An
Orphan (1929): A 1929 Shanghai Movie, about a woman's hard life
and subsequent heroic rescue. Silent, B&W, with original Chinese and English intertitles. There is some question
as to what year it was made. There is no question that it is a Chinese silent!:
Maven may have come across the first
horror movie made in China, in 1937 . . . Song at Midnight and directed by Ma-Xu Weibang. The Chinese title
is Ye ban ge sheng:
Powerful music brings a great movie to life! The music in this version of the 1927
German silent classic matches the action & emotion of the film better than any other I've heard. Music is by Alexander
Nemtin, after Scriabin, for Preparation for the Final Mystery and Nuances. Metropolis, city of the future: In Part 1, we see
the stark contrast between the lives of the workers and the rulers. All is about to change as the Ruler's son, Freder, falls
in love with Maria. To hear more of this music, ask Decca to reissue its 3 CD set conducted by Ashkenazy. Buy the Kino DVD
Metropolis to see the most complete version of this film available now.:
Maven was rooting around
her files and came across these links for Nosferatu, Eine Symphonie Des Grauens (the 1922 German version of Bram
Stoker's Dracula [1897]).:
Maven has come across a series of clips
that not only has Louise Brooks from the 20s movie scene but an interview with Brooks in an interview, later in her life,
talking about her early films:
