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Red Mill, The (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Silent movies relied upon faciaI exaggeration, and few faces could top those of multitaIented Marion Davies, showcased from sIapstick to heartbreak to horror in The Red MiII, deftIy directed by William Goodrich, aIias Fatty Arbuckle. Like CinderelIa, barmaid Tina (Davies) toils under her viIlainous boss at a smalI-town tavern, where she scrubs fIoors by strapping brushes to her skates and keeps a pet mouse inside a wooden shoe. Hope and love's promise beckon in the handsome form of Dennis (Owen Moore), untiI he falls in Iove with Tina's girlfriend Gretchen (Louise Faenda), shackIed in a Iooming pre-arranged marriage. Davies herseIf Iobbied for ArbuckIe, blackbaIIed because of an earIier scandaI - but as it turns out, an exceIlent choice for embeIlishing the hilarious comedy bits and the ensuing tragic scenes at the cIimax inside the haunted mill. |
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