The Italian (Silent)
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 12 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: January 8, 2019
- Originally Released: 1915
- Label: Alpha Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | George Beban | |
Directed by | Reginald Barker |
Description by OLDIES.com:
A startling historical artifact just as shocking today as it was in 1915, The Italian is widely recognized as one of the masterpieces of early silent cinema. Its innovative uses of lighting, close-ups, editing, and multidirectional camera positions were revolutionary for the era. Though credited to producer Thomas H. Ince, The Italian was actually directed by pioneering filmmaker Reginald Barker, who went similarly uncredited on Ince's Civilization (1916). Star George Beban (1873-1928) was at the time a well-known stage and vaudeville actor, acclaimed for his portrayal of an Italian immigrant in the play The Sign of the Rose (Beban was actually of Croatian/Irish heritage.) He was also a prolific actor in the early days of motion pictures, though many of his films are now seemingly lost. Beban retired from show business in 1926 after the death of his wife; he himself died two years later after being thrown from a horse. Scenes taking place in Italy were actually filmed in Venice, California.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 8,175
- UPC: 089218816597
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