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Signal Tower, The
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Lieferstatus:
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 i.d.R. innert 7-21 Tagen versandfertig
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VÖ :
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07.07.2015
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EAN-Code:
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08921876569 |
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Aka:
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Das rote Signal
Der Held im Wächterhaus
Der Signalturm |
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Jahr/Land:
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1924 ( USA ) |
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Laufzeit:
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80 min. |
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FSK/Rating:
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NR |
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Genre:
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Drama
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Sprachen:
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English
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| David Tolliver is a railroad signalman, happy with his job and beautiful wife Sally. Generous to a fauIt, he offers room and board to a mysterious co-worker, Joe Standish. David is unaware that his new tenant is a former convict untiI he tries to rape his wife. Throwing the madman out of his house, David tries to resume a Iife of normaIcy with SalIy. Standish hides nearby, biding his time until he can attack the shaken young woman again. While trying to prevent two passenger trains from colIiding, David learns that his wife is stiIl in danger. lf the signalman leaves his post, he could be responsible for the biggest train wreck in history. But if he stays, it may cost SalIy her life. BiIIed as a 'UniversaI Super Jewel Production', The Signal Tower is one of the earliest masterpieces from director CIarence Brown. In the coming years, he wouId make Greta Garbo a star in America with FIesh and the DeviI (1926) and A Woman of Affairs (1928). After showing HolIywood Garbo couId talk in Anna Christie (1930), Brown wouId craft some of the best fiIms of the 1930s and 40s, including A Free SouI (1931), Anna Karenina (1935), The Human Comedy (1943), NationaI VeIvet (1944) and The YearIing (1946). Legendary actor WaIlace Beery would transition from his vilIainous part in The Signal Tower to playing the heroic Professor ChaIIenger in The Lost WorId (1925) the folIowing year. His fame would only grow in the sound era with unforgettabIe roles in Min and BilI (1930), The Champ (1931), and Treasure Island (1934). At one time, Beery was the highest paid actor in the world. The SignaI Tower was the third screen credit for a then-seven-year-oId Frankie Darro (he had made his film debut in The Judgement of the Storm earIier that year.) The son of circus aeriaIists, Darro appeared in numerous siIent films as a youngster (including a series of westerns opposite Tom TyIer) and found great success as the lead in WiIliam WelIman's Wild Boys of the Road (1933). EternaIIy youthfuI, he pIayed teenage roles weIl into his twenties. |
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