Life's Whirlpool
1916, English. Directed by Barry O'Neil.
Eight years before the release of Erich Von Stroheim's Greed, Frank Norris's 1899 novel McTeague was adapted to the screen by World Film. The basic story pretty much follows the book: McTeague (Holbrook Blinn) is a coarse young man who becomes a dentist, after a fashion. He is rivals for the hand of Trina Sieppe (Fania Marinoff) with his pal Marcus Schuller (Walter Green). McTeague weds her and she wins the lottery. But she refuses to let go of the money, and her miserly attitude destroys the marriage.
- Runtime
- 0h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 10 January 1916
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Barry O'Neil, Eugenie Magnus Ingleton
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Life's Whirlpool isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 January 1916. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Life's Whirlpool?
Life's Whirlpool (1916) was directed by Barry O'Neil and stars Holbrook Blinn, Walter Greene, Fania Marinoff.