Silent Sundays-April 2015

[mr6666]

Sun., 4-5

annual Easter showing of....

 

12:00 am ET

Color
157 min
TV-G

silent

King of Kings, The (1927)

In this silent film, Cecil B. DeMille directs an epic retelling of the life of Christ.

Dir: Cecil B. De Mille Cast:  H. B. Warner , Dorothy Cumming , Ernest Torrence .

LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:

D: Cecil B. DeMille. H. B. Warner, Ernest Torrence, Jacqueline Logan, Joseph Schildkraut, Victor Varconi, Robert Edeson, William Boyd.

"Lavish silent film holds up rather well, benefits from DeMille's superb storytelling skills and reverence for the subject. The Resurrection sequence is in two-color Technicolor. Some prints run 115m."

[mr6666]

Sun., 4-12

 

12:00 AM Young Rajah, The (1922)  

In this silent film, an All-American boy learns that he is really an Indian ruler and must desert his sweetheart to reclaim his throne.

Dir: Philip Rosen Cast:  Rodolph Valentino , Wanda Hawley , Pat Moore .

BW-54 mins,

1:00 AM Son of the Sheik, The (1926)  

In this silent film, an Arabian knight protects a dancing girl from desert outlaws.

Dir: George Fitzmaurice Cast:  Rudolph Valentino , Vilma Banky , George Fawcett .

BW-69 mins,

 

[mr6666]

late Sun., 4-19

 

12:00 am ET

B/W
198 min
TV-14

silent

Intolerance (1916)

In this silent film, four stories from different eras intertwine to depict man's inhumanity to man.

Dir: D. W. Griffith Cast:  Lillian Gish , Lillian Langdon , Olga Grey .

 LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:

D: D. W. Griffith. Lillian Gish, Robert Harron, Mae Marsh, Constance Talmadge, Bessie Love, Seena Owen, Alfred Paget, Eugene Pallette, many others.

"Landmark American epic interweaves four stories of prejudice and inhumanity, from the Babylonian era to the modern day. Melodramatic, to be sure, but gains in momentum and power as it moves toward its stunning climax. That's Lillian Gish as the mother rocking the cradle; Constance Talmadge gives a most appealing and contemporary performance as the sprightly Mountain Girl. Shown in a variety of prints with variant running times--as long as 208m."

[willm61]

While I still enjoyed the airing of "Intolerance" on April 20th Silent Sunday, I was somwhat disappointed with the version TCM chose to air. The Kino version that was shown is not as complete as The Killiam Shows Version or the beautiful Thames Silents version. Also that

synthetic orchestral score by Joseph Turrin is in my opinion very underwhelming and does not do the film justice.

Like I said, I enjoyed it but would have enjoyed either of the other versions (preferably Killiam Shows) much more.

 

Thankyou for continuing to air these gems.

Will

[mr6666]

Sun., 4-26

(times ET)

 

12:00 AM

B/W
75 min
TV-PG

silent

Ace of Hearts, The (1921)

In this silent film, a revolutionary is ordered to kill his romantic rival.

Dir: Wallace Worsley Cast:  Leatrice Joy , John Bowers , Lon Chaney .

 LEONARD MALTIN REVIEW:

D: Wallace Worsley. Lon Chaney, Leatrice Joy, John Bowers, Hardee Kirkland, Raymond Hatton, Edwin Wallock.

"An anarchist suffers professional and personal crises when he discovers his bomb will slay innocent bystanders dining next to his target... who just happens to be "the other man" in a current love affair. Good mid-career Chaney vehicle, a relic of the early Red Scare era, relies more on characterization than on makeup effects."

 

1:30 AM

B/W
18 min
TV-G

silent

Scarecrow, The (1920)

In this silent short, a farmer masquerades as a scarecrow to eliminate a romantic rival.

D: Edward Cline, Buster Keaton