主演:珊农·塔伯特,艾丹·特纳,本杰明·沃克,马修·布罗德里克,科洛·塞维尼,马克·布鲁姆,贾森·福克斯,凯碧·伯德斯,芭芭拉·安德烈斯,詹妮弗·德罗拉,卡特莉娜·林克,罗丝玛丽·霍华德,吉姆·科比,贝蒂娜·斯凯,Stormy,Ezra,Bear,Whitebloom,Phillip,Kerr,Grant,MacDermott,Rudy,Mungaray,Ralph,Cashen
导演:Monty,Whitebloom,Andy,Delaney
简介:Afunnyandirresistiblestoryofayounggirlwholiterallycannotseeorhearhermother,eventhoughsheislivingwithherunderthesameroof.Withthehelpofaneccentricpsychiatrist,andalocal,accidentalhero,ourheroinehastogrowup,butfallsinloveandeventuallytakesholdofherfuture-despitenotbeingabletoseewhat'srightinfrontofher.
主演:萨姆·德·格拉斯,Francelia,Billington,埃里克·冯·施特罗海姆,Fay,Holderness,Richard,Cumming
导演:埃里克·冯·施特罗海姆
简介:TwodifferencesbetweenthisAustrianversionandthegenerallyavailableAmericanversionareimmediatelyobvioustheydifferbothintheirlengthandinthelanguageoftheintertitles.TheAmericanversionisonly1,883metreslong-at18framespersecondadifferenceofsome7minutestotheAustrianversionwith2,045metres.Whereasweoriginallypresumedonlyanegligibledifference,resultingfromthevaryinglengthoftheintertitles,adirectcomparisonhasneverthelessshownthattheAustrianversiondiffersfromtheAmericanversionbothinthemontageandinthedurationofindividualscenes.YethowcouldithappenthatthelaterregionaldistributionofacanonicalUSsilentfilmwaslongerthantheoriginalversion TheprevalentAmericanversionofBlindHusbandsdoesnotcorrespondtotheversionshownatthepremiereof1919.Thislittle-knownfactwasalreadypublishedbyRichardKoszarskiin1983.Thefilmwasre-releasedbyUniversalPicturesin1924,inaversionthatwas1,365feet(416metres)shorter.At18framespersecond,thisamountstoatimedifferenceof20minutes!Titleswerealtered,snippetsofactionremovedandatleastonemajorscenetakenoutentirely,wherevonSteubenandMargaretvisitasmalllocalchapel.(Koszarski) FromthepresentstateofresearchwecanassumethatalltheknownAmericancopiesofthefilmderivefromthisshortenedre-releaseversion,acopyofwhichUniversaldonatedtotheMuseumofModernArtin1941.AccordingtoKoszarskitheoriginalnegativeofthefilmwasdestroyedsometimebetween1956and1961andhasthereforebeenirretrievablylost.ThisinformationcastsaninterestinglightontheAustrianversion,whichcanbedatedtotheperiodbetweenthesummerof1921andthewinterof1922.Furthermore,thecopyissome200metreslongerthantheUSversionof1924.IfonefollowsthedetailsgivenbyRichardKoszarskiandArthurLennig,thismeansthat,asfarasbothitsdateanditslengthareconcerned,theAustrianversionliesalmostexactlyinthemiddlebetweenthe(lost)versionshownatthepremiereandthere-releasedone.Alargepartoftheadditionallengthofthefilmcanbetracedtocutsthatweremadetothe1924versioninalmosteveryshot.Koszarskidescribeshowthebeginningandtheendofscenesweretrimmed,inordertospeedupthefilm.However,moreexcitingwasthediscoverythattheAustrianversioncontainsshotsthataremissingintheAmericanone-shotscountershots,intertitles-andfurthermoreshowsdifferencesinitsmontage(i.e.theplacingoftheindividualshotswithinasequence).AllthisindicatesthatDieRachederBergeconstitutestheoldestandmostcompletelypreservedmaterialofthefilm.