This may not be one of the best silent films ever made, nor is it one of the best made by the great King Vidor, but it is still vastly entertaining and visually exciting. Lloyd Hughes is the hero, and he's an amazingly beautiful man. He's the son of a prostitute and hides this from his girlfriend, the sweet Madge Bellamy. But after they get married... Somehow this all leads to a spectacular train crash and boats careening down rapids. Vidor keeps the pace and emotion happening through brilliant camera movements and angles, and the use of emotive close-ups of faces. The story is constantly surprising and the acting excellent. It ends rather abruptly, but I suspect the print I saw was incomplete.
Review of Love Never Dies
