The Sea Hawk Articles
Arabs in Hollywood Movies on TCM: THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, THE SHEIK
Rudolph Valentino, Agnes Ayres in George Melford's The Sheik Long before they became Hollywood's favorite terrorists, Arabs were generally portrayed as lusty, uncouth, infantile beings in myriad Hollywood movies. Turner Classic Movies returns this month with their annual "Race & Hollywood" film series. The "race" this time around: Arabs. Frank Lloyd's long but generally entertaining 1924 epic The Sea Hawk is almost over. TCM has [...]
Best Films – 1924: GREED, THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE, HE WHO GETS SLAPPED
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 CHECK [...]