Category Archives: Erich von Stroheim
Foolish Wives (1922)
“I am writing a love letter to your wife.” Directed by and starring Erich von Stroheim, the 1922 silent film Foolish Wives centers on the ne’er-do-well Russian, Count Karanzim (von Stroheim) and his two ‘cousins’–Princess Olga (Maude George) and Princess … Continue reading
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Unnatural (1952)
“Good people are so uninteresting.” I was curious to see the great director Erich Von Stroheim in Unnatural, but unfortunately, the film is a huge disappointment. Unnatural is an odd film with shades of Bride of Frankenstein meets Edgar Allen … Continue reading
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The Great Flamarion (1945)
“You are a bad habit I can’t cure.” The Great Flamarion is a decent, odd little film with a good story that suffers from clumsy stylistics, but the fact that the film is directed by Anthony Mann is enough to … Continue reading
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Queen Kelly (1929)
“Unmistakably a lady of the horizontal profession.” Queen Kelly–written and directed by Erich von Stroheim–was never completed, so all that we have is about half a film and a handful of fragments, but even so this is marvelous stuff for … Continue reading
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