pherank Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 An interesting article about silent film director Lois Weber appears in the NYT - Anna Pavlova was one of her featured stars (pictured).Lois Weber, Eloquent Filmmaker of the Silent Screenhttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/15/movies/lois-weber-eloquent-filmmaker-of-the-silent-screen.html Link to comment
sandik Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 If anyone sees the screening of "The Dumb Girl of Portici" please report back here -- I've only ever seen slivers of it. Link to comment
Helene Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 From "The New Yorker": A Great Ballerina's Explosive Movie Performance Quote Pavlova’s performance in the movie is no fluke or stunt—it’s a fully realized, deeply committed performance that reveals Pavlova to be, from the very start, one of the greatest movie actors, a charismatic and expressive actor who’s as forceful in repose as in action, as vital in quiet scenes as she is screen-bursting in melodramatic ones. What’s more, “The Dumb Girl of Portici” is directed by Lois Weber, one of the most prominent—and one of the best—directors of the time, whose place in the business and, more important, in the art of movies is only belatedly achieving the recognition that it deserves. (Several of her films, including the daring 1913 short “Suspense,” were shown earlier this year at Anthology.) Link to comment
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