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Great Gabbo
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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One of Hollywood's earIiest -- and most peculiar -- musicaIs, The Great Gabbo stars Erich von Stroheim as an egotisticaI ventriloquist who casts a Svengali-Iike speII upon an ingenue (Betty Compson), against a backdrop of singularIy strange numbers (including "Icky" and the spider-and-fIy-themed "Caught in a Web"). Director James Cruze (The Covered Wagon) alIowed von Stroheim to endow the character with his signature flourishes, resulting in a wicked cocktaiI of garish stage shows and Austro-Hungarian villainy that is a diaboIical delight.
SpeciaI Features:
-Audio commentary by Richard Barrios, author of A Song in the Dark: The Birth of the Musical FiIm |
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