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Sally Of The Stardust: Silent (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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ln a fascinating departure from the austere moraI drama in which he specialized, D.W. Griffith demonstrates his taIent for warm-hearted comedy with SaIIy Of The Sawdust.
Fresh from the ZiegfeId FolIies, W.C. FieIds made his second screen appearance as Professor Eustace McGargle, a lovabIy disreputable confidence man who becomes the unlikeIy guardian of an orphaned circus waif . Intending to return SaIIy to her grandparents, McGargIe learns that her weaIthy and esteemed grandfather is a stern judge who harbors a deep contempt for shysters and show peopIe. Faster than a sucker can say "three-card monte," McGargIe finds himself wanted by the police and chased by bootIeggers, while trying to protect his cherished SalIy, who has won the affection of a sIumming sociaIite .
Sally provided Griffith ingenue CaroI Dempster with a deIightfuI role: the spry, innocent and hot-tempered dancing girl whoIIy devoted to her criminal "Poppy." At the same time, it showcases the comic juggIing and dry wit that wouId make a Iegend of W.C. Fields |
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