the informer is a 1929 british part-talkie drama film directed by arthur robison and starring lya de putti , lars hanson , warwick ward and carl harbord .

the picture was based on the novel the informer by liam o'flaherty .

in the film , a man betrays his best friend , a member of a terrorist organisation , to the authorities and is then pursued by the other members of the organisation .

the later , better known , remake the informer ( 1935 ) was directed by john ford .

the informer ( 1929 film )

the sound version of the informer ( 1929 , 1 : 24 : 08 - 1080p , 15 . 5 gig / 21 mbps )
novel of the same name ; the first version was released in 1929 . for the 1935 film , dudley nichols wrote the script in six days , and
the informer is a silent drama , from 1929 , about a member of a paramilitary group , who goes on the run after unwittingly killing a high - ranking police officer .
one of the most exciting annual announcements in the silent film calendar , at least for us brits , is the london film festival archive gala . so start rolling those drums now . this year , the beneficiary of a digital restoration , a new score , a gala screening and and a blu / dvd release is … arthur robison’s the informer ( 1929 ) .
provides the ability to see this film - one of the best out of britain from the 1920s .
the informer is one of a number of british films made during the period of transition from silent to talking pictures . the most celebrated of these is alfred hitchcock ' s blackmail ( 1929 ) , but numerous other films included sound sequences to varying degrees of artistic success . like blackmail , the informer was released in sound and silent versions , with significant differences between the two .
i really enjoyed the informer . the restoration was like stepping back in time watching the film at its initial showing . it ' s a fabulous thriller and i appreciated the ability to also watch the sound version and partake of the extras . the bfi
the informer is showing at the san francisco silent film festival in june 2017 , a long way to travel ? yes . but i have written an essay about the film for the festival catalogue so you can look forward to that appearing online in due course .
the newly restored version of the informer will be released on dvd and blu - ray by bfi dvd in february 2017 .
take this as a hot tip from me , the informer is a disc to add to your wishlist .
so the informer is a movie on the cusp – geographically and historically . it’s fitting then that it was filmed in both silent and sound versions . the bfi restored the talkie informer a while back , but in 2016 , the silent version got the full makeover treatment , and was presented as the london film festival archive gala with a new score by garth knox .
the 1929 adaptation of liam o flaherty’s the informer has all the hallmarks of a classic film noir , just a decade too early and an ocean away . set in the revolutionary ferment of newly independent ireland , this tale of personal betrayal is an impressively international affair . the bfi national archive’s new restoration of this classic silent is presented with a new recorded score by irish composer and violist garth knox .
while the informer may not achieve the heady heights of the german expressionist classics , it is certainly a different type of film to watch and there is power behind the performances and a suspense . it’s definitely one for noir fans .
so , unbeknownst to me , when i volunteered to review the informer , that i would be watching a silent film . the film in question is an elstree studios production from 1929 , directed by arthur robison , and the first half is shot as silent . i thought i was set up to watch the 1935 version , directed by john ford and starring victor mclaglen . it didn’t occur to me that the original film would suffer the same fate as many popular silent films – remade in glorious sound and technicolour as soon as the new era of cinema was ushered in .
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according to novelist o’flaherty , he wrote the informer “based on the technique of the cinema , ” as “a kind of high - brow detective story” . the bfi says that the film draws on this lead , with an expressionist vibe that looks forward to film noir . robison’s studio - shot film is tense , and claustrophobic , reflecting the anxieties of the lead characters , almost exclusively shot in mid - shot or close - up .
uk | 1929 | black and white and tinted | 100 minutes | silent with music | original aspect ratio 1 . 33 : 1 | cert pg ( moderate violence )
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the informer truly put the “international” into british international pictures . this film , shot entirely in the elstree studios in 1929 , was adapted from an irish novel , directed by a german , and starred a swedish man and a hungarian woman . as far as in - front - of - the - camera talent goes , this is exactly the kind of international collaboration that would perish with the coming of sound . behind the scenes , british studios would only welcome in more european personnel through the 1930s , though sadly for the worst of reasons .
like hitchcock’s blackmail ( 1929 ) , the informer was shot in both silent and sound versions . building on our previous work in restoring the sound version , the restoration team disentangled the two versions from existing film copies in order to establish the silent edit . this detailed analysis applied not only to the differing camera takes but also the text of intertitles . all the copies in the archive collection were thoroughly examined and the restoration work has drawn on them all – crucially , the existence of an original nitrate release print established the film’s delicate tint colour . restoration work began in 2014 and has taken many thousands of hours of work to recreate a masterpiece . the restoration was generously supported by matt spick .
british international pictures , limited , production ; distributed by wardour films , limited . / scenario by benn w . levy and rolfe e . vanlo , from the play the informer by liam o’flaherty . cinematography by werner brandes and theodor sparkuhl . / standard 35mm spherical 1 . 33 : 1 format . / the film was also released in the united kingdom in a silent version . the play was subsequently filmed as the informer ( 1935 ) . / full - sound film ( with dubbed dialogue ) .
after an irishman informs against his ira compatriots , he spends the money on a night on the town . john ford ' s the informer shows ford ' s irish sympathies with the same gusto that the quiet man did , but here he ' s more political , shaming an irish informant for ninety - one minutes . the film ' s politics are anti - establishment , but the strength of this film is the performance by victor mclaglen whose burly size and imposing physique belie the vulnerability with which he carouses through the story . it ' s a remarkably human portrayal in a remarkably political film . overall , mclaglen keeps the film grounded and interesting .
the informer is out now , rrp £19 . 99 . you can order a copy for £14 . 99 at the bfi shop here or on amazon here .
summary the informer is a british drama in which a man tells the police where a wanted murderer is hiding only to find himself hunted for being a snitch .
o’flaherty claimed that he wrote the informer as a ‘high - brow detective story’ that was ‘based on the technique of the cinema’ . director robison’s approach , emphasising the sense of claustrophobia and playing up the chiaroscuro , anticipates the mood of later film noir thrillers . german cinematographers werner brandes and t . sparkuhl make the most of the a - list international stars , lars hanson and the languorously beautiful lya de putti .
this is the earliest adaptation of o’flaherty’s novel the informer . it has been adapted a total of four times , most famously by o’flaherty’s cousin , john ford in 1935 .
having watched the silent version of the informer last week , i decided to give this sound variation ( simultaneously produced in 1929 ) a go . and for the first 47 minutes , i decisively preferred it to the silent film . being a sound version in this instance did not initially appear to mean spoken dialogue as i had expected , but simply a musical score permanently attached to the film , along with various audible sound effects such as gunfire , rattling door handles and breaking glass . i very much favoured this original score over the new music written by garth knox to accompany the recent silent restoration . i felt it matched the darkness of the material far more closely . gone was the self - consciously irish gaiety , …
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o’flaherty claimed in his autobiography that he wrote the informer “based on the technique of the cinema , ” as “a kind of high - brow detective story” . robison’s style in the film reflects this , anticipating the expressionistic aesthetics of film noir . less ostentatiously arty than some of his contemporaries , robison’s claustrophobic design has one foot in the 1930s . the oppressive , boxed - in feel is reinforced by the studio photography , with nearly all shots framed in mid - shot or close - up .
“the bfi national archive is delighted to have restored another major british feature film from the silent period and to be premiering it at the bfi london film festival . the quality of the restoration is extraordinary , despite some huge challenges that we had to overcome . the noirish cinematography looks spectacular once again , especially the lustrous quality of the inky , velvety shadows achieved by the restoration team . ”
“the bfi national archive is delighted to have restored another major british feature film from the silent period and to be premiering it at the bfi london film festival . the quality of the restoration is extraordinary , despite some huge challenges that we had to overcome . the noirish cinematography looks spectacular once again , especially the lustrous quality of the inky , velvety shadows achieved by the restoration team . ”
you know all this already , of course , if you saw the informer at the london film festival last year . now , however , the bfi has released it on a classy dual - format dvd / blu - ray edition for you to take home . which is very pleasing .
the 60th bfi london film festival in partnership with american express® is proud to announce this year’s archive gala – the world premiere of a new bfi national archive restoration of arthur robison ’s the informer ( 1929 ) . this rare silent adaptation of liam o’flaherty ’s famous novel is set among dublin revolutionaries in the early days of the newly independent irish free state , formed in 1922 . the archive gala will take place at bfi southbank on friday 14 october , 6 . 30pm in nft1 and features a specially commissioned live score by irish composer garth knox with a six piece ensemble .
“the archive gala has become one of the festival’s most anticipated presentations for film lovers , matching vibrant film restoration work with newly commissioned scores . our commitment to profiling the history of british cinema , and the vital preservation and restoration work of our bfi colleagues , feels more essential than ever in our 60th year when we also shine a light on the bfi london film festival’s heritage . ”
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newly restored by the bfi national archive , with a new score from acclaimed violist / composer garth knox and premiered at the 2016 bfi london film festival , the informer is one of the finest british films of the 1920s and deserves a place alongside other silent greats such as blackmail , a cottage on dartmoor and piccadilly . this dual format edition includes the silent version alongside the rare sound version which was produced at the same time
( from left ) joe sawyer , una o ' connor , heather angel , and victor mclaglen in the informer ( 1935 ) , directed by john ford .
the digital restoration has substantially cleaned up the film , which was made in both silent and talkie versions at the dawn of the sound era – and reintroduced the lavender tinting it would have enjoyed on its first release .
liam o’flaherty’s story of personal betrayal — newly restored by the bfi national archive — is a silent proto film noir .
john ford , iconic american film director , best known today for his westerns , though none of the films that won him the academy award for best direction— the informer ( 1935 ) , the grapes of wrath ( 1940 ) , how green was my valley ( 1941 ) , and the quiet man ( 1952 ) —was of this genre . his films , whether…
thankfully , the bfi re - release also contains the original version of the informer . this , i could sink my teeth in to . sure , it’s a bit scratchy and rough around the edges , but it’s glorious . the music is much tamer and more in keeping with the unfolding events .
superior in most respects to the john ford film until it goes sour ( i . e . , sickly sweet ) at the end in the same way the ford film does . a great film would have ended with . . . talking vaguely . . . a shooting in a bed , a marvelously ironic parallel
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fatality . instead we get the fallacy of the talking killer who even runs offstage ffs . but until then , we get a proto film noir , with much less of ford ' s boozy - oirish
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shtick and a much better and more - relevant female lead ( lya de putti from variety ) . the german - expressionist lighting and subtle tinting in the context of this story gives this informer less the feel of ford and more that of odd man out , though lars hanson then feels a little out of place as james mason .
bfi make the most of their ability to pull in a host of archive material on the disc , including 8 contemporary documentary shorts as well as well written essays discussing the film and its differences to o’flaherty’s novel . a once overlooked film that will hopefully receive new recognition .
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there are a few times where the informer seems to shudder and halt , owing to odd changes in pace . it is actually quite a fast - moving film , with frequent shoot outs and car chases being the main driving force behind the action . but a couple of lengthy sequences of dialogue slow this right back down again .
for a british silent film , i thought this was rather impressive there are some excellent performances and beautifully choreographed camera work . i ' ve not seen the john ford remake but i can see why this film gathered attention .
fantastic film from john ford with an outstanding performance by victor mclaglen . a perfect example that fog can be used to set a mood . i was surprised by the intensity that the film showed in some scenes and also mixed with some really funny moments .
the 60th bfi london film festival in partnership with american express is proud to announce this year’s archive gala – the world premiere of a new bfi national archive restoration of arthur robison’s the informer ( 1929 ) . this rare silent adaptation of liam o’flaherty’s famous novel is set among dublin revolutionaries in the early days of the newly independent irish free state , formed in 1922 . the archive gala will take place at bfi southbank on friday 14 october , 6 . 30pm in nft1 and features a specially commissioned live score by irish composer garth knox with a six piece ensemble . the new restoration by the bfi will offer a chance to see this powerful and important film in its silent form with newly reinstated atmospheric , lavender tinting . bfi national archive curator , bryony dixon has described it as “ one of the finest films produced in a british studio in the 1920s ” – 100 silent films ( 2011 ) .
image can ' t be faulted as there was some extensive work in the restoration . you can ' t look any better than the source and i think this lavender tine gives the informer a rich , very appealing , presentation with some depth visible in the latter half .
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i settled down to watch the bfi restored version , complete with a new score from the acclaimed composer garth knox . the film had also been gently colourised . i must admit , just ten short minutes in to the film and i was struggling . the music was so insistent ; it completely jarred with the action on screen and felt like an utter distraction . i knew i wasn’t going to be able to last the duration .
the use of a synchronised ( non - dialogue ) soundtrack is also creatively used in the first part of the film . the jaunty jazz record katie plays to mask the sounds of mcphilip ' s escape incongruously persists throughout her confrontation with gypo . it is eventually and dramatically silenced with gypo ' s smashing of a glass , and replaced by the rising swell of the film ' s orchestral score that accompanies his subsequent exit , intensifying the emotional fallout of the quarrel . the film ' s pace briefly falters early in the second half , with two rather stilted dialogue sequences , but picks up again with gypo ' s exciting escape into the path of an oncoming train and katie ' s final betrayal .
the reviews posted are for the later john ford american version . this is a restored bfi re - issue of the 1929 british version - not released until april 2017 so it cannot be reviewed yet - hence my 3 stars , i had to put a star rating to get this information on - line so that people are not misled by reviews referring to another version .
although made at elstree studios by british international pictures , the informer was a supremely international production , boasting an acclaimed german / american director , arthur robison ; english actor carl harbord plays the tragic francis , while swedish actor lars hanson is his love rival gypo nolan . the object of their affections is the luminously beautiful hungarian star , lya de putti . the informer was entirely photographed in the studio , although the design and photography – by j . elder wills and germans werner brandes and theodor sparkuhl respectively – is good enough make you believe you are in 1920s dublin .
the bfi continues to mine the nation ' s cinema archive and come up with a surprising amount of gems from one of its previously most overlooked seams , the late silent era . based on the novel by liam o ' flaherty ( that would again be adapted for the screen in 1935 and win john ford his first oscar ) this earlier british production can now be seen to it ' s full advantage as a really well made silent film , rather than as the stilted part - talkie version that had previously been most commonly available . set around the troubles in ireland , the film is surprisingly apolitical in tone and the letters ira are never used . in many ways the film is like the prototype gangster films that were…
exciting , dense and atmospheric , john ford ' s the informer employs the best of silent and sound movie techniques . victor mclaglen is a magnificent as the ira brute and traitor who is forced to come to terms with his betrayal . brilliant expressionist cinematography and a rousing max steiner score .
the film ' s gorgeous black - and - white cinematography - - with its streams of fog and sparkling cobblestones - - gave audiences a new glimpse as to the potential artistry of cinema .
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the film is a dramatisation of a 1925 novel by liam o’flaherty . it was more famously made by john ford in 1935 with stoney faced victor mclaglen playing gypo , more similar in description to that in o’flaherty’s novel . it so happened that o’flaherty was also ford’s cousin . there are many liberties taken with the novel in the film . it certainly has more melodrama elements to it and pushes the katie fox character to the foreground while neatly wrapping up the ending in the manner of any good melodrama .
what is evident in viewing both the part - talkie sound version and the silent version is how much quicker the action is in the silent film , despite its longer length ( at 100 minutes as opposed to 84 minutes ) . on one of the extras on the disc there is a scene comparison scene in which katie is being questioned about the gang when the gang member states that he has seen the money . the dialogue is slow in the sound version , while the accents are totally off ( ward with a strong british accent and de putti who was hungarian was dubbed into english , not irish ) . the accents are even clearer as irish in the intertitles of the silent version – “i saw the money , so i did” . knox’s new score also gives the film an irish accent as he uses tin whistles , pipes and bodhran drums to good effect . ( there is an extra on the disc and in the booklet the added value garth knox’s music adds is made clear . )
it seems remarkable that northern ireland was addressed in british cinema at all during this period , considering the restrictions on political subject matter at the time . but then the informer isn’t really a political film . liam o’flaherty’s source novel is so universal in its view of political violence and tensions that jules dassin could transplant it into the 1960s african - american civil rights movement in his film uptight . in robison’s version , it’s something close to a love triangle involving lars hanson’s gypo selling out wanted ira assassin francis ( carl harbord ) to the black and tans after realising his girlfriend katie ( lya de putti ) has feelings for him .
the film itself continues to ooze charisma on disc , especially on the blu - ray transfer , and there is a substantial selection of extra material here too . a booklet with essays by bryony dixon , michael brooke and knox , a restoration demo , a 10 - minute featurette with knox discussing his score and a raft of silent newsreels documenting the fight for irish independence from 1921 and 1922 . oh yes , and the sound version of the informer . rather nice to have the sound version included as an extra on a silent disc , rather than the other way around , eh ?
the film is great , though . a gripping drama that vividly explores guilt and betrayal , the limitations of atonement and the ultimate balm of forgiveness , via a sharply undulating tale set in a pleasingly gloomy , shadowy dublin . it perhaps twists a little hard as it…
description : based on liam o ' flaherty ' s popular novel this gripping thriller is set amongst a group of revolutionaries in the newly independent ireland of 1922 . when one of their number , francis , kills the chief of police he goes on the run . but when he returns to say goodbye to his mother and former lover he is cruelly betrayed by his one - time friend , gypo . newly restored by the bfi national archive , with a new score from acclaimed violist / composer garth knox and premiered at the 2016 bfi london film festival , the informer is one of the finest british films of the 1920s and deserves a place alongside other silent greats such as blackmail , a cottage on dartmoor and piccadilly . this dual format edition includes the silent version alongside the rare sound version which was produced at the same time .
robison’s direction pre - dates film - noir but has all the tricks and tells of the genre : window blinds casting horizontal shadows ; men lighting cigarettes by flicking a match off a wall ; the claustrophobic sense of space . nearly all of the shots are mid - range or close up . you feel like you are actually in conversation with the characters .
the new restoration by the bfi will offer a chance to see this powerful and important film in its silent form with newly reinstated atmospheric , lavender tinting . bfi national archive curator , bryony dixon has described it as “one of the finest films produced in a british studio in the 1920s” – 100 silent films ( 2011 ) .
an overly melodramatic script and hammy acting typical of the silent era detract from a well directed and photographed film . some of the scene transitions and camera moves are really quite advanced , coupled with mood enhancing lighting effects and some lovely shot compositions . but the story is overlong and the over emotive acting is far too distracting .
the films length and lack of sound means that relationships and emotions are dense and quickly developed . the plot leaves us , like phillip and his love interest katie ( lya de putti ) torn between personal and political loyalty . capturing the uncertainty of ireland at the time , no one in the film is entirely innocent – even small acts of defiance can seem morally questionable .
…academy award for best direction— the informer ( 1935 ) , the grapes of wrath ( 1940 ) , how green was my valley ( 1941 ) , and the quiet man ( 1952 ) —was of this genre . his films , whether westerns or in other genres , are notable for a turn - of - the - 20th - century ideal of american masculinity—loyal , self - deprecating yet competent , dependable in a…
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the restoration here is something to coo over – with fine detail in the faces of our pulchritudinous leading trio and those grotty urban landscapes both , and soft tinting to enhance the mood . more good news arrives with garth knox’s sensitive , irish - inflected score . he seems to have absorbed the delicacy of the film’s style rather than the crudeness of its subject matter , and his music is melodic and nicely supportive of this twisting - turning thriller .
about creating the score . there are also eight ' topical budget ' films from newly independent ireland , all running around 1 - minute or less plus the package comes with an illustrated booklet with full film credits and essays by bryony dixon , garth knox and michael brookes . the dual - format package includes a dvd .
it’s interesting that the film was made so soon after the vast majority of ireland became a republic – it seems a brave move to make , given that tensions would still have been high . i also love the fact that the cast comes from hungary , sweden and germany ( to name a few ) – silent cinema truly was an international , boundary - less effort .
wow . i have seen the cranky talkie version of this before , but tonight the restoration of the silent version premiered at the london film festival , with excellent live musical accompaniment ( a new score by garth knox which included viola , flute , accordion , percussion and even an imaginative use of ' danny boy ' to represent a gramophone record in an early scene ) .
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from bfi . it ' s dual - layered with a high bitrate and includes the sound version with a lower bitrate but also in 1080p ( 1929 , 1 : 24 : 08 - 1080p , 15 . 5 gig / 21 mbps ) . the silent version gets a lavender tinting which imbues a smokey atmosphere and you get used to it very quickly . it looks very strong in - motion with a few , acceptable , imperfections . the sound version actually looks great - and perhaps a bit sharper with some decent contrast layering . it was a great idea to include it in 1080p . this
the silent informer is a british - made movie , filmed at elstree by british international pictures , but has the flavour of an international co - production too , starring englishman carl harbord , swedish lars hanson , and hungarian lya de putti ( you may know her from varieté ) . the story is set in early 1920s dublin , during the first years of the irish free state and it is a tale of revolution and betrayal , with an underground cell of activists torn apart when one of their member accidentally kills a police officer .
lars hanson is superb as gypo , the man who informs as a result of jealousy , in this tense , emotional roller coaster . lya de putti excels as the unbalanced and fickle katie , whose hesitation over her previous beau ( and police - killing fugitive ) francis , played by carl harbord , causes the tragic events of the film to unfold . and warwick ward is very good indeed…
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victor melaglen has never given an abler performance , and the film , even if it sometimes underlines its points rather crudely , is a memorable picture of a pitiless war waged without honour on either side in doorways and cellars and gin shops .
clearly i just wasn ' t ready for this . i see the merit of how much the film makers were able to do with such limited technology , but truly i was bored out of my mind sitting through this . might be a while before i attempt another pre - talkies era movie .
either way , the story and characters remain the same . the portrayal of both , however , is completely different . based on liam o’flaherty’s novel , the silent thriller is set among a group of * ahem * revolutionaries in the newly - established republic of ireland . francis mcphillip ( carl harbord ) accidentally kills the chief of police and is forced to go on the run . his attempts at returning to dublin do not run smoothly as betrayal and paranoia flood the streets of the emancipated eire .
and thank goodness it did , because , whether you have seen the stilted and shaky sound version or not , the silent informer is a breath of fresh air . this is a truly accomplished late silent drama , with a graceful moving camera and fine performances , and all that emotion is heightened by slinky black shadows and high - angled shots that recall director arthur robison’s achievements in german expressionism ( you may have seen warning shadows , 1923 ) . the story may be set in early 1920s dublin , but this vampiric treatment suits it perfectly . liam o’flaherty pictured his moody thriller being made into a german film when it was still words on a page .
in this taut , cat - and - mouse thriller , lars hanson plays gypo nolan , one of a disintegrating band of irish revolutionaries , who tips off the police to the whereabouts of his exiled comrade , francis , played by carl harbord . famed vamp star lya de putti plays the woman they both love . the story plays out in the mean streets of dublin – there’s a claustrophobic sense of place as we feel that the characters are trapped in the city streets by their ideals as much as by their betrayals . but this city could also be any city where the people and the police are at odds . it could be weimar berlin , for example . and it’s uncannily like the crime - infested la of 1940s film noir . those shadows get everywhere .
the dense narrative develops in a short time heightening the intensity of emotional effect . our sympathies are challenged to deal with the complexity of personal versus political loyalties , where no - one is entirely innocent and the implications of seemingly minor or impulsive decisions create inescapable moral dilemmas for all the protagonists .
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the first half of the sound version is shot as silent , with german director arthur robison fully demonstrating the level of technical sophistication that this style of filmmaking had reached by its twilight years . without the constraints of cumbersome sound equipment , robison ' s camera roams freely , with one particularly accomplished long take following gypo as he pushes his way through a crowded street , halting with dreadful finality at the door of the police station where he intends to betray his best friend . cinematographer werner brandes ' lighting is imaginative and atmospheric throughout , and the film ' s numerous chases and shoot - outs are exhilarating and rapidly edited by emile de ruelle .
liam o’flaherty’s 1925 novel about betrayal amidst the chaotic political and revolutionary environment of the newly independent ireland of 1922 was famously adapted for the screen by john ford . this earlier , silent adaptation is arguably finer , bringing to bear the best of late 1920s european filmmaking , but with one foot in the 1930s .
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the 100 minute silent version , with the new garth knox score . a score that sadly i did not particularly like . i found it too gaily , broadly irish in tenor for my tastes ( it kept recalling the dance scene from ‘titanic’ ! an inappropriate , mildly unsavoury association to keep springing into one’s mind during a dark thriller ) . and knox seemed to read the film very differently to me , consistently matching ill - fittingly upbeat , uptempo music to heavy , serious scenes .
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an early , silent adaptation of liam o’flaherty’s 1925 novel about betrayal amid the political and revolutionary environment of the newly independent ireland of 1922 .
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the new bfi commissioned score is by irish composer and violist garth knox . garth is at the forefront of the new music scene in many fields , drawing on his vast experience as viola player of the arditti quartet and the ensemble intercontemporain . composing for a six piece ensemble including accordion , flute , irish pipes and viola d’amore , he brings a wealth of cutting edge composition techniques , whilst also opening up the music of the past with his interest in medieval , baroque and traditional celtic music .
the story grips you . great atmosphere . before on the waterfront there was this . the main character , gypo nolan ( mclaglen ) , is at once suffocated by guilt and yet his internal struggle is uplifting .
wanted by the british authorities . nolan receives a cash reward for his information , money that he and his girlfriend need to buy passage to the united states , but he realizes all too soon that the “reward” came at the cost of his self - respect and maybe even his life .
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this rare silent adaptation of liam o’flaherty’s famous novel is set among dublin revolutionaries in the early days of the newly independent irish free state , formed in 1922 . the archive gala will take place at bfi southbank on friday 14
what i do love about silent cinema is the glorious facial expressions – thick with stage make up – performed by the actors . lars hanson , as the traitorous gypo nolan , rolls his eyes , flares his nostrils and smirks with aplomb . by today’s nuanced standards , it’s all incredibly over the top , but it’s wonderful . there is a real sense of ‘putting the character across’ .
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the action begins when a group of revolutionaries from an unnamed group are meeting undercover in a working - class district unknowingly observed by the police . during the ensuing raid the chief of police is shot and killed by francis , a trigger - happy member of the group , who is forced to flee in order to preserve the group’s secrecy . when he returns to say goodbye to his mother he goes to see his former lover and co - revolutionary , kate . when he discovers that she appears to have taken up with another of their comrades , the scene is set for betrayal and tragedy as events gather pace over during the following day and night .
john ford won the first of his four oscars for this tale of betrayal , set against the irish revolution of 1922 , which is more impressive visually than thematically .
working class irishmen lars hanson ( as gypo nolan ) and carl harbord ( as francis mcphillipp ) are members of an anti - establishment
party
, where politics is punctuated with gunfire . while maintaining a friendship with his comrade , mr . hanson is obviously interested in mr . harbord ' s fickle moll , the lovely lya de putti ( as katie fox ) . after harbord kills the local police chief ( during a gunfight ) he is driven underground ; leaving ms . de putti free to hook up with hanson . then , when harbord surfaces to visit his mother , hanson suspects he is seeing de putti . so , hanson becomes
the informer
, hounded by detective warwick ward ( as dan gallagher ) .
one particular shot stands out : robison utilises an achingly long take as he follows gypo down a crowded street , only coming to a halt because the character has arrived at the door of the police station – where he intends to betray his love rival , francis .
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in the opening credits , the characters of francis mcphillip and his mother are spelled with a single ' p ' at the end , but in francis ' s letter to gypo , his surname is spelled ' mcphillipp ' with a double - ' p ' . . .
during the irish rebellion of 1917 , gypo nolan informs on his friend for shooting a policeman .
liam o’flaherty was born in the aran islands off galway and was still in his 20s when he wrote the novel in 1925 . he was involved briefly in the post - treaty troubles in 1922 and so was in a position to write with some authority about this complex period in ireland’s recent past .
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during a gun battle in dublin , ireland , between an i . r . a . cell and some other political faction , dan gallagher , a member of the cell , accidentally shoots and kills the chief of police . he goes on the run , and hides in the mountains while his comrades try to work out a deal with the police . they fail to reach an agreement , and advise gallagher to leave the country and relocate to america . he comes to dublin to see his mother one last time , and expects his girlfriend katie to go with him . during his absence in the mountains , his best friend gypo nolan has fallen in love with katie . when he sees gallagher leaving her apartment , he is consumed with jealousy and…
audio , with a new score by violinist composer garth knox , comes in the option of a robust linear pcm 2 . 0 channel ( 24 - bit ) or a dts - hd master 5 . 1 surround ( 24 - bit . ) i watched with the former and nothing but positives here for the audio transfer as well sounding beautifully tight and clean adding even further to the atmosphere . there are original english intertitles and my
flashback story of an escape from the lonely , high - security dartmoor prison . a jealous barber ' s assistant is enraged by the attentions that his manicurist girlfriend pays to a customer . he . . . see full summary »
in ireland , an ira man betrays a killer to the police , thinking he is his mistress ' s lover .
a scholar , tasked to copy a sutra , meets with a mysterious old lady and her daughter in the mountains .
filmwerk devotes a lot of time to doing retrospective work as well as covering events as they happen in the uk .
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based on liam o ' flaherty ' s popular novel this gripping thriller is set amongst a group of revolutionaries in the newly independent ireland of 1922 . when one of their number , francis , kills the chief of police he goes on the run . but when he returns to say goodbye to his mother and former lover he is cruelly betrayed by his one - time friend , gypo .
prologue : the murderer
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the new score for the gala and blu - ray release has been written by a composer from ireland , garth knox . the music draws on his interest in medieval , baroque and traditional celtic music , and uses some traditional irish instruments as well as avant - garde composition styles . it will be performed by a six - piece ensemble including accordion , flute , irish pipes and viola d’amore .
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i will always be grateful for those who painstakingly and lovingly restore classic gems such as this , but i couldn’t get to grips with the orchestration .
dublin is convincingly realised – one virtuoso tracking shot takes you from a rooftop down to a bustling street as it follows gypo nolan ( lars hanson ) , elbowing his way through the crowd , on his way to inform on his friend . love and loyalty struggle to survive the consequences of his action .
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but i would profess to be neither a raving enthusiast , nor remotely knowledgeable about that particular era in cinema . whilst the films i have listed are generally regarded as classic , silent cinema ( for me ) conjures up the notion of archetypal damsels in distress , moustache twirling villains and frantic piano playing . it wouldn’t be my first choice .
shot it in less than three weeks . mclaglen , who frequently worked with ford , won an oscar for his performance . ford also received the first of his four academy awards for best director .
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the angel wore red , also known as la sposa bella in its italian version , is a 1960 italian-american romantic war drama starring ava gardner and dirk bogarde made by mgm and titanus .

it was directed by nunnally johnson and produced by goffredo lombardo , from a screenplay by johnson based on the 1953 novel the fair bride by bruce marshall .

the angel wore red

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a priest ( dirk bogarde ) and a prostitute ( ava gardner ) fall in love during the spanish civil war in the angel wore red ( 1960 ) .
a priest ( dirk bogarde ) and a prostitute ( ava gardner ) fall in love during the spanish civil war in the angel wore red ( 1960 ) . >
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on the following sunday there was communion . karen looked first at the black shoes , then at the red ones - looked at the red ones again , and put them on .
definitely one of the more obscure films of ava gardner ' s career , the angel wore red ( 1960 ) was barely given a theatrical release by mgm and has rarely been shown on television . as variety declared :
contains some philosophical merit , but just not box office stuff .
civil war just begun in a nameless spanish city , fascist bands hunting the newly - ex priest arturo ( dirk bogarde ) , who has turned to a surprised soledad ( ava gardner ) , who evidently works as an escort , whom he met in a bomb shelter earlier that day , in the angel wore red , 1960 . >
hawthorne ( joseph cotten ) informs his editor that war has come to his nameless spanish city , soledad ( ava gardner ) makes her first appearance , with newly - ex priest aturo ( dirk bogarde ) , while his superiors ( finlay currie , aldo fabrizi ) make emergency plans , in the angel wore red , 1960 . >
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and then she confessed all her sin , and the executioner struck off her feet with the red shoes ; but the shoes danced away with the little feet across the field into the deep forest .
[ and you know when the angel suddenly came to life to protect her ? that . was . epic . ( hide spoiler ) ]
yes , they do shine ,
said karen . they fitted her , and were bought . but the old lady knew nothing of their being red , for she would never have allowed karen to be confirmed in red shoes , as she was now to be .
and all the people inside looked at karen ' s red shoes , and all the figures gazed at them ; when karen knelt before the altar and put the golden goblet to her mouth , she thought only of the red shoes . it seemed to her as though they were swimming about in the goblet , and she forgot to sing the psalm , forgot to say the
lord ' s prayer .
one day the queen was travelling through that part of the country , and had her little daughter , who was a princess , with her . all the people , amongst them karen too , streamed towards the castle , where the little princess , in fine white clothes , stood before the window and allowed herself to be stared at . she wore neither a train nor a golden crown , but beautiful red morocco shoes ; they were indeed much finer than those which the shoemaker ' s wife had sewn for little karen . there is really nothing in the world that can be compared to red shoes !
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mercy !
cried karen . but she did not hear what the angel answered , for the shoes carried her through the gate into the fields , along highways and byways , and unceasingly she had to dance .
karen received the shoes and wore them for the first time on the day of her mother ' s funeral . they were certainly not suitable for mourning ; but she had no others , and so she put her bare feet into them and walked behind the humble coffin .
now , i have suffered enough for the red shoes ,
she said ;
i will go to church , so that people can see me .
and she went quickly up to the church - door ; but when she came there , the red shoes were dancing before her , and she was frightened , and turned back .
don ' t cut off my head !
said karen ,
for then i could not repent of my sin . but cut off my feet with the red shoes .
people have been swearing up and down that the ending part of clockwork angel is where things finally getting good . but all i can see is the shadowhunters falling into the bad guy ' s trap foolishly and conveniently so will can rush in for the rescue at the last minute . what a poorly designed plot twist !
the organ played and the children ' s voices in the choir sounded soft and lovely . the bright warm sunshine streamed through the window into the pew where karen sat , and her heart became so filled with it , so filled with peace and joy , that it broke . her soul flew on the sunbeams to heaven , and no one was there who asked after the red shoes .
everybody looked at her feet , and the whole of the way from the church door to the choir it seemed to her as if even the ancient figures on the monuments , in their stiff collars and long black robes , had their eyes fixed on her red shoes . it was only of these that she thought when the clergyman laid his hand upon her head and spoke of the holy baptism , of the covenant with god , and told her that she was now to be a grown - up christian . the organ pealed forth solemnly , and the sweet children ' s voices mingled with that of their old leader ; but karen thought only of her red shoes . in the afternoon the old lady heard from everybody that karen had worn red shoes . she said that it was a shocking thing to do , that it was very improper , and that karen was always to go to church in future in black shoes , even if they were old .
at the church door stood an old crippled soldier leaning on a crutch ; he had a wonderfully long beard , more red than white , and he bowed down to the ground and asked the old lady whether he might wipe her shoes . then karen put out her little foot too .
i don ' t think clockwork angel is the most horrible book which i have ever read - - it isn ' t , the action scenes and part of the plots are enjoyable to an extent . but oh boy , clare ' s writing and her characters annoy me , the book as a whole annoys the freaking hell out of me , here ' re the reasons :
now the old lady fell ill , and it was said that she would not rise from her bed again . she had to be nursed and waited upon , and this was no one ' s duty more than karen ' s . but there was a grand ball in the town , and karen was invited . she looked at the red shoes , saying to herself that there was no sin in doing that ; she put the red shoes on , thinking there was no harm in that either ; and then she went to the ball ; and commenced to dance .
but when she wanted to go to the right , the shoes danced to the left , and when she wanted to dance up the room , the shoes danced down the room , down the stairs through the street , and out through the gates of the town . she danced , and was obliged to dance , far out into the dark wood . suddenly something shone up among the trees , and she believed it was the moon , for it was a face . but it was the old soldier with the red beard ; he sat there nodding his head and said :
dear me , what pretty dancing shoes !
one morning she danced past a door that she knew well ; they were singing a psalm inside , and a coffin was being carried out covered with flowers . then she knew that she was forsaken by every one and damned by the angel of god .
i ' d recommend reading those books in the order they were released : city of bones city of ashes city of glass clockwork angel city of fallen angels clockwork prince city of lost souls clockwork princess city of heavenly fire from clockwork angel on , both series kind of intertwine and some things are foreshadowed in one series that is going to happen in the other . this way you ' re reading it as cassandra clare intended the story to unfold , and you won ' t be accidentally
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this book got 1 . 5 stars from me simply because i was also reading tiger ' s quest by colleen houck , and comparing with tiger ' s quest , clockwork angel looks like it deserves 1 . 5 stars . . .
the old lady gave the soldier some money and then went with karen into the church .
in the middle of the village lived an old shoemaker ' s wife ; she sat down and made , as well as she could , a pair of little shoes out of some old pieces of red cloth . they were clumsy , but she meant well , for they were intended for the little girl , whose name was karen .
once upon a time there was little girl , pretty and dainty . but in summer time she was obliged to go barefooted because she was poor , and in winter she had to wear large wooden shoes , so that her little instep grew quite red .
karen believed that this was all on account of the red shoes , but the old lady thought them hideous , and so they were burnt . karen herself was dressed very neatly and cleanly ; she was taught to read and to sew , and people said that she was pretty . but the mirror told her ,
you are more than pretty - you are beautiful .
when we first meet will and jem , they were both tracing a demon . then they found out a young girl was slayed by the demon , but they hardly gave any reaction to her death . isn ' t it just bad for ms . clare to spend more time to describe what will and jem look like , what clothes they wore then she spends time on describing how her two male leads reacted to the death of this innocent girl ?
the sun was shining gloriously , so karen and the old lady went along the footpath through the corn , where it was rather dusty .
the angel may have worn red but it ' s difficult to see that colour in this black and white production . a priest ( dirk bogarde ) , who leaves the order , and a cabaret singer / whore ( ava gardner ) fall in love during the spanish civil war and find themselves prisoners of the republic . hokey romantic melodrama has a lot of pontificating on war , religion and lost faith . sandwiched in between scenes of conflict and despair both bogarde and gardner whisper a lot of unconvincing romantic dialogue . both stars are good but hilariously miscast as spaniards and have no chemistry with each other . however , no film with gardner can ever be boring and it ' s worth sitting through this film for her .
she was frightened , and wanted to throw the red shoes away ; but they stuck fast . she tore off her stockings , but the shoes had grown fast to her feet . she danced and was obliged to go on dancing over field and meadow , in rain and sunshine , by night and by day - but by night it was most horrible .
clockwork angel was not as good as book 1 in tmi series . but i will definitely continue with the trilogy , i still have lot ' s of questions and i really want to find out how jem ' s ' condition ' will be solved . cool beginning to what is sure to be a great trilogy ! : )
find me on instagram & twitter ! clockwork angel was amazing . if you love the mortal instruments , then you will surely love this book , maybe even more than the original series itself . and if you didn ' t , well i honestly believe the infernal devices will succeed in what the mortal instruments failed to do . the characters were one hundred times more better than that of the mortal instruments ! everybody was so much more likable and mature . i really thought for a second that tessa gray was older
this book got 1 . 5 stars from me simply because i was also reading tiger ' s quest by colleen houck , and comparing with tiger ' s quest , clockwork angel looks like it deserves 1 . 5 stars . . . in order to save you some precious time , i will tell you my honest reaction to clockwork angel right here , right now : thank you , shou . also , when i first opened the book , i was faced by this description as well : magic is dangerous - but love is more dangerous still . * sighs * what kind of soap - operatic shit is that ! ? i hat
she danced out into the open churchyard ; but the dead there did not dance . they had something better to do than that . she wanted to sit down on the pauper ' s grave where the bitter fern grows ; but for her there was neither peace nor rest . and as she danced past the open church door she saw an angel there in long white robes , with wings reaching from his shoulders down to the earth ; his face was stern and grave , and in his hand he held a broad shining sword .
then the sun shone so brightly , and right before her stood an angel of god in white robes ; it was the same one whom she had seen that night at the church - door . he no longer carried the sharp sword , but a beautiful green branch , full of roses ; with this he touched the ceiling , which rose up very high , and where he had touched it there shone a golden star . he touched the walls , which opened wide apart , and she saw the organ which was pealing forth ; she saw the pictures of the old pastors and their wives , and the congregation sitting in the polished chairs and singing from their hymn - books . the church itself had come to the poor girl in her narrow room , or the room had gone to the church . she sat in the pew with the rest of the pastor ' s household , and when they had finished the hymn and looked up , they nodded and said ,
it was right of you to come , karen .
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most people are constantly raving on about clockwork angel and the whole tid trilogy being better than tmi , and i ' m like ' i ain ' t gonna believe that shit til i see it ' . so , i brought the book . was it better from tmi ? big , fat no . the beginning ( 1 - 100 pg ) 100 - 200 pages the beginning till the middle was horrible . i had to force myself to keep on reading . it was so tedious i had to fight the urge to fall asleep . most of the stuff was not even relevant and important ! there was so much small , annoy
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giorgio prosperi wrote the dialogue for the italian version . the music score for the american version was by bronislau kaper and by angelo francesco lavagnino for the italian version . the cinematography was by giuseppe rotunno . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
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during the whole week she was sad and wept many bitter tears , but when sunday came again she said :
now i have suffered and striven enough . i believe i am quite as good as many of those who sit in church and give themselves airs .
and so she went boldly on ; but she had not got farther than the churchyard gate when she saw the red shoes dancing along before her . then she became terrified , and turned back and repented right heartily of her sin .
a clergyman leaves the priesthood over the church ' s indifferent position during the spanish civil war but finds himself attracted to a beautiful entertainer .
karen was now old enough to be confirmed ; she received some new clothes , and she was also to have some new shoes . the rich shoemaker in the town took the measure of her little foot in his own room , in which there stood great glass cases full of pretty shoes and white slippers . it all looked very lovely , but the old lady could not see very well , and therefore did not get much pleasure out of it . amongst the shoes stood a pair of red ones , like those which the princess had worn . how beautiful they were ! and the shoemaker said that they had been made for a count ' s daughter , but that they had not fitted her .
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not only this , tessa ' s attitude is just as annoying as clary ' s . clary ' s bitchy remark about how
fat , ugly people don ' t get to become vampires because ugly people probably don ' t want to live long
bugs the hell out of me when i read city of bones . in clockwork angel , i found tessa making a very similar remark on brother enoch ' s strange , frightening appearance :
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the ending was phenomenal . and there was also a cliff in the epilogue . so i can ' t wait to read the next book .
first , when tessa first encountered jem , he told her that westerners like her and will would be referred to as ' yang quizi ' in chinese , which meant ' foreign devils ' . oh yes , westerners were , and sometime still are , being referred to as ' ghosts ' in chinese because in chinese myth , only dead people / ghosts have pale white skin and yellow / red hair !
at home the shoes were put into the cupboard , but karen could not help looking at them .
after reading 5 mortal instruments books and clockwork angel , i began to realize ms . clare seems to be unable to write likable characters ( with the rare exclusions of simon , jem , magnus and maybe alec ) . when she tries to write brave , strong girls but they always turn out rude , judging , self - righteous and unlikable . when she tries to write complicated male leads with a haunting past , she only manages to make them into cocky , rude dickheads .
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whenever he spoke , his words never failed being profound and meaningful . they stated the facts but at the same time , pointed out the bright sides of them .
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however , its got a lot of speeches and the story wears out it ' s welcome long before the movie weakly makes the hardest decision of the main characters ' life for him so he doesn ' t have to .
will on the other hand , is as horrible a person as tessa . the more i read the book the more i realize they deserve each other . for example , when will discovered tessa was in jem ' s room at night , he came up with the following remark :
in a time when shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness , one battle will change the course of history forever . welcome to the infernal devices trilogy , a stunning and dangerous prequel to the new york times bestselling mortal instruments series . the year is 1878 . tessa gray descends into london’s dark supernatural underworld in search of her
a dedicated british scientist tests the possibility of brainwashing . if the experiment succeeds , he will stop loving his wife .
the script is too badly written for the talent to make a believable sense for us to care . it is difficult to not care for the talent of ava gardner , dirk bogart , joseph cotton , etc . but the director managed
soledad is spared by the arrival of the commanding general , an old man who disapproves of torture and dirty tricks . he orders all 250 prisoners to be marched out to the battle lines . there they will be given arms to slowing the nationalist advance on the city and cover the loyalists ' retreat . on the march , arturo gives soledad the relic so she can try to take it to safety . however , in a surprise nighttime rebel attack , she is seriously wounded . the prisoners change hands , but the nationalist commander decides he cannot trust them or leave them behind ; he orders that they be executed . arturo pleads with the officer assigned the task , but the man does not believe arturo ' s story . before more than a few unfortunates have been shot , however , soledad and the relic are found . she dies , but the prisoners are set free .
out of jail , but under surveillance , arturo meets soledad and the priest who has hidden the holy relic . the absence of the relic is causing unrest in the town and unsettling the local loyalist militia , now suffering massive desertions because of the missing relic , which is fabled to provide victory to those who possess it . this makes it essential for the local loyalists to secure it . but because of a well - meaning , disastrous attempt to feed the old priest in hiding , soledad leads loyalist security men to his hideout .
young catholic priest arturo carrera ( bogarde ) sympathizes with the poor in the spanish civil war , but finds that his fellow priests have little concern for the poor , because they support the nationalist rebels . he then resigns from the priesthood . hours later , the city is bombarded and he takes shelter with a mysterious beautiful woman named soledad ( gardner ) .
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a complex family relationships , as well as a combat experience , form the personality of the future world - famous politician .
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the spanish priest played by dirk bogarde is troubled by his church ' s lack of concern for the poor ; he decides to leave the church . by chance , the same day the republicans call on the people to attack the churches and the priests , so though in plainclothes he is liable to arrest and execution . a beautiful cabaret singer ( ava gardner ) hides him for awhile but both are eventually made prisoner . the plot revolves around a relic taken from his erstwhile church by another priest that all sides are convinced would assure them victory . . .
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a clergyman travels to spain to join the loyalist side during the spanish civil war and finds himself attracted to a beautiful entertainer .
tessa was trapped in the den of the evil doers ( dark sisters ) , and a stranger had just broken into her prison cell . and all she had noticed is that the stranger has
a fan of will herondale , are you ? prepare to swoon . the dirty sexy attic scene , from will ' s point of view : urltoken yeah , yeah , it ' s a little over the top in parts , but who cares ? : d yum merged review : i don ' t give many 5 star reviews , but this one is definitely a 5 star book for me . while i liked mortal instruments , i wasn ' t as rabid a fan as i know many people are , so i read clockwork angel out of curiosity more than anything else . . . and i ' m so glad i did ! this book is
i saw a lot in common with this film and douglas sirk ' s much more impressive a time to love and a time to die , with a revisionist element that ' s not quite an inaccurate portrayal of history blended with deep melodrama . here the melodrama really slows the film down and drags down the last half of the film but the intention still has the same sappy effect .
i never thought this could be that good . i had started
city of bones
( the first book of the mortal instruments by the same author ) but it didn ' t work for me so i thought this could be the same but i was totally wrong . this was an art , a fine peace of art . i read it in one day . literally couldn ' t put the book down for a second . everything is perfect and matches , and i really dig the lifestyle of the time before two hundred years , the classy outfits and the funny teasing .
i never thought this could be that good . i had started
city of bones
( the first book of the mortal instruments by the same author ) but it didn ' t work for me so i thought this could be the same but i was
[ first , is there anyone really feeling surprised that nate turned out to be a traitor ? secondly , is anyone out there really feeling surprised that de quincey isn ' t the magister ? also , i would have respected tessa more if she really carried out her plan to sacrifice herself so she wouldn ' t be used by the magister ! but no , tessa tricked her way out instead of carrying out her plan for real , and i can ' t believe for a second the magister would be fooled by her stunt ! i don ' t believe it the same like i can ' t believe that you - know - who wouldn ' t personally check harry potter is dead for real with his own eyes and hands ! as to the magister himself , he is so underwhelming as the arch villain . plus , why it ' s never explained that what kind of importance did tessa ' s clockwork angel hold ? ( hide spoiler ) ]
dear me , what pretty dancing - shoes !
said the soldier .
sit fast , when you dance ,
said he , addressing the shoes , and slapping the soles with his hand .
she danced , and was obliged to go on dancing through the dark night . the shoes bore her away over thorns and stumps till she was all torn and bleeding ; she danced away over the heath to a lonely little house . here , she knew , lived the executioner ; and she tapped with her finger at the window and said :
and the executioner said :
i don ' t suppose you know who i am . i strike off the heads of the wicked , and i notice that my axe is tingling to do so .
, johnson learned that his producer was secretly editing the film without johnson ' s approval . as a result , johnson never had a chance to complete his own cut and was ungraciously sent home after the film wrapped .
the day i finished the photography ,
he said ,
i was given a ticket to leave town . i never saw the final cut . i ' ve never seen the picture .
not only this , in the middle of the story , will thought about thomas , the servant boy who once was his best friend before jem came along and will totally forgot about thomas ! will totally forgot about the servant boy who was once his friend right after he found a new friend . he was still in good term with thomas only because the latter happened to have the big enough heart to forgive him .
in a time when shadowhunters are barely winning the fight against the forces of darkness , one battle will change the course of history forever . welcome to the infernal devices trilogy , a stunning and dangerous prequel to the new york times bestselling mortal instruments series . the year is 1878 . tessa gray descends into london’s dark supernatural underworld in search of her missing brother . she soon discovers that her only allies are the demon - slaying shadowhunters—including will and jem , the mysterious boys she is attracted to . soon they find themselves up against the pandemonium club , a secret organization of vampires , demons , warlocks , and humans . equipped with a magical army of unstoppable clockwork creatures , the club is out to rule the british empire , and only tessa and her allies can stop them . . .
decent story of the spanish civil war with a good performance by dirk bogarde . ava gardner at the height of her beauty is quite wonderful .
despite torture , the old priest refuses to give up the relic ' s location , and is to be shot at dawn . the security chief then has arturo hear the condemned priest ' s confession . learning of the relic ' s whereabouts , arturo takes it , but claims not to know where it is . but he is then arrested and taken to see the torturing of soledad , for whom he has declared his love .
and he carved her a pair of wooden feet and some crutches , and taught her a psalm which is always sung by sinners ; she kissed the hand that guided the axe , and went away over the heath .
the plot is beyond goodness , and it has every paranormal creature . the book is written in third person and who knows me knows that i don ' t like books in third person but in this one i didn ' t mind at all . it was perfectly build and the story fits well with characters , their personality with their actions , the style of talking with the time book is written in . everything is in the right place .
hello goodreadsers . here ' s my official bio :
cassandra clare was born overseas and spent her early years traveling around the world with her family and several trunks of fantasy books . cassandra worked for several years as an entertainment journalist for the hollywood reporter before turning her attention to fiction . she is the author of city of bones , the first book in the mortal instruments trilo
there ' s also one things about clare ' s supposedly victorian characters that bugs me a lot . it ' s that for the life in me , i can ' t believe the ladies and gentlemen in the high society would be talking so rudely and directly to one another . i mean , even the
started her journey to the entire shadowhunters ' world with much uncertainty in the first chapter , which excited me a lot . she headed for london on a
then the next thing i know , jem revealed that that his parents were murdered by a demon called yanluo . omg ! ! ! ! yanluo is the name of the king of underworld in chinese myth , not a freaking demon !
obviously , beauty is in the eye of the beholder . just think a minute , those of you who castigate this film and its direction . let ' s place the blame where it belongs , on the
hollywood suits ,
as they call the big shot executives who really control how a film will appear in its final version . johnson , gardener , and borgarde all made an emotional and artistic commitment to this film at its inception . this is obvious to anyone with even a touch of cinematic sensitivity when viewing the film . the underappreciated ava gardner , dirk bogarde , and director johnson were forced to reshoot many of the scenes , which made gardner livid . the powers - that - be insisted that she come across as a hollywood sexpot , rather than as the earthy prostitute who clearly experiences a spiritual epiphany after falling in love with the disillusioned priest character played by bogarde . the film portrays souls in crisis , not your typical hollywood garbage depending on sexually provocative women and shallow men to create the usual clichés
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still from the opening scene , lord henry ( george sanders ) . . .
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i feel very similar ! it wasn ' t good , it wasn ' t awful , and it was often slow in the middle and at the end .
the way that they talk is definitely not victorian . i know that the shadowhunters are more liberal but its just not talk fitting the period . i kinda don ' t mind , because i ' d rather not be bogged down in the victorian era english but i can see why people have a problem with it .
the gentle , ' good boy ' jem is simon in disguise , jem is being designed to be the weaker part of the love triangle , i like him just as i like simon , but i have nothing more to say about him .
they part . as night falls , loyalist speakers induce a mob to torch the church , whose ranking cleric moves to hide the blood of st john relic by giving his deputy the task of taking it to franco ' s nationalists . both the deputy and arturo become hunted men . arturo seeks shelter in a local cabaret , where he again meets the mystery woman , who turns out to be a prostitute .
i also liked the romance in this book , because the book needed it and i ' m so glad that the author didn ' t make it a big deal , like the reason of things happening because i ' m tired with books where only true love and stuff like this triumph . the bonding between characters was so natural and seemed quite real . and so you know there is a love triangle .
i actually preferred to read mortal instruments before . . . it gave me a better sense of the shadowhunter world when i got to read the infernal devices . …more
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there are some good scenes though , and the concluding chapters with the fight at the institute are high stakes and exciting . i had actual anxiety worrying if jem and will would make it back in time and i knew what was going to happen .
to be honest , i’m not quite sure how to rate this book . it wasn’t all bad , but i wouldn’t say it was good either . it was rather boring at times and the story dragged heavily , especially in the middle and towards the end . none of the characters has become particularly dear to me . i didn’t buy the love story . however , i think i would have liked it much better if i hadn’t read the mortal instruments series before . but the books are so similar ( which was to be expected , i know , as they are set in th
good performances can ' t save this insipid tale of a priest and a prostitute , bogarde and gardner , who are thrown together in the midst of the spanish civil war . bogarde has had a lapse of faith and has turned in his collar to help the falangist rebels . on the way he meets and falls for good - hearted , patriotic hooker gardner . soon they are captured by the . . . read more
at west point , 1857 , in the conceit of wally kline and . . .
father barry ( karl malden ) with a fiery sermon in the hold . . .
blob , the ( 1958 ) - - ( movie clip ) do . . .
jobless vin ( steve mcqueen ) blows his stake at the saloon , . . .
i use wiki 2 every day and almost forgot how the original wikipedia looks like .
of perfecting techniques ; in live mode . quite the same wikipedia . just better .
“only the very weak - minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry . ”
the main characters in the infernal devices series are the photocopy versions of the main characters in the mortal instruments series , plain and simple . tessa is clary , will is jace , jem is simon and jessamine is a bitchier version of isabelle . only that in tid series those recycled characters got different colors of eyes and hair , they were dressed in 19th century british outfits and they were living in a supposed victorian era .
that
i ' d rather die
part , makes me almost want to laugh . hadn ' t the dark sisters made it quite clear that the magister wants to
i ' m crying at your favourite characters being jem , magnus and the cat .
i also just didn ' t like some of the ways magnus was described , but i guess that ' s supposed to be
the time period
.
so , this is it . my very first book by the incredibly popular writer ,
arturo ( dirk bogarde ) , a priest on the run from the loyalists during the spanish civil war , meets up with cabaret dancer soledad ( ava gardner ) , who hides him in her apartment . already struggling with his faith , arturo falls in love with soledad and contemplates leaving the priesthood . however , when an important religious relic is lost , arturo decides to find and guard the heirloom . soledad must decide whether or not to side with arturo , even though he may return to the religious life .
this is an indecisive , ultimately unconvincing wartime drama set in the 1930s when spain was caught in a bloody civil war , a situation that is never clearly delineated in that the story supports the fascists without specifically saying so . the hero is a voluntarily defrocked priest , arturo carrera ( dirk bogarde ) who is being hunted by the leftist , anti - clerical , and anti - fascist forces . while on the run himself , he encounters a beautiful prostitute , soledad ( ava gardner ) and as sure as the sun rises , the two fall in love and stay together . eventually , they are both caught by the anti - franco fighters who are trying to get their hands on a precious holy relic . the ex - priest is trapped into making a no - win decision between his love for soledad and his love for the church while she has a similar but more tragic decision to make on her own . ~ eleanor mannikka , rovi
i actually preferred to read mortal instruments before . . . it gave me a better sense of the shadowhunter world when i got to read the infernal devices . however , i read the infernal devices after i read city of glass . that was actually a good idea because if you read the infernal devices series after city of glass , you can catch some references to the infernal devices in city of fallen angels , lost souls , and heavenly fire . at least some of the most prominent references to infernal devices came after city of glass . also , by the time you read up to city of glass in the other series , you ' re already pretty well developed in the shadowhunter world in knowing what ' s going on . so , when you get to infernal devices , you would not have to learn the basics of everything . ( less )
soledad discovers that arturo was a priest , but because she likes him , she tries unsuccessfully to hide him from the militiamen . hawthorne , a habitué of the bar and a new york war correspondent ( joseph cotten ) with a platonic relationship with her , does his best to free arturo . arturo tells the loyalist intelligence chief he can make himself useful by comforting catholic loyalists who are wavering because of the treatment of the church .
the beginning till the middle was horrible . i had to force myself to keep on reading . it was so tedious i had to fight the urge to fall asleep . most of the stuff was not even relevant and important ! there was so much small , annoying talk and description that was not needed at all , and i couldn ' t help buy skip some of the words / paragraphs . too much is never good .
according to mgm records the film earned $ 410 , 000 in the us and canada and $ 525 , 000 elsewhere , resulting in a loss of $ 1 , 527 , 000 – one of mgm ' s biggest flops of the year . [ 1 ]
i usually talk in my reviews which part of the book was good , better and bad . but i can ' t part this one . from the first page till the last one , moments never got boring and there were always thrilling and exciting ones .
i originally read this . . . . not sure when ? probably around release date or soon after clockwork prince was released . . . but i reread by listening to the audiobook and it was fantastic ! i definitely didn ' t love this as much as i did when i read it the first time but i still really enjoyed it ! jem is a precious cinnamon roll . will is a tortured soul . tessa i just the best . i love this world and i love the steampunk elements so much . my only qualm with the audiobook is gabriel lightwood ' s voice because it was literally the worst . can ' t wait to listen to the rest of the series on audio .
“whatever you are physically . . . male or female , strong or weak , ill or healthy - - all those things matter less than what your heart contains . if you have the soul of a warrior , you are a warrior . all those other things , they are the glass that contains the lamp , but you are the light inside . ”
shivered with excitement all throughout the book ! “one must always be careful of books , and what is inside them , for words have the power to change us . ” i would cry , but i still haven ' t read the clockwork princess , so i feel my time would be wasted . this book was so so so good . i can easily say this is one of the best books i ' ve read in a while . it ' s been a stressful couple of months , but this book was a place i went to where all the stress , the unhappiness , and depression of the past couple of mo
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she went to the parsonage , and begged that she might be taken into service there . she would be industrious , she said , and do everything that she could ; she did not mind about the wages as long as she had a roof over her , and was with good people . the pastor ' s wife had pity on her , and took her into service . and she was industrious and thoughtful . she sat quiet and listened when the pastor read aloud from the bible in the evening . all the children liked her very much , but when they spoke about dress and grandeur and beauty she would shake her head .
“do you normally turn up in gentlemen’s bedrooms in the middle of the night ? if i’d known that , i would have campaigned harder to make sure charlotte let you stay . ”
by all accounts , nunnally johnson did have his hands full on this production . shot in rome and sicily because the spanish government wouldn ' t permit the story to be filmed in spain , johnson found the vagaries of italian film production quite startling . his italian producer , for example , seemed primarily concerned with regulating the numbers of catholics and communists being employed on set . in sicily , the mafia controlled the extras as well as those placed in charge of them . one such assistant suddenly left town when he received a death threat scrawled across his bathroom mirror . other assistants would get extras to cry when needed by hitting them . late one night on location , johnson decided that this would be his last film as director . he later described the moment :
what the hell am i doing here ? two in the morning . in sicily . at the age of sixty . on a slippery rock . on a cold night . saying ' put the camera here . ' this is the end of it . let somebody else say , ' put the camera here . ' i should be home in bed .
he ' d simply had enough , and went back to being a writer .
moreover , the magic those nephilims wielded was pure awesomeness . instead of the control of basic elements as we usually see , using magic spells and drawing ancient symbols were comparatively more enthralling .
on the following sunday they all went to church , and she was asked whether she wished to go too ; but , with tears in her eyes , she looked sadly at her crutches . and then the others went to hear god ' s word , but she went alone into her little room ; this was only large enough to hold the bed and a chair . here she sat down with her hymn - book , and as she was reading it with a pious mind , the wind carried the notes of the organ over to her from the church , and in tears she lifted up her face and said :
o god ! help me !