Blind Husbands (Silent)
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 38 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: January 8, 2019
- Originally Released: 1919
- Label: Alpha Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Erich von Stroheim, Gibson Gowland, Sam De Grasse & Francelia Billington | |
Directed by | Erich von Stroheim |
Entertainment Reviews:
Description by OLDIES.com:
By 1919, the inimitable Erich von Stroheim (1885-1957) had made a name for himself playing Prussian villains in Hearts of the World (1918) and The Heart of Humanity (1918) He had also distinguished himself working as an assistant director to D.W. Griffith. So it was perhaps inevitable Stroheim would want to direct a film in which he himself would star. After hounding Universal mogul Carl Laemmle, Stroheim was granted a relatively meager budget – the same amount the studio spent on Westerns – to adapt his short story "The Pinnacle". Stroheim ended up spending ten times the original budget. Supposedly inspired by a duel Stroheim fought during his time in the Austrian Royal Palace guard, the theme of two men fighting a desperate battle over a woman would be repeated in the director's masterpiece Greed (1924). Scenes in the mountains were shot in Südtirol, Italy, standing in for the Swiss Alps. Universal took over editing the film after they discovered Stroheim's dictatorial tendencies led to the death of a dog during production (to prevent this from happening in the future, he would lock himself in the editing room with a loaded gun.) They also changed the name of the picture to Blind Husbands. The film was both a massive critical and commercial success, grossing over a million dollars. "This picture is exceptional. It marks an epoch," said Variety, and they were right, as Stroheim became one of the most influential filmmakers of the silent era.
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- Sales Rank: 20,032
- UPC: 089218817594
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