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Main Author: Kurz, Neal (Composer)
Other Authors: Flynn, Emmett (Director), Andriot, Lucien (Cinematographer), Gilbert, John (Actor), Taylor, Estelle (Actor), MacKim, Robert (Actor)
Format: Video Software
Language:Undetermined
Published: Los Angeles Flicker Alley 2009
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Summary:John Gilbert (1897-1936) wasn't as strong a swashbuckler as Fairbanks, nor as strong a lover as Valentino, but he had a little of both qualities, and he was quite good in his own right. He was a major star in his day, but he died young, from the bottle, and today if he's known at all, he's known as one of the parade of men with whom Garbo wiped the screen ... Monte Cristo (1922) is of course based on Alexandre Dumas' "The Count of Monte Cristo," and it's a full-blooded adventure, a deeply-felt telling of one of the greatest revenge stories. Gilbert plays the double-crossed Edmond Dantes, wrongly imprisoned for 20 years and thought dead; instead he comes into a fortune and brilliantly exacts his revenge. [www.combustiblecelluloid.com]
Physical Description:[DVD] (107 Min.) s/w viragiert ; dolby digital 2.0 stereo ; Stummfilm