Posted on 11/03/2018 2:04:42 PM PDT by murron
Name of the movie is Where are My Children?
Forgot to mention it came out in 1916.
Forgot to mention it came out in 1916.
Links to help make your case:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007558/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1WEB4ypvFM >> 1:03
Not to be confused with 1994 movie by same name, diff topic
This is one I’ve wanted to see for years. I’m glad it’s now easily available.
The opening screen disclaimer is really interesting — 1916!
I found myself wanting to turn the sound up though, lol.
Thank you.
Thank you indeed.
Also LOVE silent movies.
Thanks for mentioning that. I forgot to.
If you have the Amazon Firestick and have signed up for Watch TCM, it’s also available on that currently.
Pre- Motion Picture Production Code (Hays Code) which really watered things down.
Hays had previously served as head of the Republican National Committee, and was a Presbyterian Elder back before that meant something other than a feminist banshee. (Exception noted for the small conservative Presbyterian bodies left).
I saw that but by the time I turned it on it had finished and the next one had started.
The next one was with Mabel Normand. She was in love with the director William Desmond Taylor. Interesting read about this murder was A Cast of Killers, by Sidney D. Kirkpatrick. If you like silent films read this book. Very interesting.
“In 1967, more than forty years after Taylor’s death, the great King Vidor, whose directing credits include Northwest Passage, The Fountainhead, Duel in the Sun, and War and Peace, determined to solve the mystery, which had haunted him throughout his career, in order to make a film about it. Through his intimate knowledge of both the studios and the stars, he succeeded, where dozens of professional detectives had failed, in discovering the identity of the murderer. But because his findings were so explosive, he decided he could never go public and locked his evidence away. After Vidor’s death in 1982, Sidney D. Kirkpatrick, Vidor’s authorized biographer, gained access to the evidence and reconstructed the amazing story of Taylor’s murder and Vidor’s investigation”.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/457930.A_Cast_of_Killers
Me too! I had it on Mute originally, and thought I better turn it up so I could hear it. My 5 year old grandson, not for this movie, although I doubt he would have understood what was going on, but another B/W movie couldn’t understand why there was only gray and black in the movie. I tried to explain to him that they couldn’t make movies in color back then, and he replied that gray and black were colors.
Me too! I had it on Mute originally, and thought I better turn it up so I could hear it. My 5 year old grandson, not for this movie, although I doubt he would have understood what was going on, but another B/W movie couldn’t understand why there was only gray and black in the movie. I tried to explain to him that they couldn’t make movies in color back then, and he replied that gray and black were colors.
Funny! Good observation for a 5 year old!
I’ve watched a bit, but I’m thinking these old films must be an acquired taste. What a topic they’ve tackled in this one — thanks for posting.
Yeah I caught a bit of it when I woke up and it was on. 8>)
omg, I saw that too! Couldn’t believe it was from 1916.....
here it is with some tinted scenes (blue for some, sepia for others) and a dramatic film score
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwrkAyH0-8A
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