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directed by: King Vidor starring: Eleanor Boardman, James Murray, Bert Roach, Estelle Clark, Daniel G. Tomlinson  Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786306000142 Format: Black & White, NTSC ISBN: 6306000143 Label: Warner Home Video Manufacturer: Warner Home Video Publisher: Warner Home Video Release Date: September 01, 1998 Running Time: 104 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: February 18, 1928 Sales Rank: 4330 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - King Vidor's Bleak but Affecting Silent Classic About Desperate Lives in the Big CityKing Vidor was never the most subtle of filmmakers, but his heavily Baroque style served him well over a very long career with emotionally overwrought though supremely entertaining films like 1937's Stella Dallas and 1949's The Fountainhead. This seminal 1928 silent classic reflects Vidor's passion for melodrama but within a realistically bleak social commentary of America in the years leading toward the Great Depression. Written by Vidor and John V.A. Weaver, the story has an episodic structure ... Read More Rating:  - A Face in the CrowdI have seen "The Crowd" on various list of "best" movies so I took the opportunity to watch it last night. I came away very moved by what I had seen. The greatness of "The Crowd" lies in the simplicity of its' focus. It tells us a story about a child born to a man who predicts a great future for his infant. We follow that young man, imbued by his father with a sense of destiny, as he seeks to discover his fotune and fame. A strange thing happens along his path to glory; our hero ... Read More Rating: - What an amazing experienceThis is one of those films that just about everyone seems to love and praise as a classic, even if they might not ordinarily be fans of the genre or the people involved in it, and it's definitely one of the Top 10 films of the silent era. While it's not one of the great epic silents such as 'Ben-Hur' or 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,' it can be seen as an epic in its own way, the epic story of an individual's life. John Sims is born on the Fourth of July in the first year of ... Read More Rating: - A historic masterpieceI'll keep this short, since I have not seen this film in 25 years, but I am buying it here today again. I saw this in a film class at Indiana Univeristy. It was one of my absolute favorites. A few years later, I was blown away to read that it was silent... I had forgoten that fact! That, to me, says it all. Rating:  - Whats all the fuss?I thought this would be a great first silent movie. Unfortunately, despite its excellent reviews, I didnt care for it. Probably, my biggest complaint, ***MILD SPOILER COMING ***, is that the lead character is not very likable. He complains, blames, and treats his girly badly. So its not all that surprising that things dont go very well for him. I would have much more liked to have seen a guy who, despite doing everything right, being good, and trying his hardest, comes ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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