I give this one:
The Merry Widow (1925)
I came away from this picture with two thoughts: 1) von Stroheim was kinky, and 2) I NEED TO SEE MORE. This was a level of sophistication unilke anything I've experienced in a silent film. A dark romance thick with the seedy sludge of lust and revenge. John Gilbert gives an ardent performance as Prince Danilo, the lovestruck "good" prince tortured by society over his love for dancer Sally O'Hara (an over-the-top Mae Murray)...but this picture was stolen by Roy D'Arcy as the sadistic, creepy, sardonic Prince Mirko, ready to destroy his cousin Danilo at every turn. A film rife with sexual imagery, bitter jabs at social mores, and exquisitely directed. Top-notch!
I give this one:
2 comments:
Oh, I have completely missed how cool this film seems. I love your short reviews, they are awesome. Oh, and von Stroheim reeaally was "the man you love to hate"!
That is a great photo of Eleanor Boardman from Bardelys the Magnificent!
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