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Anna Boleyn (1920) is by far the most conventional of Ernst Lubitsch's early silent films and the most disappointing. It's a by-the-numbers historical tragic romance epic. Lubitsch was always at his best when he was being wild and crazy.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/09/anna-boleyn-1920.html

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Ernst Lubitsch's Eyes of the Mummy (1918) sounds like a horror film but it's a romantic melodrama although there's an ancient Egyptian tomb and a curse, and strange and inexplicable events. Pola Negri stars. Early Lubitsch is so wild and crazy.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/08/eyes-of-mummy-1918.html

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WEST OF ZANZIBAR is a 1928 silent tropical melodrama spiced with horror. Directed by Tod Browning, stars Lon Chaney. Deep in the jungle a bitter cripple plots a terrible revenge. Outrageous, but the 1932 talkie remake KONGO is vastly superior.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/07/west-of-zanzibar-1928.html

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Today is the U.S. Marine Corps Birthday (a day before Veterans Day). Mark it by enjoying the horror master Lon Chaney in a non-horror turn but still scary as a Marine sergeant in 1926's "Tell It To The Marines"!

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https://www.reeloldmovies.com/2023/11/november-on-this-date-oldhollywood-milestones-birthdays.html.html

While getting photos of Mack Sennett postcards I left the folder open to these wonderful original movie promo photos for Zasu Pitts. Thema Todd appears in the left one. 2 very funny women who made the switch to sound. Their peak was in the early sound era.

Source: Private collection.

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