An honest and naive schoolteacher gets a lesson in how the world works outside the classroom, when a rich Baron and his mistress use the teacher's name and outstanding reputation in a crooked business scheme..
Is it worth your time? If you like old movies where people talk in long, sharp sentences, you’ll probably dig this. It’s for folks who enjoy watching a character get crushed by life and then—eventually—decide to play the game better than the villains. If you need explosions or someone running around, stay away. This is...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Harry d'Abbadie d'Arrast
Wilfred Lucas
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old movies where people talk in long, sharp sentences, you’ll probably dig this. It’s for folks who enjoy watching a character get crushed by life and then—eventually—decide to play the game better than the villains. If you need explosions or someone running around, stay away. This is all about people sitting in rooms, lying to each other, and wearing very nice suits. John Barrymore is the whole show here. He starts out as this pathetic, sweet teacher who is b..."
Raymond Borzage
Marcel Pagnol, Benn W. Levy, Charles MacArthur, Ben Hecht
United States
