Sidney Franklin

Silent Screen Diva Marion Davies’ Enjoyable Nonsense

Silent Screen Diva Marion Davies’ Enjoyable Nonsense

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

Two ‘The Last of Mrs. Cheyney’-Inspired Films Do a Disservice to Their Shared Source

Two ‘The Last of Mrs. Cheyney’-Inspired Films Do a Disservice to Their Shared Source

The subgenre of fanciful thieves stealing from the rich has seen better iterations than these three takes on Fredrick Lonsdale’s play The Last of Mrs. Cheyney.