Griffith Masterworks 2: SALLY OF THE SAWDUST
W. C. Fields, Carol Dempster in Sally of the Sawdust
Griffith Masterworks 2: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, THE STRUGGLE
The final disc of the set contains Sally of the Sawdust (1925), a rare comedy feature starring Griffith protegee Carol Dempster and W. C. Fields. The Sally of the title (played by Dempster) performs in the circus with her "pop," Professor McGargle (Fields). Little does she know that McGargle came to be her guardian through an unlikely set of circumstances, and is not in fact her real father. As Sally nears adulthood, McGargle decides to bring her to her old hometown so that she might know the truth about her family; wacky hijinks ensue.
Sally of the Sawdust is a [...]
by Dan Erdman | December 21, 2008
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Tags: Carol Dempster, Classic Movies, D. W. Griffith, DVDs, Griffith Masterworks 2, Kino International, Sally of the Sawdust, Silent Films, W. C. Fields, Way Down East
Griffith Masterworks 2: WAY DOWN EAST, THE AVENGING CONSCIENCE
It may not have been terribly original of Kino to include in their 2005 Griffith Masterworks boxed set the only four D. W. Griffith features that most people could name (let alone claim to have seen), but it would have been downright perverse to pass over The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance, Broken Blossoms, and Orphans of the Storm (the fifth and sixth discs were made up of several Biograph shorts).
With their second set, Griffith Masterworks 2, released this month, Kino has selected some genuine curiosities; each of the five films on offer here has novelty value in addition to being the work of cinema’s first genius.
Way Down East (1920), the first film [...]
by Dan Erdman | December 21, 2008
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Tags: Classic Movies, D. W. Griffith, DVDs, Edgar Allan Poe, Kino International, Lillian Gish, Silent Films, The Avenging Conscience, Way Down East
