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...collar advertisements; 3) never be thoroughly morbid. Hence, The Man Who Laughs is a truly great, a devastatingly beautiful film. It was made by Universal Pictures Corp. from the story by Victor Hugo, directed by Paul Leni (the German who did the sets for Variety), acted chiefly by Conrad Veidt (another German importation). The tale goes back to early medievalism in England where political irregularity was punished in a most horrible manner. Gwynplaine (Conrad Veidt), whose noble father had displeased King James II, was turned over to a gypsy band for proper punishment: a facial mutilation which leaves him with...
Husbands or Lovers provides somewhat sombre proof that immorality is poor policy. The wife (Elizabeth Bergner) leaves her husband (Emil Jannings) for a lover (Conrad Veidt) who grows tired of strenuous affection in a furnished room. At the last she decides the question of husband or lover by choosing neither and committing suicide. All this does not make for light entertainment; but, like most films made in Germany, the picture displays the advantages of intelligent direction with fine acting...
...identified with a notorious murder is his own. So accustomed is he to eating, drinking, smoking with his toes, that even when free from the straps, his hands dangle idle. Later, after being provoked to a second murder, he amputates the tell-tale arms. Impetuous Youth (Elizabeth Bergner, Conrad Veidt). Ufa, German producers famed for Variety, Siegfried, The Last Laugh, Faust and other inspired ventures, have bogged this time. Their heroine is a girl jealous of her stepmother's affection for her father. She leaves home, later flees school, to wander gypsy-like in the dress...