The Dream Cheater 1920
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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.
- Released: 1920-04-04
- Runtime: 60 minutes
- Genre: Horror
- Stars: J. Warren Kerrigan, Wedgwood Nowell, Alice Wilson, Joseph J. Dowling, Tom Guise
- Director: Ernest C. Warde, Honoré de Balzac, Arthur L. Todd, Jack Cunningham