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No Control is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Scott Sidney and starring Harrison Ford, Phyllis Haver and Jack Duffy. Due to the public apathy towards silent films, a sound version was also prepared in 1928.
No Control: Directed by E.J. Babille, Scott Sidney. With Harrison Ford, Phyllis Haver, Jack Duffy, Tom Wilson. Nancy Flood, whose father Noah operates a one-ring circus, decides to take a business job to earn extra money. John Douglas, a tired businessman ignored by his family, departs on a business trip and leaves John, Jr., in charge of the ...
- E.J. Babille, Scott Sidney
- 1927-04-07
- Comedy
- 60
An artistic, poignant, brilliantly-filmed, expressionistic, landmark silent regarding a love triangle. A country village farmer (George O'Brien) fell for the allure of a sophisticated, vampish seductress/temptress (Margaret Livingston) from the City, tempted by her under the moonlight in a swamp.
- The First Scifi Blockbuster
- Thea Von Harbou and Fritz Lang
- Production
- Special Effects
- Receiption
If you like science fiction movies and you don’t know Metropolis, you have missed the very first blockbuster of this popular genre. Of course, it was not the very first science fiction movie at all. Already 25 years earlier in 1902 the great Georges Meliés had sent some men to an adventurous journey to the moon, but Melies movie was only about 16 m...
The screenplay of Metropolis was written by German–Austrian filmmaker, screenwriter and occasional film producer and actor Fritz Lang and his wife Thea Von Harbou a popular writer in Weimar Germany. The film‘s plot originated from a novel written by Harbou for the sole purpose of being made into a film. Thea von Harbou and Lang co-wrote all of Lang...
Metropolis began filming on 22 May 1925 and lasted over a year. The cast of the film was mostly composed of unknowns in particular also the nineteen-year-old protagonist Brigitte Helm who had no previous film experience. Shooting of the film was a draining experience for all the actors involved, due to the demands made of them by director Fritz Lan...
For Metropolis the special effects expert, Eugen Schüfftan created pioneering visual effects Among the effects used are miniatures of the city, a camera on a swing and most notably, the Schüfftan process in which mirrors are used to create the illusion that actors are occupying miniature sets. Young actress Brigitte Helm also played her role’s robo...
Despite the film’s later reputation, some contemporary critics tore it apart. The criticism after the premiere in January 1927 was predominantly negative. Although the filmic effects and the technical effort were praised, Thea von Harbous’s script was torn to pieces. The New York Times called it a “technical marvel with feet of clay“. And famous au...
Find trailers, reviews, synopsis, awards and cast information for No Control (1927) - Scott Sidney, Edward J. Babille on AllMovie - Silent-film leading man Harrison Ford (no…
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All about Movie: directors and actors, reviews and ratings, trailers, stills, backstage. Nancy Flood, whose father Noah operates a one-ring circus, de...
