Salome (1922). Film review of the avant-garde drama starring Alla Nazimova

Alla Nazimova in the silent movie Salome (1922)
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star rating 3 out of 5 worth watching

Alla Nazimova takes the lead in this highly stylised version of the biblical tale, based on the play by Oscar Wilde. Directed by Charles Bryant.

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My top, 5/5 stars movies to pass a pandemic with.

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Movie reviews/top 10 films list

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Pandora’s Box/Die Buchse der Pandora (1928). Film review of the silent drama about the downfall of a sexual innocent.

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Film review, by Jason Day, of the infamous silent movie about a sexual innocent who destroys everyone who adores her in the pursuit of pleasure. Starring Louise Brooks and directed by G.W. Pabst.

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Der mude Tod/Destiny (1921). 4 out of 5 stars for Fritz Lang’s inventive silent drama.

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Film review by Jason Day of Der mude Tod (1921), also known as Destiny, the expressionist silent drama by Fritz Lang. Starring Lil Dagover.

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4 star rating very good lots to enjoy

 

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Safety Last! (1923). Read this review to see how Harold Lloyd scaled the heights of movie immortality.

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Film review by Jason Day of the silent film comedy Safety Last! Starring Harold Lloyd, it concerns a young man working in a city department store who will stop at nothing to impress his girlfriend back home. Co-starring Mildred Davis.

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4stars - Very good lots to enjoy

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Ben-Hur: A Tale Of the Christ (1925). A worthy chariot-racing partner to Charlton Heston, so read what’s good and bad about it here.

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Film review by Jason Day of the second silent film adaptation of Ben-Hur, the Lew Wallace bestselling novel about a Jewish Prince (Roman Novarro) who is deceived by his childhood friend (Francis X. Bushman) and made into a galley ship rowing slave. Directed by Fred Niblo.

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3stars Good worth watching

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Madame DuBarry/Passion (1919)

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A review of the silent film Madame DuBarry (1919) starring Pola Negri.

Director Ernst Lubitsch. PAGU/Ufa

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The Cheat (1915)

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Film review by Jason Day of the silent film thriller about a society woman manipulated into being unfaithful. starring Fannie Ward and Sessue Hayakawa, directed by Cecil B. DeMille.

Director: Cecil B. DeMille. Paramount (Not rated).

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Tartuffe (1925)

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Film review by Jason Day of Tartuffe, the German silent drama starring Emil Jannings and Lil Dagover. Directed by F.W. Murnau. 

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Metropolis (1927)

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Review of the classic silent film about a worker’s revolt in a society divided between the have’s and have not’s, starring Brigitte Helm and directed by Fritz Lang.

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Director: Fritz Lang. UFA. (U)

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