The following is from St. John Cathedral Notes: We had decided to make a reply to Professor Forster's criticisms of the cinema before we had read them. It must be admitted that the cinema gives us a stock of outrageous unreality. The dollar, moreover, is represented in most film stories as the only standard of success. In the last five years, tremendous efforts have been made to improve the whole standard. The Picture Producers and Distributors have drawn up a programme of their aims. They tell us that they are out to establish and maintain the highest possible moral and artistic standards. After all, Griffith has given us Intolerance and Seastorm Thy Soul shall bear witness. We have enjoyed The Last Laugh, Warning Shadows, The Marriage Circle, The Gold Rush, The Sea-Hawk and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Headline
The Cinema: Twenty-Five Years Development - A Clerical Survey
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1925-12-07
- Publication Year
1925
Page
3
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
The Last Laugh
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Actors
Emil Jannings
Director
F.W. Murnau
Writer
Carl Mayer
Country
Germany
Released
1925-01-05
Runtime
90 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
An aging doorman is forced to face the scorn of his friends, neighbors and society after being fired from his prestigious job at a luxurious hotel.
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Warning Shadows
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Actors
Alexander Granach
Director
Arthur Robison
Writer
Arthur Robison
Country
Germany
Released
2016-11-29
Runtime
90 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
A wealthy man invites the local wealthy bachelors over for a puppet show about men who covet another man's wife. The puppeteer is actually a witch and gives the men nightmares about what could happen if they date the lady of the house.
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Unrated
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The Marriage Circle
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Actors
Florence Vidor
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Writer
Paul Bern
Country
USA
Released
1924-02-10
Runtime
85 min
Genre
Comedy
Language
None
Plot
Professor Stock and his wife Mizzi are always bickering. Mizzi tries to seduce Dr. Franz Braun, the new husband of her good friend Charlotte.
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The Sea Hawk
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Actors
Milton Sills
Director
Frank Lloyd
Writer
Rafael Sabatini (by)
Country
USA
Released
1924-06-14
Runtime
123 min
Genre
Adventure
Language
English
Plot
A wrongly convicted English gentleman goes from galley slave to pirate captain.
Rated
Passed
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Actors
Lon Chaney
Director
Wallace Worsley
Writer
Victor Hugo (novel)
Country
USA
Released
1923-09-06
Runtime
133 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
In 15th-century Paris, the brother of the archdeacon plots with the gypsy king to foment a peasant revolt. Meanwhile, a freakish hunchback falls in love with the gypsy queen.
Awards
1 win & 1 nomination.
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Passed
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