By John T. Soister
Through the Silent period, whilst such a lot motion pictures handled dramatic or comedic takes at the "boy meets lady, boy loses woman" subject matter, different movies dared to take on such subject matters as rejuvenation, revivication, mesmerism, the supernatural and the gruesome. A Daughter of the Gods (1916), The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The Magician (1926) and 7 Footprints to devil (1929) have been one of the strange and startling motion pictures containing tale components that went a long way past the area of "highly unlikely." utilizing surviving documentation and their mixed services, the authors catalog and talk about those departures from the norm during this encyclopedic advisor to American horror, technology fiction and fable within the years from 1913 via 1929.
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The revamped version also proved to be a popular success; so popular, in fact, that that it led to a slew of imitative clutching-hand productions that included The Cat and the Canary, The Gorilla, The Monster, and The Last Warning. All were subsequently tapped for Hollywood and are considered between these covers. The film begins with a not-entirely-convincing miniature cityscape (although, in keeping with Expressionist precepts, it’s probably not meant to be entirely convincing) around which a bat flaps before alighting on one of the buildings.
The revamped version also proved to be a popular success; so popular, in fact, that that it led to a slew of imitative clutching-hand productions that included The Cat and the Canary, The Gorilla, The Monster, and The Last Warning. All were subsequently tapped for Hollywood and are considered between these covers. The film begins with a not-entirely-convincing miniature cityscape (although, in keeping with Expressionist precepts, it’s probably not meant to be entirely convincing) around which a bat flaps before alighting on one of the buildings.
A drawing of a cannon with a soldier standing in front of it. • A ship. Explosions in the water around the ship. Presumably, it’s being fired on. 25 • A stern-looking older man talking to a woman. Her back is turned to him and her expression is scornful. In the background is a woman’s body on the floor. A little girl gets hysterical at the sight and is taken out of the room by another woman. • People running again, but, this time, it’s to watch a horse race. Some shots of the horse race. • A pleasant carriage ride in the country.