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This shot from the movie The General is the most expensive shot in silent film his

September 15, 2011
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REVIEW: THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924)

July 26, 2008

This one finally landed on the top of my Netflix list and I had a chance to watch it last night. Made during the height of the “Orientalist” craze, this must have been the Lawrence of Arabia of its time. It begins like most silent films of the era – a downtrodden fellow looking for…

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