The Last of the Mohicans

Image Not Available Director: Clarence Brown, Maurice Tourneur Dvd Release: 6th June, 2000 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Black & White, Region 0 Encoding

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The Last of the Mohicans is a 1920 film version of the James Fenimore Cooper novel. It tells the story of two English girls, trying to reach the fort where their father is commander, suffering danger in the frontier of the American colonies. It stars Wallace Beery, Barbara Bedford, Alan Roscoe, Lillian Hall, Henry Woodward, James Gordon, George Hackathorne, Nelson McDowell, Harry Lorraine & Theodore Lorch. The movie was adapted by Robert Dillon & directed by Clarence Brown & Maurice Tourneur. There were other versions in 1911, 1932, 1936, 1977 & 1992 & a television miniseries in 1971. The film has been deemed culturally significant by the Library of Congress & selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.

Maurice Tourneur, born February 2, 1873 – died August 4, 1961, was an important international film director & screenwriter. Born Maurice Thomas in the Belleville district of Paris, France, his father was a jeweler. As a young man, Maurice Thomas first trained as a graphic designer & a magazine illustrator but was soon drawn to the theater. In 1904, he married the actress, Fernande Petit. They had a son, Jacques who would follow his father into the film industry. Using the stage name Maurice Tourneur, he began his show business career performing in secondary roles on stage & eventually toured England & South America as part of the theater company for the great star Gabrielle Rejane. Drawn to the new art of filmmaking, in 1911 he began working as an assistant director. A quick learner & an innovator, within a short time he was directing films on his own using major French stars of the day such as Polaire.

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