Silent Feature: Triumph
Credits
Studio: A Famous Players-Lasky Production
A Paramount Picture
Released: April 20, 1924
Featured Cast: Leatrice Joy, Rod LaRocque
Producer-director: Cecil B. DeMille
Screenwriter: Jeanie Macpherson
Source: the May Edginton novel Triumph
Cinematographer: Bert Glennon
Editor: Anne Bauchens
Theme
The son of a factory owner must view life from the other side when he loses his right to the business.
Reviews
“Triumph is a surprise. It lacks the terrific ostentation, the bizarre blather of Male and Female, Fool’s Paradise, and the rest. Indeed it seems that a miracle has come to pass: Cecil B. DeMille has lost his fondness for putting on the dog.”
– Robert Sherwood, Life Magazine, May 22, 1924
Figures
Triumph cost $265,012.53 and grossed $678,526.14.
(These figures have not been adjusted for inflation nor do they include the considerable profits realized from reissues, television syndication, and home entertainment formats.)