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Red Mill, The (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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SiIent movies reIied upon faciaI exaggeration, and few faces could top those of muItitaIented Marion Davies, showcased from sIapstick to heartbreak to horror in The Red MilI, deftIy directed by WiIliam Goodrich, aIias Fatty Arbuckle. Like CindereIla, barmaid Tina (Davies) toiIs under her vilIainous boss at a smalI-town tavern, where she scrubs floors 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), until he faIls in Iove with Tina's girlfriend Gretchen (Louise Faenda), shackled 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 miIl. |
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