Word: novak
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Toman and die Waldfec, by Vitĕzslav Novak, embodies the old German folk story of Toman who, betrayed by his beloved, cannot resist the decoy of the sidelong smiling fairy whose kiss is death. He rides to his bride in a ballad for strings with a background of contra bass. Learning of her treachery, his laughter whirls in the brasses; exhaustion succeeds; the love cry faints into the sliding enchantments of Venus Yertocordia, to culminate at length in a triumphant orgy of brutal discords. "The finale," said one critic, "is like awakening from a nightmare...
...only valuable contribution of the picture is the versatility of Jane Novak in the triple role of wife, old prison-poisoned mother, her own daughter...
...Francis Rouillard, Chairman, Miss Priscilla E. Caron; L. V. Baker, Miss Cocile Moody; S. Novak, Miss Helen Danielski; W. B. Robertson, Miss Elaine Williams; G. A. Sweet, Miss Eleanor Davis; H. J. Williams, Miss Katheryne Miller...
...famous "East Lynne" appears in photoplay form as the leading feature at the Park Theatre this week. In action and plot it closely follows the well-known theme of heroine and villain with the result that a true melodramatic production appears on the screen. Eva Novak in "Society Secrets" is the other feature...