The Barbarian
Cast & Crew
Donald Crisp
Monroe Salisbury
George Berrell
Barney Sherry
Elinor Hancock
Jane Novak
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Eric Straive, reared in the Canadian Northwest and educated by his erudite father, is a child of nature. His father dies as he reaches manhood. Capitalists use a forged document to claim rights over Eric's estate. Eric meets a white woman for the first time when James Heatherton brings his daughter, Floria, to camp nearby while he investigates mineral deposits. Eric is attracted to Floria, but she spurns him as a barbarian. When Heatherton's representative, Brant, calls upon Eric's lawyer to complete the deal, Eric exposes the forgery through Redwing, who was present when the elder Straive died. Enraged, Eric nearly kills Brant but is calmed by Floria. Eric gives his estate to found a conservatory where the poor may be taught to sing, thus making possible Floria's ambition.
Director
Donald Crisp
Cast
Monroe Salisbury
George Berrell
Barney Sherry
Elinor Hancock
Jane Novak
Anne Cudahy
Michael Cudahy
Alan Hale
Milton Markwell
Lillian Leighton
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
Contemporary trade journals mention the film's upcoming premiere in Venice, CA in September 1920 and a pre-release screening in Venice on August 17, 1920, but no reviews appear until after April 1921. It is listed in the AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30 (F2.0261). Solomon's story was called "a complete novel" by The Popular Magazine, but no evidence that it was ever published in book form has been located.
