★ 5 / 10
Ok silent based upon Shakespeare's 'taming of the
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ok silent based upon Shakespeare's 'taming of the shrew"
ok silent based upon Shakespeare's 'taming of the shrew"
★ 7 / 10
Manhandling Marion
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Fun-loving 18-year-old flapper Marion Davies (as Ethel Hoyt) is so enchanting, at least six Harvard seniors are in love with her at once. She thinks she's a…
Fun-loving 18-year-old flapper Marion Davies (as Ethel Hoyt) is so enchanting, at least six Harvard seniors are in love with her at once. She thinks she's a modern day Cleopatra. Her mother compares Davies to the Queen of Sheba. The pretty teenager keeps company with three handsome young men, who are particularly devoted. They follow Ms. Davies around and appear willing to share. Inspired by Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew", Davies' wealthy father Tom Lewis (as William "Will" Hoyt) decides to show his egotistical daughter that all men don't fall in love with her. He hires actor Forrest Stanley (as Ernest "Ernie" Eddison) to romance Davies, then become disinterested. Problems arise when true love takes over..."Enchantment" is a very well-produced silent. The available print looks great. Thanks to restoration producer Edward Lorusso for helping bring the film to light. Director Robert G. Vignola and Ira H. Morgan give it an appropriately boxed-in look. They frame the richly detailed sets well. The film outwears its welcome by the time everything stops for a longish performance of "The Sleeping Beauty", but it helps (artistically). Contributing nicely are title cards by Grace Waller and a new musical score, by Donald Sosin, which captures the film and era perfectly. Davies is appealing and performs amusingly as the young teenage flapper. The art/set direction by Joseph Urban is lovely and, of course, Marion is even lovelier.******* Enchantment (10/30/21) Robert G. Vignola ~ Marion Davies, Forrest Stanley, Tom Lewis, Edith Shayne
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★ 5 / 10
Not the best Davies movie out there
scsu1975
Ethel Hoyt is a spoiled rich girl, who wraps men around her fingers. Fed up with this behavior, her father gets an idea when he takes the family to see "The…
Ethel Hoyt is a spoiled rich girl, who wraps men around her fingers. Fed up with this behavior, her father gets an idea when he takes the family to see "The Taming of the Shrew." He engages the lead actor, Eddie Eddison, to "tame" Ethel. Eddie will make Ethel fall for him, and then he will throw her over, which will teach her a lesson. Of course, things do not go according to plan.This is a hum-drum romantic comedy, with no surprises, predictable developments, slight humor, decent acting, and interesting interior sets. The film plods along at a barely acceptable pace, but then comes to a complete stop when the two leads appear in a production of "Sleeping Beauty." Instead of cutting to the climax of the production, which brings the desired results between Davies and Stanley, we are subjected to the entire story of Sleeping Beauty - which will indeed put you to sleep. In fact, the only chuckle I had was when Davies and Stanley get passionate when Sleeping Beauty awakens, and the camera pans to the audience. Most of them seem aghast at the display of spontaneous affection, except for Mr. Hoyt (well-played by Tom Lewis), who is sound asleep.Davies is cute, but her character is annoying, and her outfits are atrocious. Harvey is adequate as the romantic lead, but looks ridiculous in his Prince Charming outfit.Edith Shayne, as Mrs. Hoyt, is very attractive at the outset of the film, and could easily have played a romantic lead herself:
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Looks like 1080p version is wrong aspect ratio