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The Crowd (King Vidor,1928)
Review: Directed by one of the great directors King Vidor...The Crowd, I had never heard of it before. Nor had I heard of the two leads, (James Murray, Eleanor Boardman), but I really liked both of them! It's important to care about the couple in a film that revolves around romance and their lives together. And I did care about them as people and I believed in their love.
Even though we don't hear them speak, John & Mary were more real to me than most romantic couples in sound movies. Love is contagious and their love for each other was infectious, in a very charming way. For the first part of the film where they're dating and falling in love, I don't think I've ever smiled more during a film. And the touching scene at Niagara falls, gave me a lump in my throat, I was touched by that.
The second part of the film takes a different turn and also produced strong emotions in me, mainly because I could empathize with John Sims, which made me melancholy. But even that is a positive for the film, as I rarely feel much of anything when I watch a movie. The Crowd was a very special film and one that I will remember.
The Crowd (King Vidor,1928)
Director/Writer: King Vidor
Cast: Eleanor Boardman, James Murray
Genre: Drama
Silent Movie
About: The life of an ordinary man and an ordinary woman who meet, fall in love and marry. Their life together in a huge, crowded city is full of hardships and unrealized dreams.
Cast: Eleanor Boardman, James Murray
Genre: Drama
Silent Movie
About: The life of an ordinary man and an ordinary woman who meet, fall in love and marry. Their life together in a huge, crowded city is full of hardships and unrealized dreams.
Even though we don't hear them speak, John & Mary were more real to me than most romantic couples in sound movies. Love is contagious and their love for each other was infectious, in a very charming way. For the first part of the film where they're dating and falling in love, I don't think I've ever smiled more during a film. And the touching scene at Niagara falls, gave me a lump in my throat, I was touched by that.
The second part of the film takes a different turn and also produced strong emotions in me, mainly because I could empathize with John Sims, which made me melancholy. But even that is a positive for the film, as I rarely feel much of anything when I watch a movie. The Crowd was a very special film and one that I will remember.