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29 January 1927 (USA)
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A silent version of the Victor Herbert-Henry Blossom operetta | add synopsis
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Cute romantic comedy
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(Complete credited cast) | Marion Davies | ... | Tina |
| Owen Moore | ... | Dennis |
| Louise Fazenda | ... | Gretchen |
| George Siegmann | ... | Willem (as George Siegman) |
| Karl Dane | ... | Captain Jacop Van Goop |
| Russ Powell | ... | Burgomaster (as J. Russell Powell) |
| Snitz Edwards | ... | Caesar |
| William Orlamond | ... | Governor |
| Ignatz | ... | Himself - a Mouse |
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USA:74 min (2006 alternate version)
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USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
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Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle got the assignment to direct "The Red Mill" because William Randolph Hearst felt guilty about how his papers had attacked him during his three murder/rape trials in 1922 and ruined his career despite his eventual acquittal.
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Featured in The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
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Despite watching this film in a less than ideal print, with a canned soundtrack (as of this writing, I hope TCM eventually airs this film with a good soundtrack based on the public domain music of Victor Herbert for this operetta -- I know they have it in their library, what are they waiting for???), I really enjoyed this romantic comedy. Although still essentially a period piece (Hearst loved those and kept putting Marion in them), Marion Davies' screwball comedy skills brighten up the whole picture, which otherwise would have been just a quaint little programmer, soon forgotten.
Marion is ably supported by handsome Owen Moore (Mary Pickford's first husband), and additional comic relief is provided by wonderful Karl Dane (who looks almost handsome here!), and perky Louise Fazenda, who actually was quite pretty when young, so it was brave of her to agree to look ugly for this film. Not to mention our own little favorite funny man, Snitz Edwards, who is always a barrel of laughs in every film he's in, simply by hamming it up for the camera.
The plot doesn't have much to do with the Victor Herbert operetta; that was more of a serious story, and sometimes the pace of this film seemed a bit fragmented, but overall it really is a crowd-pleaser and needs to be more widely available; just one more example of Marion Davies' astounding comedic abilities. She was so much more than just Hearst's paramour! She was the first screwball comedienne! (Also a woman with a big heart, since apparently she was instrumental in getting Roscoe Arbuckle this directorial job and I'm sure his influence added to the comedy).
8 out of 10.
Update: TCM is airing this film in April 2007 for the first time.