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HUCKLEBERRY FINN Review: Lewis Sargent William Desmond Taylor
HUCKLEBERRY FINN (1920) Direction: William Desmond Taylor Cast: Lewis Sargent, George Reed, Katherine Griffith, Frank Lanning, Gordon Griffith, Esther Ralston, Edythe Chapman, Martha Mattox Screenplay: Julia Crawford Ivers; from Mark Twain’s novel Recommended with Reservations Lewis Sargent in William Desmond Taylor’s Huckleberry Finn Directed by William Desmond Taylor, Huckleberry Finn stars a fresh, freckle-faced Lewis Sargent as Huck. (Sargent was also featured in another 1920 [...]
San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2011 Highlights: Stephen Horne, Matti Bye Ensemble, Mont Alto Orchestra
The Terra Nova in Herbert G. Ponting’s The Great White Silence A few words about the 2011 edition of the San Francisco Silent Film Festival: SFSFF 2011 was quite crowded; as a result, the programs sometimes started late, but they were always well organized. The choice of the venue couldn’t be better. The Castro Theater is one of the few remaining original 1920s movie palaces [...]
Amazing Tales from the Archives: Orphan Films at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Eugen Illés‘ The Fall of Jerusalem The 16th San Francisco Silent Film Festival first morning program, "Amazing Tales from the Archives – The Archivist As Detective," presented the many problems identifying "Orphan Films" — unlabeled pieces of footage discovered in vaults or estates. The first example of such an orphan film was an excerpt from a movie determined to be Eugen Illés‘ 1922 German period [...]
THE SADIST Review: Arch Hall, Jr.; James Landis
THE SADIST (1963) Direction and Screenplay: James Landis Cast: Arch Hall, Jr., Richard Alden, Marilyn Manning, Don Russell, Helen Hovey Arch Hall Jr, The Sadist Say what you will about Arch Hall, Jr. (and I know many people have), but he gives an outstanding performance in James Landis‘ The Sadist — one that is quite unlike his amateurish appearance opposite his father in Eegah, only [...]