Robert Gordon Anderson, in his 1971 volume Faces, Forms, Films, the artistry of Lon Chaney, writes about the film "Victory" (five reels), directed by Maurice Tournuer. "The picture had good reviews despite some distortion of the storyline", liberties having been taken while adapting the literary work of Joseph Conrad.
Robert G. Anderson writes, "Not all of the movies being turned out were made without regard for the artistic nature of the media. Many directors strove to create something of a more lasting nature, utilizing photographt, lighting, settings, acting, editing to create what they wanted. Maurice Tourneur was one of them. Tourneur's film of Joseph Conrad's Victory included another of Lon Chaney's villainous portraits."
Twenty four silent films directed by Maurice Tourneur between 1912-1926 are presumed lost, with no surviving copies, among them being "While Paris Sleeps" (1923) and "Treasure Island" (1920), both having starred Lon Chaney.
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