Scott Lord on Silent Film

Scott Lord on Silent Film
Gendered spectatorship notwithstanding, in a way, the girl coming down the stairs is symbolic of the lost film itself, the unattainable She, idealized beauty antiquated (albeit it being the beginning of Modernism), with the film detective catching a glimpse of the extratextural discourse of periodicals and publicity stills concerning Lost Films, Found Magazines

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Scott Lord Silent Film:Foolish Wives (Von Stroheim,1922)






Eric von Stroheim costarred with actresses Miss Dupont, Dale Fuller and Maude George during 1922 in the film "Foolish Wives" (fourteen reels), which he directed and co-scripted with Marion Ainslee and Walter Anthony.
Author William K EVerson sees the film's plot as "vitrually an extension" of Von Strohiem's earlier film "Blind Husbands"
Silent Film

Silent Film

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