Madam Satan
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List Price: $19.98
Features
• Black & White
• NTSC
In Theaters : 20 September, 1930
Video Release : 01 September, 1998 |
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Madam Satan Customer Reviews
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Early Talkie Experiment
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I think most reviewers of this film are missing the point of this bedroom farce, namely that during the early years of the
talkie, the studios were desperate to hold onto their audiences;
plus they were all experimenting with the new media. Many stars
that one doesn't associate with the musical genre took part in the musical mania of the era, such as George Raft, John Wayne,
etc.
Plus this was the era of experimental color, the two-strip technicolor process, with added hand tinting. So one will see
some unusual to us now, pairings of stars and genres not "nor-
mally" together.
One has to also get used to the transitional phase of acting on camera to the new technology of sound, and in 1930, this was a
bare three years old!!!!!!!!!!!! Acting techniques used on the
stage were heavily borrowed from, and to us in 2004 seem a trifle odd, possibly even stilted.
Having said this, I think this plot borrowed from Johann Strauss Jr's Die Fledermaus is also of interest, it having it's
premier during the financial collapse of 1873, and both items
seem to be less than successful as a result.
But stick with this fascinating flick, you will see innovative
camera techniques in use, new techno (to 1930) featured as star-
ring centerpieces, such as a very creative ELectricity ballet a
la an Aztec priest as the centerpiece, the dirigible, and the latest in fabrics used to create some of the wildest pre-Mackie
costumes ever seen. Erte's influence is seen in them, and they
are quite daring for the era. Mesh and tulle never had it so good!!!!!!!!
The dialogue is quite snappy, and very daring for the time, and
one can readily see why the Code came down on Hollywood just a
few years later. One simply did not discuss such up-front sub-
jects in middle America! It was considered shocking to do so
back then, and films like this garnered a lot of criticism, that
soon engendered the Code, local Boards of Review, Leagues of Moral Decency, etc.
Bear with the funky to us now quirks of this film, and enjoy the
upfront discussion of mistress, heart-broken wife, and a really
jerk of a husband(what a jerk, throwing over a gorgeous wife for
a slut like Trixie!!!). The snappy dialogue is great fun, and
it's ending is also fun. Divorces were a great scandal then, and the frank repartee is a blast.
I liked this movie, and too bad it hasn't come over on DVD! |
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