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The Patriot (1928, Emil Jannings, Lewis Stone, Florence Vidor, Neil Hamilton, Harry Cordling, Vera Voronina) – Classic Movie Review 12,227

The Patriot (1928) is Ernst Lubitsch’s last silent film, though an alternative version added music, sound effects and a few lines of dialogue. But only pieces of this film are left, including the trailers. The […]

Jul, 11

The Last Laugh [Der letzte Mann] ***** (1924, Emil Jannings, Maly Delschaft, Max Hiller) – Classic Movie Review 2474

Director F W Murnau’s tear-jerking 1924 tragic drama The Last Laugh [Der letzte Mann] provides a marvellous showcase for the great silent movie actor Emil Jannings. He gives a superb display of silent film acting […]

May, 11

Waxworks [Das Wachsfigurenkabinett] ***** (1924, Emil Jannings, Conrad Veidt, Werner Krauss) – Classic Movie Review 2149

Stuttgart-born film pioneer Paul Leni’s 1924 German Expressionist feast focuses on a young poet and writer (William Dieterle) who accepts a job from a waxworks proprietor to write a series of gothic stories for Harun al-Rashid […]

Feb, 02

The Blue Angel [Der blaue Engel] ***** (1930, Marlene Dietrich, Emil Jannings, Kurt Gerron, Rosa Valetti, Hans Albers) – Classic Movie Review 1285

Director Joseph von Sternberg’s 1930 beautifully melancholic classic The Blue Angel [Der blaue Engel] stars his protégé Marlene Dietrich as the alluring nightclub cabaret singer Lola-Lola Frohlich. She marries the fat, fussy but infatuated Professor […]

Jun, 03

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