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... adaptation of Faust ( 1926 ) based not on Goethe or Marlowe but on the older versions of the Faustian saga . And ... adapted by Thea von Harbou and directed by Fritz Wendhausen with more than a passing nod in the direction of The Golem ...
... adaptation of Faust ( 1926 ) based not on Goethe or Marlowe but on the older versions of the Faustian saga . And ... adapted by Thea von Harbou and directed by Fritz Wendhausen with more than a passing nod in the direction of The Golem ...
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... adapted from a story by Earl Derr Biggers , in which the Japanese actor Sojin played Inspector Charlie Chan of the ... adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs , which Leni smothered in décor and chiaroscuro and turned into an ...
... adapted from a story by Earl Derr Biggers , in which the Japanese actor Sojin played Inspector Charlie Chan of the ... adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Man Who Laughs , which Leni smothered in décor and chiaroscuro and turned into an ...
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... adaptations , the werewolf is made a sympathetic character , a victim of his condi- tion . This is stressed to a point , rare in ... adaptation of the Dickens novel released by Universal the year before . As Glendon , he was neurotic and ...
... adaptations , the werewolf is made a sympathetic character , a victim of his condi- tion . This is stressed to a point , rare in ... adaptation of the Dickens novel released by Universal the year before . As Glendon , he was neurotic and ...
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