3 Bad Men 1926  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
aka: Three Bad Men
Director: John Ford
Cast: George O'Brien, Olive Borden, Lou Tellegen, J. Farrell MacDonald, Tom Santschi, Frank Campeau, Priscilla Bonner, Otis Harlan, Phyllis Haver, George(2) Harris
The three bad men (J. Farrell McDonald, Tom Santschi, and Frank Campeau) are outlaws who rescue a young woman (Olive Borden) after her father is killed and lose their lives protecting her. John Ford at his silent film best.
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The Way of All Flesh 1927  N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Emil Jannings, Phyllis Haver, Donald Keith, Belle Bennett, Jackie Coombs, Fred Kohler, Gordon Thorpe, Philippe De Lacy, Mickey McBan, Betsy Ann Hisle
Emil Jannings won the first Best Actor Academy Award for his portrayal as a bank teller who was mugged and presumed dead. The Oscar was for his work not only in this film but also for "The Last Command" (1928). (In the first years of the Academy Awards, they were presented for a two-year period.) This story was remade in 1940.
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What Price Glory? 1926 N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Dolores del Rio, William V. Mong, Phyllis Haver, Elena Jurado, Leslie Fenton, Barry Norton, Jack Pennick
This good adaptation of the hit play concerns two boisterous friends and rivals. After starting out fighting over a girl in Shanghai, the scene shifts to France after the outbreak of WWI where they are again rivals over another girl. The grimness of war is also portrayed in this fine silent flick.
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| 1. 3 Bad Men (1926)
aka: Three Bad Men
2. The Way of All Flesh (1927)
3. What Price Glory? (1926)
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