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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 1, 2018 22:26:44 GMT
I918...Notable 100 year film anniversaries …
A Dog's Life (1918) Directed, produced, written , scored by Charles Chaplin... Charlie Chaplin’s first film for First National was released in April 1918 , a great favourite of mine the film is considered one of Chaplin's best short films, a notable turning point in his career , and the film is also said to be the first to reach a box office million dollars. Running several minutes longer than his earlier efforts, the.plot here feels more considered and less rushed , rather than relying solely on the standard kicks up the backside for laughs, the story has a greater dimension. A Dog's Life has a more developed story, incorporating well written characters with expressive nuanced performances. Edna Purviance co-stars and brother Syd Chaplin does a hilarious scene as a lunch cart vendor. Living rough on the streets the Tramp character befriends a local mongrel dog called Scraps and together they set off on a serious of comic misadventures. The heart-warming story with its series of visual gags is timeless universally appealing, entertainment. The film also includes perceptive social conscious elements which Chaplin would develop more fully in his later films, and features at the end a scenario that would definitely not get past the censor a few years later. Chaplin gave the film a revamp with a soundtrack in 1959, deciding the best way to bring the Tramp into the modern era was by re-releasing his three First National silent films as a feature length film The Chaplin Revue.I love this still. from the film, the unemployment line ...
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 2, 2018 20:49:22 GMT
Tarzan The Ape Man (1918) Dir. Scott Sidney was released on January 27 1918 The exciting action/adventure silent film starred Elmo Lincoln as Tarzan and Enid Markey as Jane pictured below. Stellan Windrow was actually hired to play Tarzan and so he became the first actor ever contracted for the part. After several weeks of shooting in the swamps, with the tree-work all but completed, the United States entered World War I and Stellan enlisted becaming an ensign in the navy. He was uncredited in the film even though all the shown swinging tree-work was his. It was the first Tarzan movie ever made and is based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' original novel Tarzan of the Apes. The movie adapts only the first part of the novel, however the film is considered the most faithful to the novel of all the film adaptations. Origianlly over 10 reels long over 3hrs the available print today is 73 min. Far from the dark interior of the African continent Louisiana was chosen as the main shooting location, the locals of Morgan City were eager to help out, over 300 locals were hired as cannibal extras for $1.75 a day. The lush jungle vegetation, bayous, waterways, abundant black cast extras, perfect for a simulated African environment, and this locale with its facilities such as hotels, a railway-serviced wharf and an adjacent storage warehouse well suited for the production schedule.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 3, 2018 5:17:21 GMT
I remember Enid Markey from Bringing Up Buddy (1961). Had no idea that she had been Elmo's Jane ! Enid on the right with co-stars with Frank Aletter and Doro Merande
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Post by teleadm on Jan 3, 2018 18:19:46 GMT
Actor Rex Ingram made his movie debut in Tarzan of the Apes 1918, he was actually a licensed physician, and he later told about how he came into movies. "My career as an actor was quite by chance. I was standing on a Hollywood corner waiting to cross the street when I was discovered by a movie talent scout. I was persuaded that I was just what was needed to play a native of the jungles in the first Tarzan picture." Rex Ingram is maybe mostly known for three "extreme" movie roles, as De Lawd in The Green Pastures 1936, the Genie in The Thief of Bagdad 1939 and as Lucius / Lucifer Jr. in Cabin in the Sky 1943. He would later play a native chieftain in another Tarzan movie, Tarzan's Hidden Jungle 1955.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jan 3, 2018 22:38:10 GMT
Tih Minh (1918) France . Louis Feuillade was a prolific and prominent French film director of the silent era. Between 1906 and 1924 he directed over 630 films. An innovative director his highly popular & entertaining crime film serials Fantômas, Les Vampires, Judex. predate Tih Minh, all the serials are noted for their stylish originality incorporating engaging cinematic thriller techniques, widely influential on all the espionage thrillers that followed and most famously on the directors Fritz Lang and Alfred Hitchcock, Tih Minh is a 12 part serial it tells the story of Jacques d'Athys who returns to his home in Nice, following an expedition deep into Indochina. Tih Minh, a young woman from Laos returns with him & has become his fiancé. Unknown to Athys, he has returned to France with a book that contains a coded message revealing the location of treasure and sensitive political intelligence. This makes him and Tih Minh the target of cut throat spies who will stop at nothing to obtain the book. To spice up the tale the international band of jewel thieves/spies include a noble Marquise of mysterious origin, a Hindu hypnotist and a ruthless German doctor with plenty of tricks up his sleave. Turning 100 years in 2018, Tih Minh is wonderful entertainment, packed with exciting adventure & thrilling action, it is laced with a dash of humour and of course some good old touching romance ...
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Post by manfromplanetx on Nov 16, 2018 7:34:01 GMT
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Post by teleadm on Nov 16, 2018 11:29:46 GMT
Berg-Ejvind och hans hustru ( The Outlaw and His Wife) 1918, directed by Victor Sjöström, who also played the lead, seen here with Edith Erastoff. Edith and Victor were lovers on and off-screen. She was pregnant, with his daughter while they were filming this movie. They married in 1922, after having to wait 5 years for her divorce. When the movie world was silent this kind of movies did very well on the international markets.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Nov 24, 2018 6:29:39 GMT
The Sentimental Bloke (1918) My verdict ? Guilty... I have not seen this homegrown classic ! but now have a copy on the way from the NFSA and will be looking forward to watching on the centenary anniversary next week... What a wonderful film !! A beautifully restored print with a wonderful musical accompaniment. Based on The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke a humorous and touching verse novel by Australian poet C. J. Dennis. Interpreting the colourful poetic colonial colloquialisms could be an issue for some. An attempt was made to release the film internationally, for an American audience the Australian verse was removed and replaced with American slang but the film never got a release anyway. Director Raymond Langford collaborated closely with actress and screen writer Lottie Lyell, the two made significant contributors to Australia's developing film industry, sadly much of their film work is now considered lost. So impressed was I with the innovative direction , the Australian National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) excitedly also has the melodrama banned by the censors in NSW The Woman Suffers (1918) which turned 100 in March this year directed by Raymond Longford, starring Lottie Lyell, it is now on the way....
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Post by teleadm on Nov 24, 2018 15:44:25 GMT
Mauritz Stiller's Thomas Graals bästa barn ( Thomas Graal's Best Child actually a horrible name if one has more than one child) 1918, with Victor Sjöström and Karin Molander. Both Stiller and Sjöström would later follow Greta Garbo to Hollywood. One of the screenwriters was Gustaf Molander, and he would later play a huge part in another Swedish exports career, Ingrid Bergman.
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Post by spiderwort on Nov 24, 2018 16:58:23 GMT
Okay, I confess that I have not seen this film, so I can only write what I learned about it in wikipedia, but I'm including it here because it was directed (to my utter amazement) by one of my favorite classic directors, Michael Curtiz (as as Mihály Kertész) along with Edmund Fritz. It's called Alraune and is a Hungarian science fiction horror film released in 1918. Per wikipedia: "Little is known about this film which is now believed to be lost. It is a variation on the original legend of Alraune in which a Mad Scientist creates a beautiful but demonic child from the forced union between a woman and a mandrake root." All I can say is that it sounds fascinating. I'd love to see it. And it was remade in 1930 with Brigitte Helm and again in 1952 with Hildegard Knef and Erich von Stroheim, so I guess the story has some merit. Hope this posting is okay, planet. I was looking for a film I knew, then saw Curtiz's name and didn't get past that. I'll keep looking though, for something I have seen.
I can't believe the difference between the young Victor Sjöström and the old man in Wild Strawberries!
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 3, 2018 5:48:53 GMT
Okay, I confess that I have not seen this film, so I can only write what I learned about it in wikipedia, but I'm including it here because it was directed (to my utter amazement) by one of my favorite classic directors, Michael Curtiz All I can say is that it sounds fascinating. I'd love to see it. And it was remade in 1930 with Brigitte Helm and again in 1952 with Hildegard Knef and Erich von Stroheim, so I guess the story has some merit. Hope this posting is okay, planet. I was looking for a film I knew, then saw Curtiz's name
Hi there spiderwort I was very interested to read of this sadly lost film, and was most surprised discovering that Curtiz had made many other films that same year of 1918 in Hungary, even one starring Béla Lugosi, Lulu ...
and while at it I learnt much about Michael Curtiz many thanks to you ! ..
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Post by manfromplanetx on Dec 5, 2018 19:03:57 GMT
Mauritz Stiller's Thomas Graals bästa barn ( Thomas Graal's Best Child actually a horrible name if one has more than one child) 1918, with Victor Sjöström and Karin Molander. Both Stiller and Sjöström would later follow Greta Garbo to Hollywood. One of the screenwriters was Gustaf Molander, and he would later play a huge part in another Swedish exports career, Ingrid Bergman. Hi there teleadm Forgive me, I somehow overlooked your wonderful post when here the other day. I was very interested to learn of the Swedish film pioneer Mauritz Stiller and his first feature film which turned 100 this year. His film Erotikon (1920) apparently was a huge influence on directors such as Chaplin and Ernst Lubitsch , and went out to over 40 international audiences. The film is still available, on a now out of print kino release, Looking forward to viewing, I have a copy on the way from the States... Many Thanks to you !
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 3, 2020 4:14:53 GMT
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The Flapper (1920) Directed by Alan Crosland . An entertaining silent comedy starring Olive Thomas. Portraying the "flapper" lifestyle, which became a liberating cultural trend, socially assertive & fashionable the modern woman of the 1920s. Bored with her dull but comfortable life Ginger dreams of a more exciting & glamourous lifestyle... Tragically 25 year old Olive Thomas died a few months after filming. She died in Paris five days after mistakenly ingesting her husband's medication, which caused her kidneys to eventually fail. Although ruled accidental, her untimely death was the subject of much speculation, gossip & scandal in the press.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 3, 2020 6:25:49 GMT
The Mark of Zorro (1920) Dir. Fred Niblo starring Douglas Fairbanks and Noah Beery Sr. This exciting genre-defining swashbuckler adventure was the first screen version of The Mark of Zorro the film is based on the 1919 story The Curse of Capistrano by Johnston McCulley who introduced the masked hero, Zorro, A notable landmark in the development of the action-adventure film, it was this movie that elevated Douglas Fairbanks from mere star to superstar. His athleticism and charisma are legendary, famously he did all his own stunts, but that's not all he could do Fairbanks was an outstanding actor. His foppish Don Diego character is hilarious and nuanced, heroic rousing and romantic is Zorro. With a terrific cast in support, and timeless appeal one of the truly great Silent Classics A huge inspiration for the Batman persona, Fairbanks Zorro
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Post by claudius on Jun 3, 2020 10:02:49 GMT
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920) Either viewed as the first Art film, with its imaginative sets and plot twist, as well as the first major horror film with its mad doctor and his enslaved monster who carries the heroine off (James Whale was very influenced by this film).
DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE (1920) Probably the first famous adaptation of the novella, with John Barrymore's memorable Mr. Hyde, as well as its plotline establishing the good girl/bad girl plotline used in the March and Tracy versions.
HAUNTED SPOOKS (1920) Harold Lloyd's Scary Old House, made during the publicity bomb accident that maimed his hand for life.
ONE WEEK (1920) Buster Keaton's first released independent feature away from Arbuckle (He made THE HIGH SIGN first, but released that later).
THE GOLEM (1920) Paul Wegener's remake of the lost 1915 film, which would be influential for later monster films (like establishing the 'Monster innocently plays with a child' trope).
WAY DOWN EAST (1920) D.W. Griffith's Rural drama, memorable for its Ice Flow River Rescue sequence.
The aforementioned THE MARK OF ZORRO.
Memorable mentions: Lon Chaney's first star vehicle THE PENALTY, Maurice Tornuner's THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS, Mary Pickford's POLLYANNA.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Jun 3, 2020 22:25:34 GMT
Erotikon (1920) Lavish Swedish romantic comedy film directed by Mauritz Stiller. The story revolves around an entomology professor obsessed with his work studying the sexual life of bugs. Meanwhile his neglected easy going wife is being courted by two handsome suitors... Moving away from rural based films Stiller a cultured man decided to make a film set in a sophisticated urban setting. The director lavished attention on this film, building elaborate sets and commissioning a special exotic ballet for the theatre scenes, which were shot in the Royal Opera House of Stockholm, with a host of society extras making up the audience. The film reflected the fashionable life of the city and a modernity moving forward into the new decade. Erotikon instigated a new genre of social comedy, the bold satire attracted considerable attention in the movie world having been sent out to 45 international markets. Jean Renoir admired it very much; Lubitsch mentioned it as one of the best films he had ever seen; Chaplin's A Woman of Paris influenced by it. With delicacy and subtlety of the acting, with the gentle observation of our human eccentricities and its sumptuous production values Erotikon is a film that transcends its time and fashion, celebrating this year its 100th anniversary...
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Post by hi224 on Jun 4, 2020 5:35:11 GMT
Notable 100 year film anniversaries …
A Dog's Life (1918) Directed, produced, written , scored by Charles Chaplin... Charlie Chaplin’s first film for First National was released in April 1918 , a great favourite of mine the film is considered one of Chaplin's best short films, a notable turning point in his career , and the film is also said to be the first to reach a box office million dollars. Running several minutes longer than his earlier efforts, the.plot here feels more considered and less rushed , rather than relying solely on the standard kicks up the backside for laughs, the story has a greater dimension. A Dog's Life has a more developed story, incorporating well written characters with expressive nuanced performances. Edna Purviance co-stars and brother Syd Chaplin does a hilarious scene as a lunch cart vendor. Living rough on the streets the Tramp character befriends a local mongrel dog called Scraps and together they set off on a serious of comic misadventures. The heart-warming story with its series of visual gags is timeless universally appealing, entertainment. The film also includes perceptive social conscious elements which Chaplin would develop more fully in his later films, and features at the end a scenario that would definitely not get past the censor a few years later. Chaplin gave the film a revamp with a soundtrack in 1959, deciding the best way to bring the Tramp into the modern era was by re-releasing his three First National silent films as a feature length film The Chaplin Revue.I love this still. from the film, the unemployment line ... nice.
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 5, 2020 1:17:31 GMT
Prästänkan (The Parson’s Wife) – a comedy directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, Yeah, that’s what I said. Said to be the first “Dreyer film,” it was released in Sweden in October 1920. Of course, this is not knock-a-bout slapstick, but, being Dreyer, it is a warm, human comedy. Here’s the set-up: Sofen, an aspiring parson, wants to marry Mari but her father will not approve until he gets a ministry. When he is hired by a rural congregation, he learns that it comes with a catch: a local custom says that the new minister must marry the widow of the previous parson. He learns to his further horror that not only is she old enough to be his grandmother but she has already buried three other parsons. It’s humor and humanism. Quite a beautiful movie.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 1, 2021 22:00:29 GMT
1921...
Notable 100 year film anniversaries continued, favorites, recommendations .... The growing development of film is highlighted by the number of quality releases from around the world, In America the two biggest box office Hollywood films are also now preserved by the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant... The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse directed by Rex Ingram. Based on the novel by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez the epic tale tells of surging passion sweeping from the wide plains of the Argentine through the fascinating frivolities of pre-war Paris into the blazing turmoil of the German invasion. A powerful anti-war film which made a superstar out of its handsome exotic leading man, Rudolph Valentino, and elevated producer , screenwriter June Mathis, to a platform of power in the industry. Her name and story will recur throughout the years of the silent epic... The still famous Tango scene June Mathis Coming in second at the box office was Charlie Chaplin's first full length feature his most personal film The Kid . With universal and timeless appeal, it is one of films finest examples of the screen language, depending upon its actions rather than upon subtitles, an artful melding of touching drama, social commentary and inventive comedy.
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Post by manfromplanetx on Mar 2, 2021 4:03:33 GMT
Turned 100 Körkarlen, The Phantom Carriage was released on New Years Day 1921. The Swedish film was directed by and starred Victor Sjöström, he also wrote the screenplay based upon the novel Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!, Körkarlen (1912) written by Nobel prize-winning Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. The highly influential film was a groundbreaking innovative achievement , a haunting foreboding atmosphere is created with the use of double exposure. The films dark unsettling morality tale unfolds with flashbacks, at times within flashbacks. 1 00 years on Victor Sjöström's film remains remarkably potent and technically impressive. Not just in the portrayal of death, but in the films portrayal of life there is never a comfortable or safe moment, a classic film that is not easy to shake off or forget !...
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