Rita Hackett's father has unscrupulously gained possession of an old southern mansion. The owner, Randolph Manners, is evicted and takes up residence in the training quarters on the estate.
Lambert Hillyer
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The year 1917 represents a pivotal juncture in the evolution of the moving image, a period where the primitive techniques of the early decade began to coalesce into a sophisticated visual grammar. Within this fertile environment, Lambert Hillyer—a name often synonymous with the rugged aesthetics of the early Western—...
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Roy William Neill
Roy William Neill
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" The year 1917 represents a pivotal juncture in the evolution of the moving image, a period where the primitive techniques of the early decade began to coalesce into a sophisticated visual grammar. Within this fertile environment, Lambert Hillyer—a name often synonymous with the rugged aesthetics of the early Western—delivered a work of surprising nuance and structural complexity: They're Off. While the title suggests a mere preoccupation with the adrenaline of the racetrack, the film is, in re..."
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