Lonesome [videorecording] / Carl Laemmle presents ; story, Mann Page ; adaptation and scenario, Edward T. Lowe Jr. ; dialogue and titles, Tom Reed ; directed by Paul Fejos.
Last performance. De tolv kilinger. Twelve swords. Broadway.
Notes:
Originally produced as motion picture in 1928. Special features: audio commentary; The last performance, Paul Fejos's 1929 silent; reconstructed sound version of Broadway; Fejos memorial, 1963 visual essay; audio excerpts about Broadway from an interview with Hal Mohr. Barbara Kent, Glenn Tryon, Fay Holderness, Gustav Partos, Eddie Philips, Andy Devine.
Contents:
disc 1. Lonesome -- disc 2. Last performance; Broadway.
Summary:
The early Hollywood gem, Lonesome, is the creation of a little-known, but audacious and one-of-a-kind auteur, Paul Fejos, who bridged the gap between the silent and sound eras. Fejos pulled out all the stops for his lovely New York symphony set in antic Coney Island during the Fourth of July weekend, employing color tinting, superimposition effects, experimental editing, and a roving camera, plus three dialogue scenes, added because of the craze for talkies.
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