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The Shock Overview:

The Shock (1923) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Lambert Hillyer and produced by Carl Laemmle.

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Musical Monday: The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)

on Oct 10, 2022 From Comet Over Hollywood

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: The Shocking Miss Pilgri... Read full article

The Shock (1923)

By Lindsey on Jun 25, 2015 From The Motion Pictures

Wilse Dilling (Lon Chaney) is a man with a bad reputation, known as “dangerous” by the police in Chinatown, where he lives. He has few friends, due not only to his bad reputation, but also to the fact that he can’t walk without the assistance of crutches or a wheelchair (which peop... Read full article

Nazis and Humor: The Shock of Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be (1942)

By Judy on Apr 17, 2014 From Cary Grant Won't Eat You

Wrap your head around this fact: Two decades before Quentin Tarantino was born, Ernst Lubitsch directed a comedy about Nazis. Unlike Tarantino, whose own Nazi film was typically bloodthirsty, Lubitsch was best known for light fare, especially sophisticated sex farces so insightful and lacking in pru... Read full article

Nazis and Humor: The Shock of Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be (1942)

By Judy on Apr 17, 2014 From Cary Grant Won't Eat You

Wrap your head around this fact: Two decades before Quentin Tarantino was born, Ernst Lubitsch directed a comedy about Nazis. Unlike Tarantino, whose own Nazi film was typically bloodthirsty, Lubitsch was best known for light fare, especially sophisticated sex farces so insightful and lacking in p... Read full article

Watch: Lon Chaney in The Shock (1923) (1)

By Pretty Clever Film Gal on Jun 5, 2012 From Pretty Clever Films

Watch the incomparable Lon Chaney in The Shock (1923). Chaney’s transformative skills are taken to the nth as he plays a cripple named Wilse Dilling. See him actually get the girl, for once. Director: Lambert Hillyer Cast: Lon Chaneyonline moviesThe Shock... Read full article

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A Jewel Production. Universal, lacking a proprietary theater chain, devised a 3-tiered branding system to enable it to market its feature product to independent theater owners: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige productions capable of drawing higher roadshow ticket prices). This branding system ended in late 1929.
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