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The Dream Cheater

An adaptation of Balzac's novel set in the roaring twenties, it tells the story of a young man who finds a magic piece of shagreen that fulfills his every desire. For each wish granted, however, the skin shrinks and consumes a portion of his physical energy. La Peau de chagrin belongs to the Études philosophiques group of Balzac's sequence of novels, La Comédie humaine.

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J. Warren Kerrigan

Brandon McShane

Wedgwood Nowell

Angus Burton

Alice Wilson

Mimi Gascoigne

Joseph J. Dowling

Shib Mizah

Tom Guise

Patrick Fitz-George

Fritzi Brunette

Pauline Mahon

Aggie Herring

Mrs. Mahon

Sam Sothern

Shamus McShane

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Release Date 04/04/1920
Director Ernest C. Warde
Writer Honoré de Balzac
Cinematographer Arthur L. Todd
Company Robert Brunton Productions

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Country	Date	Format	Certification
United States	Apr 4, 1920	Premiere	—

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