On DVD with the Garbo version

THANKS!


If the Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard, It can also be like a chicken-pox mark.

I finally got it and watched it yesterday. Wonderful!! Whatever source the DVD was made out of ("a 1937 re-issue print made from the original negative") was in excellent shape and the images are clean, clear, steady and at the right speed—except, of course, for the extremely soft-focus—i.e., blurred!—close ups on the 42-year old Nazimova.

All visuals in this film are prizeless and marvelous to behold in this superb DVD.




If we are to be brothers, let us be brothers for life, die together.

Yes, I actually sought out the 1936 version just because the silent version with R. Valentino is included. They did the same thing with another Valentino film; "Delicious Little Devil" is included as an extra on the "Beyond the Rocks" dvd. Both are excellent movies.

"IMdB; where 14 year olds can act like jaded 40 year old critics...'

It's funny, but after watching both versions, I think the 1921 film should have been the main feature, with the 1936 version thrown in as the "extra." I know that would never happen due to the fact that the Garbo version is much more well-known and "commercial," but I thought the R. Valentino film was much better, and more powerful and realistic too. I like how they set it in modern times as well. In fact, there is a remake from 1969 called "Camille 2000," and i believe it was inspired heavily by the 1921 silent film quite a bit. They are both modern and have the same kind of bizarre, avant-garde sets. Also the way Valentino plays his role is so much more intense than Robert Taylor.

"IMdB; where 14 year olds can act like jaded 40 year old critics...'