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- May 7th, 2009, 4:09 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Harold Lloyd
- Replies: 47
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Re: Harold Lloyd
Langdon's early films are as mediocre as any Sennett short, and Harry not much different in appearance from any other Sennett comedian. THE TEAM - Carpa, Ripley, Edwards, Langdon - was the winning combination. Period. And besides, The General is a great film, and Three's A Crowd sucks.
- May 7th, 2009, 2:07 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Harold Lloyd
- Replies: 47
- Views: 56252
Re: Harold Lloyd
But given Three's A Crowd Langdon had no clue of how to create an effective context FOR his character - I don't say Capra alone did that, there was a specific team in place, but Kerr does evaluate the films on their own merits, of which Three's A Crowd has none and it was all Langdon's.
- May 7th, 2009, 10:27 am
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Harold Lloyd
- Replies: 47
- Views: 56252
Re: Harold Lloyd
Kerr did NOT take Capra at his word and says as much - his book is an essay on the content of the films, his analysis of Langdon is based on what's in the films. Subjective interpretation, which everyone is free to disagree with, however I find his analysis to be spot on even if he doesn't remember ...
- May 5th, 2009, 9:15 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Harold Lloyd
- Replies: 47
- Views: 56252
Re: Harold Lloyd
Hot Water doesn't hold together for me - it really is like three two-reelers slapped together with no central, over-arching plot.
- May 4th, 2009, 10:15 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Harold Lloyd
- Replies: 47
- Views: 56252
Re: Harold Lloyd
Wasn't the now-lost Heart Trouble a silent? Langdon was unique; I've been getting into some of the Allday set of his Sennett shorts, and his character and way of working are absolutely unique, but it all had to be framed properly. Many of the Sennett shorts are no different than any other Sennett sh...
- May 4th, 2009, 11:19 am
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Harold Lloyd
- Replies: 47
- Views: 56252
Re: Harold Lloyd
I loved Girl Shy, but I did think that the chase at the end went on for too long.
- May 3rd, 2009, 7:30 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Harold Lloyd
- Replies: 47
- Views: 56252
Re: Harold Lloyd
I bet Bebe in her shorts would be pretty hot...MichiganJ wrote: In their shorts, Harold and Bebe are pretty hot
The more I see of Langdon the less I am able to rate him; The Strong Man is great, Three's A Crowd is an unmitigated disaster, and the rest fall indifferently between. *shrugs*
- April 23rd, 2009, 2:04 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 3714
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Re: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
Yeah, I know it's not the ending anyone connected with the film wanted - Lillian and Lars seem to be saying 'Ya want happy? We'll give you happy' and just over-playing that to the hilt. Could just be me though...
- April 22nd, 2009, 5:07 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
- Replies: 3714
- Views: 1079753
Re: WHAT SILENTS & PRE-CODES HAVE YOU SEEN LATELY?
The ending of The Wind is so upbeat that I almost think that Lillian Gish and Lars Hanson were enacting a parody or burlesque.
- April 11th, 2009, 3:05 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Intolerance (D.W. Griffith, 1916)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2497
Re: Intolerance (D.W. Griffith, 1916)
The original version of Intolerance was much longer - either four or eight hours, depending on the source - but Griffith had to cut it down and the French and Babylonian stories were where most of the cuts happened.
- April 9th, 2009, 3:32 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Glorious Betsy (1928) In May On TCM!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2386
Re: Glorious Betsy (1928) In May On TCM!
Didn't this get pulled from TCM's schedule?
- April 7th, 2009, 7:21 pm
- Forum: Classic Film on DVD
- Topic: The Warner Archive
- Replies: 260
- Views: 149761
Re: The Warner Archive
R. Emmett Sweeney's comment: "Chapters are programmed every ten minutes regardless of the shot." appears to jibe with what Miss Goddess posted, and with other posts I've seen on these DVDs so far, and with my own experience. The DVDs don't have traditional chapter markers as most of us th...
- March 27th, 2009, 10:11 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Way Down East (1920) and Griffith's editing style
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13913
Re: Way Down East (1920) and Griffith's editing style
No, the 'race' issues are not bogus at all. Just because Griffith threw in historical names and places does not make it a historical film - it isn't, it's a polemic.
- March 24th, 2009, 2:00 pm
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Way Down East (1920) and Griffith's editing style
- Replies: 34
- Views: 13913
Re: Way Down East (1920) and Griffith's editing style
I've read that the 'black background' closeups were a conscious choice, so that the viewer would be focused solely on the actor's face and expressions.
- March 14th, 2009, 7:48 am
- Forum: Silents & PreCodes
- Topic: Kevin Brownlow/Coppola Napoleon
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4625
Re: Kevin Brownlow/Coppola Napoleon
I don't mind the Coppola version as such, and I don't think the projection rate is all that bad. I do think it a travesty that the most complete version cannot be made available; I'm not familiar enough with it yet to have an opinion of the Davis score compared to Coppola's. There's no reason both c...