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Post by NoShear on Nov 13, 2024 23:02:11 GMT
Few if any of the silent era articles about Norma Shearer give little or no indication of the skewering the much-maligned actress will later be viciously accorded... One that typically ran appeared 100 years ago on this date in The Bulletin of San Francisco, offering a rave review of Norma Shearer's "rapid rise" for her role in He Who gets Slapped and describing the 22-year-old as a "natural beauty." She was still allowed or allowing herself to let her thick hair down for edgy yield, in this case M-G-M's milestone heart tearer of unrequited love which has been suggested as exhibiting the kind of darkness that only audiences of German Expressionism had viewed up until that time:  |
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Post by Andrea Doria on Nov 14, 2024 15:18:19 GMT
Noshear:"in this case M-G-M's milestone heart tearer of unrequited love which has been suggested as exhibiting the kind of darkness that only audiences of German Expressionism had viewed up until that time."
Oooooh ... now I want to see that so desperately!
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Post by NoShear on Nov 15, 2024 17:28:27 GMT
Noshear:"in this case M-G-M's milestone heart tearer of unrequited love which has been suggested as exhibiting the kind of darkness that only audiences of German Expressionism had viewed up until that time."Oooooh ... now I want to see that so desperately! Your enthusiasm for such a dark downer makes me think there's some sarcasm afoot, Andrea Doria, but if you're serious please consider avoiding during this time of the year... I made the misguided mistake of viewing TALES FROM THE CRYPT during one Holidays season for its Christmas tale and regretted the depressing 1972 film - as if the Holidays season isn't stressful enough!  |
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Post by sagebrush on Nov 15, 2024 23:43:53 GMT
I was lucky enough to see HE WHO GETS SLAPPED at The Stanford Theater in Palo Alto, CA, during a month long spotlight on John Gilbert's films.I think in a few spots I heard some sniffles in the audience. Really good film. For some reason, the fact that Chaney was often paired with such young actresses never looked creepy to me. The lady sitting behind me joked as we were leaving that they should have paired it with a Lillian Gish film and call it a double-depressant. It is shown every so often on Silent Sunday Nights, and I always try to catch at least some of it.
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Post by BondJamesBond on Nov 17, 2024 16:32:06 GMT
Noshear:"in this case M-G-M's milestone heart tearer of unrequited love which has been suggested as exhibiting the kind of darkness that only audiences of German Expressionism had viewed up until that time."Oooooh ... now I want to see that so desperately! Your enthusiasm for such a dark downer makes me think there's some sarcasm afoot, Andrea Doria, but if you're serious please consider avoiding during this time of the year... I made the misguided mistake of viewing TALES FROM THE CRYPT during one Holidays season for its Christmas tale and regretted the depressing 1972 film - as if the Holidays season isn't stressful enough! Our cable system has back episodes of the true-crime TV show "Homicide for the Holidays", where family member(s) are (un?)-expectedly slaughtered by another family member, as per the title.
I watched the Thanksgiving and Christmas episodes just to know who/what to watch out for.
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