I absolutely loved the scene in the movie theater when they watched the silent Western. I loved how it unfolded and how the dad softened as the movie went on and ended up enjoying himself. Just a charming little film and a memorable scene with father and son.
shareIndeed! That's my favorite scene in the movie, in fact!
shareI too enjoyed that scene. I was hoping the father would end up enjoying the movie.
shareThat was a great scene...then the following scene is of the Parsons house burning to the ground-
shareThe best part was the mis-reading of the subtitles. "Dented" for "detained" -- too funny.
Did silent movies have that much audience participation? Looks like lots of fun.
Yeah, I was still laughing afterwards about that.
The booing and hissing at the villain was a carryover from vaudeville. In stage productions sometimes peanuts and worse forms of food were thrown, so mere booing and hissing was quite tame by comparison.
As for the title cards flashed on the screen before the movie--still a thing over 100 years later--only now it's not "remove your hats" but "silence your cell phones"!
More than a bit ominous that during a sermon entreating the congregation to accept motion pictures as an art form, the house burns!
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