buckelew
- Riley Hatch - Mike Sheenan