Classics of the silent screen (1959)

Record Details:

Title:
Classics of the silent screen
Date:
1959
Publisher:
New York : The Citadel Press
Volume:
Classics of the silent screen
Leaf #:
00049
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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memory even more clearly than the fierce and prolonged battle between Uncas and Magua that follows —a battle that starts atop the mountain, and continues, sliding, falling and rolling, down the steep and rocky slopes, into the river below, and through turbulent rapids. The Last of the Mohicans was wonderfully virile and exciting fare, with never a dull moment. The camerawork was flawless. The cast was headed by Albert Roscoe, Barbara Bedford and Wallace Beery (a fine villain as Magua), but the real star of the whole film was director Tourneur, who, incidentally, was ably assisted by Clarence Brown— later to specialize in far more sedate romantic and dramatic vehicles for M-G-M. Barbara Bedford made a lovely and winsome heroine. Albert Roscoe, at left, played the Indian hero. 43