Blind husbands [videorecording] ; The Great Gabbo / written and directed by Erich von Stroheim (Blind Husbands) ; directed by James Cruze (Great Gabbo)
Format:
[videorecording] ;
Edition:
Deluxe collector's ed.
Publisher:
Kino Video,
Copyright Date:
c2003
Description:
1 videodisc (187 min.) : sd., b&w, some col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Title from each movie's credits. Blind Husbands is based on the book The Pinnacle by Erich Stroheim. The Great Gabbo is adapted from The Great Gabbo by Ben Hecht. Blind Husbands is a videodisc release of the 1917 film. The Great Gabbo is a videodisc release of the 1929 film. Special features include: Score adapted by Donald Sosin from the 1919 cue sheet; excerpts from the original "Blind Husbands" pressbook; audio clips of Valerie von Stroheim and Paul Kohner; dossier on the ill-fated 1929 remake of "Blind Husbands"; "The High Command", a 1944 radio broadcast; a note on "The Great Gabbo" by Erich von Stroheim; photo gallery; published works: a brief survey; portrait gallery; and more. Blind Husbands: Erich von Stroheim, Francellia Billington, Sam DeGrasse. The Great Gabbo: Erich von Stroheim, Betty Compson.
Summary:
The story of a love triangle between a self-absorbed husband, the neglected wife, and her opportunistic lover. The Great Gabbo is the story of Gabbo, a ventriloquist and a supreme egotist, Mary, his assistant, and Little Otto, Gabbo's dummy. Gabbo drives away Mary, then realizes too late how much he loves her.
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