A 1924 crime drama so lost, even the ghosts can't find it.
Torment is a 1924 American silent film crime drama produced and directed by Maurice Tourneur and distributed by Associated First National. This film stars Bessie Love, Owen Moore, and Jean Hersholt.
Direction
Tourneur's shadowplay before shadows had sound.
Production
The ultimate collector's item: nothing.
Director
Maurice Tourneur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tourneur was a French master who brought European visual poetry to American cinema—now this work exists only in Library of Congress paperwork and desperate hope.
Bessie Love lived until 1986, nominated for an Oscar in The Broadway Melody, yet this early performance evaporated—she outlived her own ghost.
US
