The Craving (1918)

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  • THE CRAVING


    DIRECTED & WRITTEN BY FRANCIS FORD/ JOHN FORD (Jack Ford)
    UNIVERSAL FILM MANUFACTURING COMPANY


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    INFORMATION FROM IMDb

    Plot Summary
    Carroll Wayles (Ford) is a chemist who has discovered the formula for a high explosive.
    This is a secret All Kasarib (Gerald) wishes to learn.


    He uses his ward, Beulah Grey (Gaston), who is under his hypnotic power,
    to tempt Wayles with liquor, knowing that he has formerly been addicted to drink,
    but had overcome it. Wayles returns to his former mode of living.
    Kasarib gains the ascendency over him and learns the secret.
    Wayles’ spirit is taken on an imaginary trip over battlegrounds
    and through scenes of lust to show him the pitfalls that await slaves of the flesh.


    So Wayles awakens a changed man. He goes to the laboratory of Kasarib,
    where there is a struggle, during which an explosion kills Kasarib.
    Wayles and the ward are then free to marry each other.


    Cast
    Francis Ford ... Carroll Wayles
    Mae Gaston ... Beulah Grey
    Peter Gerald ... Ala Kasarib
    Duke Worne ... Dick Wayles
    Jean Hathaway ... Mrs. Wayles


    Directed
    Francis Ford
    John Ford ... (as Jack Ford)


    Writing Credits
    Francis Ford ... (screenplay)
    Francis Ford ... (story)
    John Ford ... (writer)


    Cinematography
    Edward Gheller


    Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
    John Ford ... assistant director (as Jack Ford)
    Joseph A. McDonough

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • The Craving is a 1918 American silent drama film written and directed by John and Francis Ford.


    A 35mm print of the film with Dutch intertitles
    survives in the EYE Film Instituut Nederland film archive.


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