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16 December 1929 (USA) morePlot:
Despite their differing backgrounds, fisherman Pete and lawyer Philip have been life long friends on the Isle of Man... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Plain film, gorgeous Ondra moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Carl Brisson | ... | Pete Quilliam |
| Malcolm Keen | ... | Philip Christian |
| Anny Ondra | ... | Kate Cregeen |
| Randle Ayrton | ... | Caesar Cregeen |
| Clare Greet | ... | Mother (as Claire Greet) |
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90 minCountry:
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First time of watching this simple silent, and of course I like it as I wouldn't comment on (subjective of course) crap! It's a plain tale of a love triangle set on the Isle of Man, the woman (Ondra) falls in love with the best friend (Keen) of her absent husband-to-be (Brisson). Thanks to having to get round the censorship rules, you have to pay attention about 48 minutes in (out of 82 minutes running time on my tape) although it should be fairly obvious what was going to happen. As the immortal Bard, Charlie Chaplin said in The 1942 Gold Rush "Buzz Buzz Buzz". As Ondra stays dressed I can only surmise that this was the angle from which Hitch got his kicks.
And Anny Ondra is wondrous to behold, she was a real beauty who still looks modern all the way from '29 and worth the price of any DVD alone. She held my attention anyway, and whatever the outcome of the story would have been I would have been on her side!
But what she saw in either of her lovers is beyond me I'm afraid - Brisson couldn't stop laughing and Keen looked as if he'd never smiled in his life. It's not quite up to the level of Flesh and the Devil, but there's so few British silent films extant that it's well worth a look, or even just to view Hitchcock's early efforts.