Sun Yu/孫瑜 (director/writer)
Zhou Ke/周克 (cinematographer)
Li Lili/黎莉莉 (lead)
Gao Zhan-Fei/高占非 (lead)
Liu Ji-Qun/劉繼群 (lead)
Han Lan-Gen/韓蘭根 (lead)
Lianhua (production)
Story of Ling-Ling, a hick hottie in Shanghai who discovers she's a magnet for lechers when she is raped by her boss, and then (a few hours later) by his goon, and then (a few hours later) tricked into following a devious old man who sells her to a brothel - all this in a single night, before daybreak. Finally, she learns to utilize her God-given talent to uplift the economy and the general condition of the human race - who then rape her one last time - and also learns to make lots of flag-waving speeches along the way. Filmed shortly after Japanese bombing of Shanghai, which may account for its over-the-top vibe.
Ubaldo Maria Del Colle (director)
Giovanni Enrico Vidali (director)
Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (author)
Cristina Ruspoli (lead)
Pasquali e C. (production)
Vay e Hubert (production)
This version adds characters, and adds variety to the settings (including animals and spectacular chariot races). Most interesting is the lively background action that adds a sense of ambiguous realism - is that a crap game? Wait - is he supposed to be a femboy? And why does that crazy dance come to the foreground, hiding the villain's attack on Jone?? Strange, but dazzling flick.
Benjamin Christensen (director/lead/writer)
Johan Ankerstjerne (cinematographer)
Intertitle: "...A new clue...those words had an ominous sound to Mr. Wilken". Then, about 15 seconds later, the next intertitle: "...A new clue...those words seem to burn". And it painfully drags on like this, every scene taking twice the time needed (when half the scenes were not needed at all) in this 100-minute remake of the 6-minute "Physician Of The Castle" (1908), that simply adds 94 minutes of bloated backstory.
C. Y. Lee/李澤源 (director)
Hou Yao/侯曜 (writer)
Guy de Maupassant (author)
P. L. Chan/程沛霖 (cinematographer)
Harding Louie/雷夏電 (lead)
H. June Liu/劉漢鈞 (lead)
Liu Ji-Qun/劉繼群 (lead)
E. E. Dick/翟綺綺 (lead)
Great Wall Film/上海長城畫片 (production)
A rather lifeless morality tale adapted from the 1888 short story “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, warning of the perils of vanity, that is brightened only by its lavish set designs.
Enrico Guazzoni (director/writer)
Eugenio Bava (cinematographer)
Alessandro Bona (cinematographer)
Henryk Sienkiewicz (author)
Gustavo Serena (lead)
Amleto Novelli (lead)
Società Italiana Cines (production)
Maybe Rome wasn't built in a day, but it only took one night to burn it down (with the help of a few good men with torches), according to this elaborate tale of palace intrigue, divine intervention, and jungle fever in Nero's Rome.
Enrico Guazzoni (director)
Raffaele Giovagnoli (writer)
William Shakespeare (author)
Amleto Novelli (lead)
Bruto Castellani (lead)
Irene Mattalia (lead)
Società Italiana Cines (production)
Cast of thousands waddling around in sandals and togas in this spectacularly boring two-hour history lecture.
Arthur Berthelet (director)
William Postance (director/lead)
H.S. Sheldon (writer)
William Gillette (author/lead)
Arthur Conan Doyle (author)
Ernest Maupain (lead)
Marjorie Kay (lead)
Edward Fielding (lead)
Stewart Robbins (lead)
Grace Reals (lead)
Mario Majeroni (lead)
Essanay (production)
This film exists as supporting evidence for three well-established postulates in film theory:
Giovanni Pastrone (director/writer)
Eugenio Bava (cinematographer)
Natale Chiusano (cinematographer)
Segundo de Chomón (cinematographer)
Giovanni Tomatis (cinematographer)
Gabriele D'Annunzio (writer)
Emilio Salgari (author)
Gustave Flaubert (author)
Titus Livius (author)
Umberto Mozzato (lead)
Bartolomeo Pagano (lead)
Lidia Quaranta (lead)
Italia Almirante-Manzini (lead)
Itala (production)
With awe-inspiring visuals, a compelling story, and the screen debuts of Maciste and Moloch, this gets even better with multiple viewings.
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