Available from Grapevine and of near-excellent quality (the tinted night scene is intact) is Fred C. Safety Last, etc. Newmeyer's The Night Bird (1928).
I had no great hopes for this one, but its comic touches are reasonably amusing and its drama is shattering.
Betsy Lee scores in her only movie! The climactic scene with Visaroff beating Lee within an inch of her life has to be one of the most fearful ever put on film. Full marks for both players.
Even Reg Denny is engaging!
On the other hand, (to change the subject and slip this warning in somewhere) the best thing to do with the Alpha version of Robert Wiene's "Crime and Punishment" (1923) is to satisfy your curiosity by watching it for a few minutes and then toss it into the rubbish bin. Alpha's wretched 1/10 DVD is truly unwatchable. Mind you, the expressionistic sets seem to be fascinating. Pity we can't see them!
I had no great hopes for this one, but its comic touches are reasonably amusing and its drama is shattering.
Betsy Lee scores in her only movie! The climactic scene with Visaroff beating Lee within an inch of her life has to be one of the most fearful ever put on film. Full marks for both players.
Even Reg Denny is engaging!
On the other hand, (to change the subject and slip this warning in somewhere) the best thing to do with the Alpha version of Robert Wiene's "Crime and Punishment" (1923) is to satisfy your curiosity by watching it for a few minutes and then toss it into the rubbish bin. Alpha's wretched 1/10 DVD is truly unwatchable. Mind you, the expressionistic sets seem to be fascinating. Pity we can't see them!