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first appearance of Antinea the queen of the mysterious country in the midst of the deSert, comes as a most . anti-climax after the low building-'!p of tension in th early 5CC,!CIS. AP!D there arc touches of naivete ID the dI Scovery of wri tiJ1.l. on ca , e walls and the 5IIIO inl of bashish cb seems today to be stron tin 'tb. elements from the contemporary romantic -no elette. Yet. at the time, the creation !fantasy set in th remote desert tutecl in 1921 a fresh apeneucc for '. on Lheone band to Of DI'. and on the other to the Iy chawingroom medi of Lubitsch. 35 t' • an ... ) Germany. 1921. Directed by llobert iene, from the story by DostoYe\--sky· ilb the M w Art Theatre Players. P rodu ed by the eumann Studios. German y famous silent version of the ll askolniko tory iilmed in the style of The blnet Dr. Calipd. U '7 I U .. . 1u I FOOLISH . .S.A.. 1921. A tupid money-loving American in th hectic atmosphere of post-war onte rlo (1919) alIo hi wife to th dupe of a Continental seducer and hi confederates. made in 191021 . ... ---_.._-- robeim's full ran u".w acro the enormous spectacu lar rooms: at the end of all this mlignificence Ot smooth . seemingly limitl parquet ftoo , there appears to on the throne _ in fiercely ironical contrast - th sad, f bl ilbouette of a most melancholy gentleman. the prince . What an accumulation of grandeur for poor rap of humanity ! Th-: m .' r, obtusc ever. sees nothin of thiS mngruity : he is comt'l in th problem of pulllnl off a - trant glove . m yet di vered the po which be later to sbo in Greed. Th up' be I the li of the thy th a rching realism. be only no the piClu ue parts of the impo ri It . nised region r the e d znr , The den almost f:rlghtenin wbi h be evokes for on the prinee' first vi: ' t to the counterfeiter' ho . i ooisbing . 11 is a dwelhng in which the southern hght ba!'Cly brealtin.s through the narrow opemnlll of th Venetian blinds, floal 0 dusty air cover ing the room, and In It. the fal:e 'of the sleeping gii1,with soft streaks of shadow. The ughtin g itself gives us a presentiment and we har dly need the Grand G uignol scene of the grimacing old counte rfeiter brandishing hi knife to make us understand th t the prince will only touch the daugbt r at th of his life. FooD es is a kind of prelude to Stroheim' mature r : it contains a' ,,_ ... ",nd f"lfilmenL the face or me Sleeplng-girl;- Wltn son streaks of shadow. The ughting itself gives us a presentiment and wc hardly need the Gran d Guigno l scene of the grimacing old counterfeiter brandishing hi! knife to make us understand that the prince will only touch the daugbt r at th of his life. FooD cs is a kind of prelude to Stroheim' mature r : it contains t nee promise.,.d fulfilmenL rittm and directed b £rich OD roheim who also pia th leading role . ' ., • 115 L A"""''- 'J922. The famous film WIt> r R with Rudolph alentin as a y ung South American caught up in the First War. e then b ginning to arouse interest in the United States. It retrieved the- tottering fortun of the Metro compan y late r to b m th parent company of the tam .G Above all it the of u on the work of the younglrisb dir or R Ingmm who was to contribute many worthwhile films in the years to come. Its cameraman JOM itz rked exclusively with Ingram for a lonl time and later OD fame for . on Doable and The unknown but Ter:ry 100 became r it aJcn1jno that the bered. Based on B ( nu ' popula.r war novel the film faithful to its original and th dnmati ten i and sweeping can" of the boo are camuIIy It i • le t some .infInenJ of OD h im in the treatment and it must be reroembered that lngram was in fact a friend of vou roh im and entrusted by him with the nd cutting of Greed. 3511' " It I 14i! Aa 00 OF THE ORm .SA.. I 22. Robert Flaherty's documentary of the E kirnos, Made in or;th nada . Robert Flahe rty was COID.D1U· ioned by the Revinon Fu r Company to make n ad ert:ising film and th result of hi vi it to th e Hud n Bay territory of Canada was Of orth, one of tbe most notable film in the hi ory of the cinema. So well has i imple intemtv and fine otography VUII\ Ul' - J.:fU!, UIU , .• 1 22. Robert Flaherty ' documentary of the Eskim os. Made in ortb Canada . Robert Flaherty was ccmmisioned by the Revillon Fu r Company to m n ad ertisin g film. and th result of hi visit to the Hud n Bay territory of Canada was Of • orth, one of the most notable films in the hi ry of the cinema. So w II b i 'mple integrity and fine -photography ood up to the test of time that it i difficult t realise that Flaherty bad to r entird alone and without the d of panchromatic t It more than a permnal triumph ; its f . material to p t not a tury but rather a dIamatic them of man ' struggI with hi CD\ironmenl opened up a new realm of filmmaking. It th.c first documentary film in the modem sense. The film 0 anoo , the Eskimo hunter . preparing with hi family fur the ummer , hi meeting with the white trader , catcbinc wal and fo building an igl ,training hi children in lh arts of hunting. breaking c:a.m.P . and finally returni ng. through wild storm to safety W G DO Germany 1922. D irected by Arth ur Robison . This some bat broodin. study in the psycbololY of a cu koIded husband, hi fickle wit: and her four suitors, moving in period setting. is one of the m unusual and striking films of the GemJ8.D silent period. "Its purely oIogical direction ," "w:rote Paul.1lotba in "Tbe <strong>Film</strong> TIll ' •"its. ddinite completeness of lime and action, its intimate ensemble ·butea of the cinema. The eauiD of theme. the smooth "e\opment from one ococe into another , th aractoaJTea1- .on of the tb D the chaIac:ta:s. fIawI y .. 35U , • -C SW UJ(JIWS (Extr act a. I) The. hypnoti5t mo the tra1 c:banH::ters sometbin&of the tragedy that is abom to enfold them. I' I U.... A 1913 • Berl1... • ) Sweden 1923. Adaptation o( Sclma la gerlor s roman tic novel, directed by Mauri tz StiUer with O.reta Garbo in her first major screen part. The original novel i a ery long one packed with incident : th film telescopes parts and omits the nd thi particu - lar ersion i actually a shortened ODe that tilkT bli make in order j t«r:.N-1ti fi conweden 1923. Adaptation o( Sclma la gerlors romantic n vel. directed by anritz Stiller with Greta Garbo in her first major screen part. The original novel i a very long one packed with incident : the film telescopes parts and omits olhe and tbi particu - lar crsion i aetually a ortened one that tilkr blited make in order to obtain foreign clistribution. In coosequence the continuity i at times 0bscure; but the ow I ' to be found in many . films ' it JI W!lty of mood. the plot, tnvances are freq y unconvman.a there ale some finely band1edsequences. and some sttiking exterior photopaphy . Gnn Gamo. disCo 'ered by mer , mal. her .film deb .. 19 ' 0 (Extract o. 1) The fire at the mansion: tbe purmit aCTO the frozen Jake. (lb extract gives prominence to the performance of Greta Garbo)
time when the Amcrican studios seemed obsessed with the pseudo-c:osmopolitan and pseudo-American drawin grcc m and dancdu&1I nonsc:nsicalilies, and before the influence of the German posI-war direc:lo., had mita lised them. Here appealed an bonesLly aod typicalty American film in ",-hich a wee impenonal theme supe:n:edcd lbe usual narrowly human theme of IIlIatory or financial SOCCC5L Cruze. bad utilised the power or the screen to coo jure up ma5IJ lion I. art instrument of P'OS-pnda in its 5oCQSC,. " , SI: 12 .... Ak HLi'OIIACl( OF NOTRE U.S.A., 1923, Dirmed by W:allace Wors1ey. With Lon Qaney and Emest 'r c rreeee, This film 15 notab le for exceplionaJly fine acting. The triumph of the producer is no t greater than tbe lriumph of Lon Chancy . His make-up :as Quasimodo , the hunchback . is man -cl, IoU$.Hideo us of aspect - and yet with a human liOU1hidden :a",'Sy SOIl"ewtterethat is the ..... 'S) Lon Chancy presents tbe chaBcter _ His performance stilt tw the po_r to mo\e and his acrobati cs to thrill and entert.ain. K ' ik ,. .... .u MOA1'Io\ U.s.A.., Icn:J..24. Wrium., directed and _ ... '" by . obJlv U.S.A.. 1923. Onc of the best-known , i1enl comedies of Harold Uoyd . ...... which 1I0yd had planned in a previ ous picture ca lled Look Out Below t :and which eo-starred his wife, Mildre
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