To Each His or Her Own

I love a lot of silent movies, but this was unbearable to me. The music was so bad my eyes were squinting closed and I had a terrible headache before she ever got her first job!

Some silent movies have new soundtracks that have been re-done and those who work on such projects have my eternal gratitude. So many of these old movies have music that reminds me of a circus--it seems to crescendo with a "ta-da!" every minute or 2 as though the actors on screen completed a big trick on the high wires or survived placing their heads in the jaws of tigers and/or lions. It's exhausting to watch/hear.

The story here bears no resemblance to the sounds of the band playing--and it's a band, not an orchestra. I'm hoping this movie gets a new soundtrack. Since it's well-reviewed, I'd like to see it when it is bearable....it's just too long to have it muted...and tiresome because the action is pretty exaggerated most of the time.

The costumes are ridiculous--a Southern belle with her hoops removed, her skirt shortened, but dressed and styled pre-Civil War? Then made-up like a clown with painted cheeks the day after appearing pretty and suited to 1928? There in no sense to the craziness. A good orchestral soundtrack would help immeasurably.