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Peter Pan (1924)
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by Kino Video
Sales Rank: 44947
Price: $24.95
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J.M. Barrie's play about the boy who refused to grow up has become a stage classic and a revival standard, but in the movies Disney's animated musical version remains the most famous incarnation. Nearly forgotten is the original 1924 live-action version, a lavish silent fantasy that captures the fairy tale magic of flying children, wicked pirates, and a wondrous storybook land where kids never grow up. Tomboyish Betty Bronson, with an innocent smile and a mischievous spontaneity, is the eternally adolescent boy while towering Ernest Torrence (the burly comic actor best known as Buster Keaton's gruff father in <I>Steamboat Bill Jr.</I>) plays a gleefully flamboyant Captain Hook. This faithful adaptation flies from the Darling nursery to the thick tangle of the Lost Boys' forest, where elaborate, cartoonishly exaggerated animal costumes wander the trails and a floating ball of fairy light reveals herself as a lovely, petite girl in a gossamer gown and glowing hair. A curious thread of American patriotism peaks in the pirate ship climax when the Lost Boys replace the Jolly Roger with the stars and stripes and fly the ship into the stars. Long thought lost, a beautiful 35mm print was recovered years ago and serves as the basis for this restoration. Anna May Wong costars as Princess Tiger Lily, and a fine new score by Philip C. Carli accompanies the film. <p> The DVD also features a 30-minute interview with costar Esther Ralston, an essay by film historian Frederick C. Szebin, and a treasure-trove of archival stills and promotion materials in a photo gallery. <I>--Sean Axmaker</I>
Viewer Reviews
I am a bit shocked how many people who have reviewed the film seem completely lost that the film is edited down by a good 5 minutes.It appears that those who bought early editions of the DVD were lucky enough to get non censored versions of Peter Pan.It appears some of the 1924 scenes that were ok for general audiences and children to view in theatres in 1924 are too shocking and controversal to be put on Dvd today and even the stills were deleted because they were considered "controversal". Good grief! It appears there was more sanity in 1924 then there is in 2008!...Oh well,If it wasen't for the deleted scenes I would give the film five stars but to see a film hacked up like this makes me depressed as films in my view should be respected and showed as made.Otherwise,the film is good but a loud shout of protest should be heard about editing and cutting up films in this manner.
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