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Title:

The last command [motion picture].

Format:

[motion picture].

Publisher:

Paramount Pictures,

Copyright Date:

1928

Description:

2 film reels (88 min.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.

Subject:

Feature films.
Fiction films.
Feature films.

Other Authors:

Mankiewicz, Herman J. (Herman Jacob), 1897-1953.
Von Sternberg, Josef, 1894-1969.
Powell, William, 1892-1984.
Brent, Evelyn, 1899-1975.
Jannings, Emil, 1884-1950.
Glennon, Bert.
Biró, Lajos, 1880-1948.
Goodrich, John F.
Paramount Pictures Corporation (1914-1927)

Notes:

Emil Jannings, Evelyn Brent, William Powell.

Summary:

An ironic story of a Czarist general reduced to working as an extra in Hollywood after his flight from the Revolution. Sternberg referred to his concern with extracting 'the essence of the Hollywood dream factory and to flash the essentials of a revolution without being realistic to either'. This provides evocative settings for the complex relationships between two men and a woman. The motivations of the characters played by Evelyn Brent and William Powell remain richly ambiguous. Jannings' expressionistic acting persuasively portrays the descent from grandeur to humiliation. The story had its origins in a real-life incident.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)220181355

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)