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Bardelys the Magnificent : Plus, Monte Cristo : the Lost Films of John Gilbert.

DVD - 2009 DVD Silent-Film Bardelys 2 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 0 out of 5

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Call Number: DVD Silent-Film Bardelys
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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"2 rediscovered silent classics"--Container cover.
Bardelys the magnificent is based on a novel by Rafael Sabatini ; Monte Cristo is based on a novel 'Comte de Monte-Cristo' by Alexandre Dumas.
Bardelys the magnificent and Monte Cristo originally released as silent motion pictures in 1926 and 1922 respectively.
Film notes in booklet inserted in container.
Special features (Disc 1): music & commentary ; 'Rediscovering John Gilbert' (a documentary by Jeffrey Vance & Tony Maietta (30 min.) ; photo gallery ; chapter selections ; interactive menus.
Special features (Disc 2): photo gallery ; John Gilbert 1921 contract with Fox ; slideshow ; chapter selection ; interactive menus.
Disc 1 (91 min.). Bardelys the magnificent / [presented by] Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; adapted by Dorothy Farnum ; directed by King Vidor.
Disc 2 (107 min.). Monte Cristo / Fox ; adaptation, Bernard McConville ; additional story, Alexander Salvini & Charles Fechter ; directed by Emmett J. Flynn.
Bardelys the magnificent: John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D'Arcy.
Monte Cristo: John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, Robert McKim.
Bardelys the magnificent: "In France "in an age of light loves and lively scandals," the Marquis de Bardelys (Gilbert) casual womanizer and accomplished swashbuckler, is entranced by Roxalanne de Levedan (Eleanor Boradman)l and against a background of knavery and intrigue, he sets out to woo and win her."--Back of container.
Monte Cristo: "Gilbert is Admond Dantes, a sailer unjustly imprisoned for twenty years, time he spends acquiring education and finesse. Later the accidental heir to a vast fortune, Dantes reinvents himself as the Count of Monte Cristo, and wreaks revenge on those symbols of the decadent monarchy that wronged him."--Back of container.
DVD; NTSC; Region 0; Dolby digital stereo; Full-screen presentation: 1.33:1.
Contents: Bardelys the magnificent. -- Comte de Monte-Cristo.

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