http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/the-11th-san-francisco-silent-film-festival/ thinking film Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:03:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/the-11th-san-francisco-silent-film-festival/#comment-42334 Marcus Tucker Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:45:29 +0000 http://www.altfg.com/blog/archives/2006/07/12/the-11th-san-francisco-silent-film-festival/#comment-42334 Rosita is the antithesis of everything that Mary Pickford had ever done on screen. And certainly not at all what Sparrows is, typical formula Mary Pickford. Mary hated Rosita and when one views it the can easily see why because, she is not at all herself in that film. One thing that can be said of Lubistch was that he knew exactly what to do with every actress that he every directed no matter what her strengths and weaknesses may have been (if only he had told Dietrich she used to be a hooker in Angel) he brought out something no one else seemed to find in Pickford, Negri, MacDonald, Hopkins, Oberon, etc. Funny though, he isn't referred to as a "woman's director" because he really was. He found a Mary Pickford that was sensual and sexy even dark, a Mary who would not appear for a second act, and a Mary that may have been in films for decades to come. One thing that can be said for Sparrows however is that Mary in all of her hoyden glory may be more beautiful than she ever was in any of her films. Rosita is the antithesis of everything that Mary Pickford had ever done on screen. And certainly not at all what Sparrows is, typical formula Mary Pickford. Mary hated Rosita and when one views it the can easily see why because, she is not at all herself in that film. One thing that can be said of Lubistch was that he knew exactly what to do with every actress that he every directed no matter what her strengths and weaknesses may have been (if only he had told Dietrich she used to be a hooker in Angel) he brought out something no one else seemed to find in Pickford, Negri, MacDonald, Hopkins, Oberon, etc. Funny though, he isn’t referred to as a “woman’s director” because he really was. He found a Mary Pickford that was sensual and sexy even dark, a Mary who would not appear for a second act, and a Mary that may have been in films for decades to come. One thing that can be said for Sparrows however is that Mary in all of her hoyden glory may be more beautiful than she ever was in any of her films.

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