Triumph is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse, written by Fred Myton, starring Lon Chaney and Dorothy Phillips.

[4] Nell Baxter, an aspiring actress, decides to leave her hometown and go to Broadway where she has been told she will surely triumph as a great star.

The manager, David Montieth, is also attracted to Nell, but she only has eyes for Paul Neihoff (Lon Chaney), an unemotional drama critic who only cares about getting his play produced.

It seems Neihoff's doctor had told him earlier that week that he is terminally ill, so the dying critic writes a fake confession to Monteith's murder and then poisons himself.

As the train pulls away, Nell decides to remain in her small town and forego moving to the big city.

---Moving Picture World "The finish is altogether unexpected because the visualization of the actor's narration is not suggested in any way and its enactment is vivid and stirring.

---Variety[6] "This is a picture of stage life and possesses more than the usual attraction of such productions due to its artistic and tasteful direction...