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...Francisco (Dolores Costello). With her proud father she dwells on the sunny, ivy-grown rancho of the Vasquez family, who founded San Francisco. There she might have breathed rose-laden zephyrs and married Terrence O'Shaughnessy (Charles Mack) but for Buckwell (Warner Oland), villainous politician. He wants to take away her rancho. Because she senses that, despite appearances, this wretch is a Mongolian, he carries her off to the most devilish abyss in old Chinatown, "the inner circle of the mile of hell." There, on the point of worse than death, it occurs to her to repeat the Lord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Jul. 4, 1927 | 7/4/1927 | See Source »

...Million Bid (Dolores Costello, Warner Oland). The title indicates how much Millionaire Geoffrey Marsh (Warner Oland) paid Mrs. Gordon (Betty Blythe) for arranging his marriage to her glossy daughter, Dorothy (Dolores Costello). The film indicates how Villain Marsh gives over to Hero Brent (Malcolm McGregor) after a storm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Jun. 13, 1927 | 6/13/1927 | See Source »

...necessary after all. The temperamental star can act only when she fancies her former teacher is present. The film has some good moments, but it seems woefully stupid to characterize the hero as the hypnotic control over an erotic heroine instead of the vital factor in her art. Warner Oland is back as the heavy cinema lago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Pictures: Oct. 11, 1926 | 10/11/1926 | See Source »

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