The Great Gabbo
2014
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One of Hollywood's earliest -- and most peculiar -- musicals, The Great Gabbo stars von Stroheim as an egotistical ventriloquist who casts a Svengali-like spell upon an ingenue (Betty Compson), against a backdrop of singularly strange numbers (including "Icky" and the spider-and-fly-themed "Caught in a Web"). Director James Cruze (The Covered Wagon) allowed von Stroheim to endow the character with his signature flourishes, resulting in a wicked cocktail of garish stage shows and Austro-Hungarian villainy that is a diabolical delight.
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Imprint:
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Collation:
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 62 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 1919.
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
411439
Electronic access:
Access eFilm - A Kanopy streaming videohttps://www.kanopy.com/node/114622/external-image - Cover Image