
Highlights:
- Drive-in of “Diana Monti and her gang” (title card informs us): Mobster leaps out to open door for Monti, who then daintily assists her Boy Toy
- The house servant's duties include serving as messenger, personal valet, and (literally) a shoulder to cry on
- Batman deja vu all over again: An elderly man becomes servant of the dark-caped vigilante and assists the dynamic duo in their mission
Online: Internet Archive
Judex (Serial)
Prologue
Episode 1: The Mysterious Shadow
Episode 2: The Atonement
Episode 3: The Fantastic Hounds
Episode 4: The Secret of the Tomb
Episode 5: The Tragic Mill
Episode 6: The Licorice Kid
Episode 7: The Woman in Black
Episode 8: The Underground Passages of the Chateau Rouge
Episode 9: When the Child Appeared
Episode 10: Jacqueline's Heart
Episode 11: The Water Goddess
Episode 12: Love's Forgiveness
Epilogue
Judex Episode 3: The Fantastic Hounds/The Fantastic Dog Pack (La meute fantastique)
Highlights:
- Diana Monti's dainty primping before strong-arming a chump to protect her Boy Toy - and then razzing the chump to boot (suspect that Musidora's characters were defined more by improvising than script!)
- René Cresté's hilarious zombie style of acting
- And, of course, the tails-up hardcore crew of the title
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Judex Episode 5: The Tragic Mill (Le moulin tragique)
Highlights:
- Boy Toy finally mans up...while hiding behind a locked door
- Diana Monti reveals a taste of The Gloss That Makes Her The Boss
- Judex's dilemma
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Judex Episode 6: The Licorice Kid (Le môme réglisse)
Highlights:
- Diana Monti busting moves left and right
- Everyone checking the “Miscellaneous” section of the classifieds
- Judex refers to himself in the third person
- Baby-tossing, Indian-style
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Judex Episode 7: The Woman in Black (La femme en noir)
Highlights:
- How times have changed: in 1916 grey hair is light, but in 1896 blonde hair is completely dark!
- The Heartbroken Avenger
- The Whoop-Ass Woman in Black
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Judex Episode 8: The Underground Passages of the Chateau Rouge/The Dungeons of the Chateau Rouge (Les souterrains du Château-Rouge)
Highlights:
- Up close and personal, revenge is not so sweet
- Final farewell to an ex is always A Bad Idea
- “Surely, the world's most intractable problems could be solved if humanity could only find three reliable men and a fast car” --from The Wisdom of Master Boy Toy
Featured elements:
Judex Episode 9: When the Child Appeared (Lorsque l'enfant parut)
Highlights:
- Diana Monti, Le Grande Femme Fatale, in suit and tie
- Toy Boy's sailor suit
- Louis Leubas' subtle portrayal of Favraux's diverse psychological states
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Judex Episode 10: Jacqueline's Heart (Le secret de Jacqueline)
Highlight: Jacqueline's discovery of Vallieres' tragic struggle with SAHLS (Sudden Acute Hair Loss Syndrome)
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Judex Episode 11: The Water Goddess (L'Ombre_mystérieuse)
Highlights:
- Judex comes down hard on criminally unstylish hats
- Diana Monti demonstrates the most idiotic way to wield a gun
- The surprise hero
- Jacques de Tremeuse refers to himself in the third person
- Judex's profound concern for the well-being of his crime-fighting partners: No Man Left Behind!
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Judex Episode 12: Love's Forgiveness (Le pardon d'amour)
Highlights:
- The ridiculously stiff walk of Judex: always present, but most notable at 00:14
- In the new house, scenes with The Woman In Black are almost always in darkness
- Louis Leubas' performance
- The poignant ending
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Judex: Epilogue
DON'T WATCH THIS AT ALL! The sole intertitle of the 1924 film Der Letzte Mann (The Last Laugh) applies here:
One writer explains this with the claim:Here our story should really end, for in actual life the forlorn old man would have little to look forward to but death.
The author took pity on him, however, and provided quite an improbable epilogue.
The film's producer Erich Pommer, representing the general concept of the time, thought that a film with such a bad end would have very little success...As a result, he forced Murnau and Mayer to add a happy end in the film.Highlights:
- None