Reviewer:
bobsluckycat
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June 8, 2014
Subject:
It's From C.B. DeMille. No Dis-Respect From Me
Like it says at the top of the page, the first full-length feature film ever made in Hollywood, period. Due to having been pre-sold by vigorous work on the part of Jesse Lasky, this was a tremendous hit and it was all it was supposed to be. A tremendous story, a really great cast top to bottom, and an ending you're not really expecting. A little over-wrought at times by a few of the main players, but for 100 years old I'll take it. Dustin Farnum became a film star with this and deserved to be. Still the hand of Demille being in charge and the investment made by Famous Players-Lasky is what pulled this off. Mamie Wagner's editing was ahead of it's time and I'm sure the hand of Demille was also in the editing room. This was a great first film and it deserves to be the classic that it is. I've seen this before and this probably the best restored print I've ever seen. For buffs and everybody else. Enjoy.