TCM silent Sundays

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• April 2014 Featured Films

 

   Old San Franciso

 

   The Mysterious Island (1929)

 

   Spies

 

   The Viking (1928)

 

[Guest REB]

Really would love to see some of the work of Arnold Fanck, e.g., "The White Hell of Pitz-Palu"

[mr6666]

late Sun., 4-20

 

12:00 AM

143 min

silent

Spione (1928)

The mastermind behind a ubiquitous spy operation learns of a dangerous romance between a Russian lady in his employ and a dashing agent from the government's secret service.

Dir: Fritz Lang Cast:  Gerda Maurus , Willy Fritsch , Rudolf Klein-Rogge .

CLOSE LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:

D: Fritz Lang. Rudolph Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Willy Fritsch, Lupu Pick, Fritz Rasp.

"Silent spy-thriller still packs a wallop as government agent Fritsch determines to thwart seemingly-respectable Klein-Rogge, a wheelchair-bound master-fiend with an uncanny resemblance to Lenin! One of Lang's early masterpieces, aka SPIONE."

 

Article here: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/490899/Spione/articles.html

 

[mr6666]

morlock blog regarding Lang's Spione:

http://moviemorlocks.com/2014/04/19/occupy-fritz-lang/#more-73798

[mr6666]

late Sun., 4-27

 

12:00 AM

90 min

adventure

Viking, The (1929)

Norse half-brothers vie for a throne and for the same woman.

Dir: R. William Neill Cast:  Donald Crisp , Pauline Starke , LeRoy Mason .

 

Article: http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/94800/Viking-The/articles.html