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Silent Screen Diva Marion Davies’ Enjoyable Nonsense
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Silent Screen Diva Marion Davies’ Enjoyable Nonsense

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 / 17 May 2022

Silent screen star Marion Davies makes these two restored films by directors George Hill and Sidney Franklin irresistibly delightful.

‘The Cossacks’ and ‘Why Be Good?’ Are Rampant Nonsense
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‘The Cossacks’ and ‘Why Be Good?’ Are Rampant Nonsense

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 / 4 March 2015
As the silent era was ending, Hollywood turned out slick, predictable, pleasingly made entertainments punched out of perfect formulas. Two examples, The Cossacks and Why Be Good?, are newly available from Warner Archive.