Word: philbin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Laughs (Conrad Veidt and Mary Philbin)-Victor Hugo's novel well done...
...gypsy band for proper punishment: a facial mutilation which leaves him with a perpetual and ghastly grin. In a travelling circus, Gwynplaine finds employment as a clown; he winces and tears muddy his eyes when thousands crowd around him and go into hysterical laughter. One girl, Dea (Mary Philbin), loves him and does not laugh at him; she is blind. Another old girl, Duchess Josiana, lusts for him because of his strange disfiguration. Queen Anne hates the duchess and tries to humiliate her by restoring Gwynplaine to his place in the peerage. There follows a superb scene: Gwynplaine appears...
...TRAIL OF '98 (Dolores Del Rio on the "fantom" screen), WINGS (Clara Bow and Charles Rogers), THE LAST COMMAND (Emil Jannings), THE DRUMS OF LOVE (Lionel Barrymore and Mary Philbin), SIMBA (animals clicked in Africa by Mr. & Mrs. Martin Johnson...
SPECTACULAR The Trail of '98 (Dolores Del Rio), Wings (Clara Bow and Charles Rogers), The Last Command (Emil Jannings), The Drums of Love (Lionel Barrymore and Mary Philbin), Simba (animals clicked in Africa by the Martin Johnsons...
...Dupont, of Variety fame, titling in the manner of the early Griffith period, photography that wraps around Vienna a mist of adventure and half-remembered sorrow-these are the assets of Love Me and the World Is Mine. Its fault is too much facial contortion from pretty Mary Philbin and stalwart Norman Kerry, who otherwise adequately play the leads...