The Whistle (Silent)
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DVD-R Details
- Run Time: 1 hours, 23 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: October 6, 2015
- Originally Released: 1921
- Label: Alpha Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | William S. Hart | |
Performer: | Myrtle Stedman, Frank Brownlee & Enid Markey | |
Directed by | Lambert Hillyer & William S. Hart |
Entertainment Reviews:
Description by OLDIES.com:
With more light-hearted cowboys like Tom Mix and Hoot Gibson gaining in popularity as the Roaring Twenties began, the heavy-handed morality plays of William S. Hart seemed increasingly outdated. The Whistle was Paramount's attempt to launch Hart as a serious actor not just limited to Westerns. At the time, labor unrest was capturing the headlines as more and more unions were born in the wake of World War I, making it a timely topic for Hollywood. The Whistle opened to stupendous reviews, but audiences were unable to accept Hart as anything other than a hero of the Old West. Returning to the genre in which he was most comfortable, he would make only six more films before retiring in 1925. Lambert Hillyer, who had worked with the actor before on The Narrow Trail (1917), stylishly directs his own screenplay. During the sound era, he would make the Universal horror pictures Dracula's Daughter and The Invisible Ray (both 1936), as well as the first big-screen adaptation of Batman (1943).
BONUS: The Taking Of Luke McVane (Silent, BW, 1915): William S. Hart is Luke McVane, an irrepressible outlaw in town for a high-stakes card game. After shooting his opponent for cheating, he finds himself on the run from a bloodthirsty lynch mob. It'll take the love of a good woman to make McVane see the light. Hart's leading lady is Enid Markey, best known for being the first actress to play Jane Porter in the original Tarzan of the Apes and The Romance of Tarzan (both 1918). Directed by William S. Hart.
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- UPC: 089218770998
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