A Modern Monte Cristo (1917)
Movies I watch so you don't have to: A Modern Monte Cristo (1917) A Modern Monte Cristo . 50 minutes, screenplay by Alexandre Dumas (novel) and Lloyd Lonergan. 1917, pub: Thanhouser Film Corporation. Starring: Vincent Serrano. Director: Eugene Moore Poster more exciting than movie OK, then... this 1917 film is called " A Modern Monte Cristo " and runs less than one hour! The poster/handbill says, "A tale of romance and adventure such as all the world likes to see." It's Monte Cristo-related, so I must watch! Dr. Emerson (Dantes) is accused via anonymous letter of killing a patient for money, sent by his friend/romantic rival, Deane (Fernand/Danglars/Villefort). The police come and take Emerson away, but something's really missing... the title card says that a year later, he's living in an obscure boarding house. A newspaper headline says his fiancee, Miss Malcolm, married Deane, and it was believed that Emerson killed himself. So