The Film Renter and Moving Picture News (Mar-Apr 1923)

Page scan 000363 from The Film Renter and Moving Picture News

Record Details:

Title:
The Film Renter and Moving Picture News
Date:
Mar-Apr 1923
Volume:
The Film Renter and Moving Picture News (March-April 1923)
Leaf #:
000363
Language:
English
Collection:
Early Cinema, Global Cinema, and United Kingdom
Contributor:
New York Public Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
June 26, 2025
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52 THE FILM RENTER & MOVING PICTURE NEWS. March 24, 1923. Read what “The Sunday Obsera A FINE FILM. I have just seen a German film, ‘‘ Lucrezia Borgia,’’ which is, as an example of this type of film, as nearly perfect as possible. Most historical films are head-achey affairs, with their various intrigues, and their mimic battles with the stage-crowd running up and down the same hill many times. Although ‘‘ Lucrezia Borgia’? has the familiar ingredients, the producer has managed to produce a two-and-a-half hours’ picture without a minute of boredom. Perhaps the excellence of the acting was due to the fact that several of the principals are leading German actors: Albert Bassermann, Conrad Veidt, Paul Wegener, Wilhelm Dieterle, artistes with years of the legitimate stage behind them. Conrad Veidt especially, made a superb figure of Cesare Borgia. But the masterly handling of the well-chosen ensemble and the complete absence of all unnecessary vulgarity made it evident that the producer, Richard Oswald, is a man to be reckoned with. | THis FILM WILL BE READY FoR SH All enquiries should be addressed to : Phone: Gerrard 135. | 15 | CARLISLE