El testaferro

Título original: The Shakedown

1929
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1h 5min

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Barbara Kent and James Murray in El testaferro (1929)

Un boxeador corrupto conoce a una madre soltera y a medida que se interesa por ella y su hijo se cuestiona cuál es su futuro profesional.Un boxeador corrupto conoce a una madre soltera y a medida que se interesa por ella y su hijo se cuestiona cuál es su futuro profesional.Un boxeador corrupto conoce a una madre soltera y a medida que se interesa por ella y su hijo se cuestiona cuál es su futuro profesional.

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James Murray

Dave Roberts

Barbara Kent

Marjorie

George Kotsonaros

Battling Roff

Wheeler Oakman

Manager

Jack Hanlon

Clem

Harry Gribbon

Dugan

John Huston

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Al Kunde

Fight Spectator
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Annabelle Magnus

Little Girl
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George Marion

Screaming Fight Spectator with White Beard
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Jack McHugh

Boy that fights Clem
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Jack Raymond

Salesman
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Harry Tenbrook

Manager's Henchman
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Dorothy Vernon

Fight Spectator - First Bout
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William Wyler

Photographer at Fight Arena
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A part-talkie released at a time when the public was clamoring for sound, this demonstrates the difficulty Carl Laemmle faced in 1929 when he was unable to secure Fox's Movietone sound system on a permanent basis. Often the equipment would be available for a week. Universal spent the year rushing production of their 100% talking pictures, facing the dilemma of releasing their better films in a less desirable part-talking format.

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Version of Fast Companions (1932)

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A recently restored Wyler silent masterpiece

THE SHAKEDOWN, restored to 35mm by George Eastman house, shown in 1998 in Pordenone, and in 1999 at Telluride, is a superb action-comedy about a boxer whose life changes when he meets up with an orphan boy. Love interest is provided by Barbara Kent, who may be remembered from her winning performance in LONESOME and later sound films.

Wyler was not thought to have made any great silents, but this one is a classic, with fine camerawork, a captivating cast, a dynamic story, and an uplifting feeling. Audiences who saw this film in Pordenone and Telluride cheered and leapt to their feet at the end of the film.

A two-piano score has been created for THE SHAKEDOWN and was premiered by Neal Brand and Donald Sosin at the Telluride Film Festival in September 1999. Plans are underway to tour this film around the US under the joint auspices of the Giornate del Cinema Muto in Italy and Telluride