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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; Erich von Stroheim</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/erich-von-stroheim/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 11:31:06 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>THE MERRY WIDOW Review &#8211; Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier d: Ernst Lubitsch</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-merry-widow-ernst-lubitsch-chevalier-macdonald/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-merry-widow-ernst-lubitsch-chevalier-macdonald/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:46:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10214</guid> <description><![CDATA[THE MERRY WIDOW (1934) Direction: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Edward Everett Horton, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Minna Gombell, Sterling Holloway Screenplay: Ernest Vajda and Samson Raphaelson; from Franz Lehár's operetta Oscar Movies Highly Recommended Jeanette MacDonald, Maurice Chevalier, The Merry Widow The Merry Widow is neither one of Ernst Lubitsch's most discussed nor best-liked films. Film critics and historians generally tend to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-merry-widow-ernst-lubitsch-chevalier-macdonald/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>GREED d: Erich von Stroheim w: Gibson Gowland, ZaSu Pitts, Jean Hersholt &#8211; Silent Masterpiece</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/greed-erich-von-stroheim-zasu-pitts-silent-masterpiece/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/greed-erich-von-stroheim-zasu-pitts-silent-masterpiece/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:53:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25336</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Greed (1924) Direction: Erich von Stroheim Screenplay: Erich von Stroheim, June Mathis; from Frank Norris' novel McTeague Cast: Gibson Gowland, ZaSu Pitts, Jean Hersholt, Dale Fuller, Chester Conklin, Sylvia Ashton Gibson Gowland, Jean Hersholt in Erich von Stroheim's Greed Erich von Stroheim's masterpiece and one of the best silent films ever made, Greed remains a powerful indictment against the deadly sin of the title. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/greed-erich-von-stroheim-zasu-pitts-silent-masterpiece/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pordenone 2009: THE MERRY WIDOW</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/pordenone-2009-the-merry-widow/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/pordenone-2009-the-merry-widow/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:21:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17593</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mae Murray shows her legs in The Merry Widow At The Bioscope: Pordenone Film Festival Day I &#34;The main event, though, is the Erich Von Stroheim version of The Merry Widow (USA 1925), introduced by Leatrice Joy Fountain and featuring a new orchestral score by Maud Nelissen. The film itself is almost a checklist of Von’s obsessions; militaria, aristocrats at play, wedding processions, grotesques, fetishes [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/pordenone-2009-the-merry-widow/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Thomas Meighan, THE LOST SQUADRON at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/niles-essanay-the-lost-squadron-thomas-meighan/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/niles-essanay-the-lost-squadron-thomas-meighan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:43:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10289</guid> <description><![CDATA[Via Thomas Gladysz's article in the Los Angeles Examiner: The Edison Theatre at the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum in the Northern California town of Fremont has been screening silent films and early talkies for quite some time. As Gladysz explains in his article, that area was home to the western studios of the Chicago-based Essanay film company, among whose stars at one point were [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/niles-essanay-the-lost-squadron-thomas-meighan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1937</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1937/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1937/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:07:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11618</guid> <description><![CDATA[Robert Taylor, Greta Garbo in Camille FILM The Awful Truth d, scr: Leo McCarey Camille d: George Cukor; scr: Frances Marion, James Hilton, Zoe Akins The Hurricane d: John Ford; scr: Dudley Nichols, Oliver H. P. Garrett The Last of Mrs. Cheyney d: Richard Boleslawski; scr: Leon Gordon, Samson Raphaelson, Monckton Hoffe Lost Horizon d: Frank Capra; scr: Robert Riskin Night Must Fall d: Richard [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1937/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1928</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1928/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1928/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:56:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10056</guid> <description><![CDATA[Evelyn Brent, Emil Jannings in The Last Command FILM The Crowd d: King Vidor; scr: King Vidor, James V. A. Weaver; titles: Joseph W. Farnham The Docks of New York d: Josef von Sternberg; scr: Jules Furthman; titles: Julian Johnson The Last Command d: Josef von Sternberg; scr: John F. Goodrich; titles: Herman J. Mankiewicz Sadie Thompson d &#38; scr: Raoul Walsh; titles: C. Gardner [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1928/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Fay Wray: KING KONG Star, Scream Queen</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/fay-wray/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/fay-wray/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 23:02:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/fay-wray/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Fay Wray, best remembered as a giant ape's highly vocal love interest in the 1933 interspecies-romance classic King Kong, died in New York City on August 8, 2004. Wray would have turned 97 on September 15. Fay Wray Besides the blockbuster King Kong, directed by Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack, the Canadian-born Wray (Sept. 15, 1907, in Cardston, Alberta) also screamed and/or fainted [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/actors/fay-wray/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1943</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1943/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1943/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:03:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4343</guid> <description><![CDATA[Set in a 17th-century Danish village, Carl Theodor Dreyer's masterful Vredens dag / Day of Wrath is a stark, but deeply felt indictment against religious fanaticism and intolerance. Moving performances by ingénue Lisbeth Modin and accused witch Anna Svierkier add a touch of humanity to the horrors shown on screen. It is not a coincidence that Vredens Dag was made in 1943, a time when [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1943/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1925: Fred Niblo&#039;s BEN-HUR, Ernst Lubitsch&#039;s LADY WINDERMERE&#039;S FAN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1925/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1925/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:25:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4313</guid> <description><![CDATA[ZaSu Pitts, Gibson Gowland (center) in Erich von Stroheim's Greed BEST FILM The Enchanted Cottage d: John S. Robertson; scr: Josephine Lovett; titles: Gertrude Chase Greed d, scr: Erich von Stroheim; titles: June Mathis He Who Gets Slapped d: Victor Sjöström (aka Victor Seastrom); scr: Victor Sjöström, Carey Wilson The Thief of Bagdad d: Raoul Walsh, Douglas Fairbanks; scr: Douglas Fairbanks, Lotta Woods &#160; CHECK [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1924/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
