I watched this on my Roku and apparently even tho these old silent films are in public domain, the music isn't. So there literally was no sound. It's a weird thing to watch when not accompanied by music of some sort.
The print was decent. actually fairly good for a movie that is nearly 100 years old! The short story upon which this is based was written by a fascist.
Chaney is good, although his work with Browning was always so much better.
Another reviewer commented on how the earthquake scenes look so real -- well alot of them WERE real. They were taken from archival footage. Still, the parts that are not archival -- and there are many, are really really really well done. Unfortunately you have to wait until there is like 6 minutes left of the film to see the big payoff.
Some of the film is rather hokey and overall it's slow moving. The ending is the thing to see,
The print was decent. actually fairly good for a movie that is nearly 100 years old! The short story upon which this is based was written by a fascist.
Chaney is good, although his work with Browning was always so much better.
Another reviewer commented on how the earthquake scenes look so real -- well alot of them WERE real. They were taken from archival footage. Still, the parts that are not archival -- and there are many, are really really really well done. Unfortunately you have to wait until there is like 6 minutes left of the film to see the big payoff.
Some of the film is rather hokey and overall it's slow moving. The ending is the thing to see,