New York police are investigating the kidnapping of twenty wealthy girls..


There is a peculiar, almost haunting resonance in the way silent cinema captured the burgeoning anxiety of the American metropolis. In 1924, Into the Net emerged not merely as another episodic thriller, but as a visceral document of urban paranoia. Directed by George B. Seitz and penned with an uncanny authority by ...

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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

George B. Seitz

George B. Seitz
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" There is a peculiar, almost haunting resonance in the way silent cinema captured the burgeoning anxiety of the American metropolis. In 1924, Into the Net emerged not merely as another episodic thriller, but as a visceral document of urban paranoia. Directed by George B. Seitz and penned with an uncanny authority by Richard E. Enright—the then-sitting Police Commissioner of New York City—the film carries a weight of authenticity that few of its contemporaries could hope to emulate. While films..."

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Frank Leon Smith, Sinclair Gluck, Richard E. Enright
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