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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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The Spiders (1919-20), very early Fritz Lang film combining action and adventure in exotic locales with romance and intrigue. A sportsman discovers a lost remnant of the Inca Empire. And there's a ruthless secret society. Huge amounts of fun.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-spiders-1919-20.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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The Oyster Princess is a 1919 German Ernst Lubitsch film, described perfectly as a grotesque comedy. An American millionaire decides to buy a prince for his daughter. Good-natured fun with typical early Lubitsch crazy bizarre touches.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-oyster-princess-1919.html

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Ernst Lubitsch's The Doll (Die Puppe, 1919) is like a child's storybook come to life. No movie has ever revelled in its artificiality to this extent. And we have a girl playing a doll playing a girl. A gloriously insane fairy tale delight.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-doll-die-puppe-1919.html

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Joe May’s 1929 German silent film Asphalt, both the last gasp of German Expressionism and the first step on the road to film noir. A young cop is seduced into a noir nightmare world by a sexy jewel thief femme fatale.

Betty Amann's performance is a highlight.

Not pure noir but noirish.

My review: https://dfordoom-movieramblings.blogspot.com/2013/01/asphalt-1929.html

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The Student of Prague was made in Germany in 1913. Inspired by both Edgar Allan Poe’s story William Wilson and the story of Faust. Despite its age it's fast-paced and dynamic and there's even location shooting.

Written/produced/directed by Paul Wegener.

A very effective horror film.

My review: https://princeplanetmovies.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-student-of-prague-1913.html

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