Scott Lord Swedish Silent Film: Thomas Graal’s Basta Barn (Mauritz Still..

Peter Cowie, in his volume Scandinavian Cinema, writes, "The domestic relationships and erotic byplay in Stiller's comedies posses an application and validity beyond their immediate setting- and generation." In his volume Eighty Years of Cinema, Peter Cowie opines, "There is a spirited mischievousness about the performances of Victor Sjostrom and Karin Molander in 'Thomas Graal's First Child' that makes other acting of the period seem academic and ponderous.

Scholar Laura Horak, Carlton University, in the Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, points to Mauritz Stiller having between 1913-1918 directed "feminism comedies" and having "used comedy to explore controversial issues and contest the melodramatic tenor of sexual debates by modelling a light-hearted, cosmopolitan attitude towards social change".

Directed by Mauritz Stiller during 1918, the photoplay was written by Gustaf Molander and the cinematographer to the film was Henrik Jaenzon. Starring with Victor Sjostrom and Karin Molander was actress Jenny Tschernichin-Larsson. Gustaf and Karin Molander were married from 1909 to 1919.
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Scott Lord Silent Film: Lon Chaney in The Unholy Three (Tod Browning, 1925)

Tod Browning during 1925 directed Lon Chaney and Mae Busch in "The Unholy Three" (seven reels). The photoplay was written by Waldemar Young, adapted from the novel by Clarence Aaron Robbins.

Picture Play Magazine of 1925 featured an article entitled The Troubles of an Actress in which Dorothy Manners interviewed actress Mae Busch. "On Stage No. 1 of the Mtero-Goldwyn-Mayer emporium, 'The Unholy Three' unit was winding up the first day's production. The first scenes - that is the first scenes in the studio- are set against the background of a freak museum. Hence the bearded lady, the sword swallower and the midgets. 'The Unholy Three' is a wonderful box office title. It is also a crook opera of amazing plot."

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