The Great Gabbo Based on a Story by Ben Hecht
One of Hollywood's earliest and most peculiar musicals, "The Great Gabbo" stars von Stroheim as an egotistical ventriloquist who casts a Svengali-like spell upon an ingenue, against a backdrop of singularly strange numbers (including "Icky" and the spider-and-fly-themed &quo...
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[2003]
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| Zusammenfassung: | One of Hollywood's earliest and most peculiar musicals, "The Great Gabbo" stars von Stroheim as an egotistical ventriloquist who casts a Svengali-like spell upon an ingenue, against a backdrop of singularly strange numbers (including "Icky" and the spider-and-fly-themed "Caught in a Web"). Director James Cruze allowed von Stroheim to endow the character with his signature flourishes, resulting in a wicked cocktail of garish stage shows and Austro-Hungarian villainy that is a diabolical delight. [Cover] |
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| Beschreibung: | [DVD] (96 Min.) s/w dolby digital 2.0 |