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Backbone

  • 1923
  • 1h 10min
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Alfred Lunt and Edith Roberts in Backbone (1923)
DramaRomance

Agrega una trama en tu idiomaAs has his family for generations, André de Mersay rules the little town of St. Croix, Maine, and its surrounding lumber interests. While thinking of his granddaughter, Yvonne, who is return... Leer todoAs has his family for generations, André de Mersay rules the little town of St. Croix, Maine, and its surrounding lumber interests. While thinking of his granddaughter, Yvonne, who is returning from France, André recalls the story of his namesake ancestor who, in the time of Loui... Leer todoAs has his family for generations, André de Mersay rules the little town of St. Croix, Maine, and its surrounding lumber interests. While thinking of his granddaughter, Yvonne, who is returning from France, André recalls the story of his namesake ancestor who, in the time of Louis XV of France, was cruelly separated from his sweetheart, Yvonne de Chausson, and exiled ... Leer todo

  • Dirección
    • Edward Sloman
  • Guionistas
    • Charles E. Whittaker
    • Clarence Budington Kelland
  • Elenco
    • Edith Roberts
    • Alfred Lunt
    • William B. Mack
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    • Dirección
      • Edward Sloman
    • Guionistas
      • Charles E. Whittaker
      • Clarence Budington Kelland
    • Elenco
      • Edith Roberts
      • Alfred Lunt
      • William B. Mack
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    Edith Roberts
    Edith Roberts
    • Yvonne de Mersay…
    Alfred Lunt
    Alfred Lunt
    • John Thorne…
    William B. Mack
    William B. Mack
    • Anthony Bracken
    Frank Evans
    • Doc Roper
    • (as Frankie Evans)
    Major Doyle
    • Col. Tip
    Emile La Croix
    • Andre de Mersay
    Charles Fang
    • The Chinaman
    Marion Abbott
    • Mrs. Whidden
    Frank Hagney
    Frank Hagney
    • The Indian
    Sam J. Ryan
    Sam J. Ryan
    • Paddy
    George MacQuarrie
    George MacQuarrie
    • The Constable of France
    William Walcott
    • Count de Chausson
    Jack W. Johnston
    Jack W. Johnston
    • Captain of the Guards
    • (as J.W. Johnston)
    Adolph Milar
    • The Mailer
    Hugh Huntley
    • King
    • Dirección
      • Edward Sloman
    • Guionistas
      • Charles E. Whittaker
      • Clarence Budington Kelland
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    1F Gwynplaine MacIntyre

    Lunt and a runt.

    'Backbone' is a turgid romance that ping-pongs back and forth between two different centuries, with the same romantic leads doubling in both periods. This sub-genre seemed to be fairly popular in silent days, another such example being the recently rediscovered Valentino film 'Beyond the Rocks'. The most notable aspect of 'Backbone' is the casting (in the two male leads) of Alfred Lunt, a major actor of the American stage who made few film appearances. But Lunt is not especially impressive here. One of Lunt's more distinctive traits on stage was his appealing habit of playing major scenes with his back to the audience, relying on his splendid voice and physique to convey emotion while his face was concealed. In silent films, Lunt did not have such an option.

    This film takes place in deepest melodrama: to be specific, in the same moss-covered New England territory of 'Shore Acres' and 'Way Down East'. The villain here is evil real-estate speculator Anthony Bracken, who covets the timberland purchased by John Thorne. More than a century earlier, this land was owned by Frenchman Andre de Mersay. Thorne and de Mersay are both played by Lunt, even though the two men are not relations. Andre de Mersay as an older man is played by Emile La Croix, who doesn't remotely resemble an older version of Lunt.

    Bland and unattractive Edith Roberts plays de Mersay's granddaughter and her modern counterpart, both named Yvonne. The action wavers unpleasantly between France's genteel yesteryear and modern Maine, without establishing any effective parallels between the two story-lines. The modern story features a grotesque supporting cast, including a sinister Chinese, a brutal Red Indian and a burly Irishman. The so-called comic relief is supplied by an hotel proprietor played by James Doyle, a stout carnival dwarf who performed under the stage name Major Doyle, following the nom-du-guerre tradition of such military midgets as General Tom Thumb and Commodore Nutt. In this movie, Major Doyle plays a man named Colonel Tip, thus giving himself a higher rank while maintaining his short stature.

    SPOILERS COMING. Neither of the two centuries in this film contains an especially plausible story. The stodgy action is top-heavy with forged documents and other portentous props. De Mersay's dying words (via the inter-titles) are 'Tell Yvonne the tale of the dragon!' With utmost contrivance, this turns out to refer to a piece of Chinese panelling with an image of a dragon ... when a concealed stud in the dragon's tail is pressed, this opens a secret compartment containing McGuffin papers. All of this is made even more contrived by the unlikelihood that a Frenchman would make the 'tale/tail' pun, which only works in English. Actually, the French for 'tale' is 'conte', which could pun with a certain French word that rhymes with 'Lunt'.

    The photography is excellent, but this film is so unbelievable (and so badly paced) that I'm tempted to rate it zero points. Still, film footage of Alfred Lunt is so rare that I'll rate this film one point in ten for his presence in two badly-written roles.

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      This film is lost, and despite the fantasy review concocted below, nobody has seen it anywhere since the 1920s.

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    • Fecha de lanzamiento
      • 30 de abril de 1923 (Estados Unidos)
    • País de origen
      • Estados Unidos
    • Idiomas
      • Ninguno
      • Inglés
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    • Tiempo de ejecución
      1 hora 10 minutos
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Mezcla de sonido
      • Silent
    • Relación de aspecto
      • 1.33 : 1

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