Gloria Swanson plays Tessie McGuire, a shopgirl who, when her boyfriend breaks their date one evening, goes to a party with a louche crowd of artists and hangers-on. She wows them with some zesty mimicry, and so gains an introduction to a better-paying job, impersonating a high-toned Russian countess to attract snobby customers into a dressmaker's establishment.
The 1924 celluloid tapestry Manhandled stands as a towering testament to the mercurial brilliance of Gloria Swanson, an actress who could pivot from the depths of proletarian exhaustion to the heights of czarist artifice with a single twitch of her expressive features. Directed with a keen eye for urban kineticism by A...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Allan Dwan
Allan Dwan
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"The 1924 celluloid tapestry Manhandled stands as a towering testament to the mercurial brilliance of Gloria Swanson, an actress who could pivot from the depths of proletarian exhaustion to the heights of czarist artifice with a single twitch of her expressive features. Directed with a keen eye for urban kineticism by Allan Dwan, the film eschews the saccharine sentimentality often found in silent-era romances, opting instead for a gritty, almost tactile exploration of the New York struggle. It i..."
Tom Moore
Sidney R. Kent, Julian Johnson, Frank Tuttle, Arthur Stringer
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