Category: Drama
All Genres: Drama, Romance, Crime
Release Year: 1927
Country: USA
Runtime: 95
Rating: 5.7 (0)
Languages: English
Director: F.W. Murnau
Sound: Mono
Taglines:

...A Bomb Plot ...A Killing ...Justice

Writing by: Hermann Sudermann - (novella "Die Reise nach Tilsit")
Carl Mayer - (scenario)
Katherine Hilliker - (titles) and
H.H. Caldwell - (titles)

Produced by: William Fox - producer

Cast: George OBrien - The Man - Anses
Janet Gaynor - The Wife - Indre
Margaret Livingston - The Woman From the City
Bodil Rosing - The Maid
J. Farrell MacDonald - The Photographer (as J. Farrell McDonald)
Ralph Sipperly - The Barber
Jane Winton - The Manicure Girl
Arthur Housman - The Obtrusive Gentleman
Eddie Boland - The Obliging Gentleman
Sidney Bracey - Dance Hall Manager (uncredited)
Gino Corrado - Manager of Hair Salon (uncredited)

Music: Hugo Riesenfeld
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Plot Outline: A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.
Plot: In this fable-morality silent film masterpiece (which is subtitled "A Song of Two Humans"), the "evil" temptress (Margaret Livingston) is a city woman who bewitches farmer George OBrien and convinces him to murder his neglected wife, Janet Gaynor. After OBrien comes to his senses - just as he is about to kill Gaynor - the married couple renew their love in the city. Directed by F.W. Murnau.

Crazy Credits: We know about 4 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
The title credits are sung bi-lingualy, some episodes being in Puffys native Japanese, others being in English.

Goofs: We know about 5 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Factual errors: The London Underground and tram lines had their own power supplies, both separate from the public system. A single power station failure could not affect all three.

Trivia: There are 8 entries in the trivia list - like these:

• The original negatives of the film were destroyed in a fire in 1937.
• Fox studios first ever feature film with a recorded score.
• Was the first and only film to win the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) Best Picture award in the category of "Artistic Quality of Production" (or "Unique and Artistic Picture"). This was the only year that this award was ever given out.

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