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Neat stuff!
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I missed it (I had school on Monday), but I look forward to purchasing the dvd set. The documentary sound interesting.
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Mine are; BLONDE CRAZY, TAXI!, LADY KILLER, THE PUBLIC ENEMY, ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES, MR. ROBERTS, PICTURE SNATCHER.
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Yep, DEVIL'S CABERET, starring Eddie Buzzell. It's a fun short film with a great pun ending.
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That is really good news. I look forward to their release.
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I love this film. It does not get the respect it deserves. Very funny movie, love the black humor,plus the Technicolor photography is stunning.
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I just recently saw this film (a friend had recommended it to me). It is lots of fun. Some great political satire and black humor.
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The two strip Technicolor version of THE BLACK PIRATE (1926) is available on dvd from KINO.
The silent version of THE SEA HAWK (1924) is pretty good. The sound remake uses some of the footage from the silent version during the battle scenes. TCM sometimes shows the silent version.
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Buy the dvd. The more people that purchase this set will encourage Time Warner to put out a volume 3 and maybe even a volume 4 in the future. Time Warner is in this for the money, if this set does not make them any money, they will not put out any further volumes.
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I say a year or two because it will take at least a year just to do the restoration.
When the restoration for THE JAZZ SINGER was done, it took nearly five years for it to make it dvd. I was talking to the gent that supplied the original sound discs for THE JAZZ SINGER, and he said that it took quite a while to get this project done due to all sorts of unforseen issues, some technical others administrative.
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Excellent news. Maybe these titles will make it to TCM in a year or two.
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Tim McCoy made some silent westerns for MGM in the late 20s. Titles he made in 1927 were; CALIFORNIA, THE FRONTIESMAN, SPOILERS OF THE WEST, LAW OF THE RANGE and FOREIGN DEVILS.
THE ADVENTURER, THE BUSHRANGER, BEYOND THE SIERRAS, RIDERS OF THE DARK and WYOMING were entries for 1928.
THE DESERT RIDER,MORGAN'S LAST RAID, THE OVERLAND TELEGRAPH and SIOUX BLOOD were all made in 1929. I don't know the survival status on any of them though.
If they do survive, perhaps Warners would now have custody of them. Also, don't forget THE WIND (1928) with Lillian Gish is a western too, and TCM has shown it from time to time.
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Mr Potatohead idol does not like to be trifled with ! ;-)
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For what it's worth (not wishing to start a long argument), the scenes after the shipwreck are in sepia tones, and not a gold tint. If that were originally shot in two color Technicolor, then it would have been credited on the screen as such, since the majority of the film is in sepia (the paradise symbolism used for the film) and only the begining and ending are in b/w (the storm sequence using a blueish tone).
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I think LIGHTS OF NEW YORK might have made a better silient than a talkie. Some of the acting in it is dredful. The one thing I think that does help it however, is that it has music running through it all the time. something that many later tlakies might have benefitted by. I noticed that THE SQUALL (1929) also has music running through it as well, and it does help one get through some of the stilted dialogue and wooden acting moments in the film.
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I love the Lubitsch films of this period. MONTE CARLO (1930), ONE HOUR WITH YOU (1932), TROUBLE IN PARADISE (1932) and even his lone entry into drama during the pre-code era BROKEN LULLABY (1932) are fantastic.
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This was also the first MGM film to have synchronized music and effects. The Ross card company in Europe put out a set of post cards with scenes from this film. I'm still looking for a couple of the cards. The idol that is shown at the end of the film also shows up in WEST OF ZANZIBAR (1928) as well.
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I am looking forward to the Ozu silent film set from Criterion. I have seen is A STORY OF FLOATING WEEDS (1934), and thought it was really outstanding. Also looking forward to the Milestone release of THE DRAGON PAINTER (1919) and WRATH OF THE GODS (1914)
both starring Sessue Hayakawa (the camp general in BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI)., when he was a star in the U.S.
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I tried to watch THE LOVE LIGHT when TCM showed it a few years ago. I couldn't get through the film, the score was awful. Way to harsh sounding. A good score should not call attention to itself while you are watching a silent film. It should complement the film and not take "center stage" over the film.
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In A WOMAN TO LOVE (1929) with Vilma Bankey, he is an Italian vineyard owner. I think he played Italians more than any other ethnic group. TCM hasn't shown this film in a real long time, don't know why....
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Pre-codes and silents mostly, although I do like Japanese films as well
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Cary's first feature appearance THIS IS THE NIGHT (1932) is also quite good. The cast includes Charlie Ruggles, Thelma Todd, and Lily Damita.
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Perhaps it was a scene that was deleted from the final release.
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Eddie G, star of the month!
That would be great. Maybe TCM would trot out TWO SECONDS (1932), one of my favorite early Edward G. Robinson films. They haven't shown it in quite a while.