I had connectivity troubles yesterday and by the evening I basically didn't have any internet service, which really upset me because my little post on D.W. Griffith's The Sorrows Of Satan was time sensitive. Yesterday, October 12th, marked the film's 95th release anniversary. Based on the 1895 novel of the same name, Griffith did not want to make the film; but by the mid 1920's, he was under contract to Paramount and they were in a position to assign films to him. It was not Griffith's first gothic horror, but it turned out to be his finest, if a bit bereft of some of the latest technologies in film. Basically a Faustian tale, the film remains a bit obscure in the world of horror fans, but it is beloved by classic film fans, many of whom find Ricardo Cortez's turn as the compromised writer Geoffrey Tempest to be amongst his finest performances. Adolphe Menjou as Prince Lucio de Rimanez, or, you know, The Devil, is none too shabby as well! So, celebrating 95 years of The Sorrows of Satan. 🎃🎃
Never saw this. That shot with the shadow wings is crazy good!
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