Kino: Two Remastered Early Films With Gloria Swanson Detailed for Blu-ray
HomeKino: Two Remastered Early Films With Gloria Swanson Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted January 24, 2018 05:25 PM by Webmaster
Kino Lorber have dated and detailed two upcoming releases of early films with Gloria Swanson: Allan Dwan's Manhandled (1924) and Stage Struck (1925). The two releases will be available for purchase on April 10.
Manhandled
Synopsis: When her boyfriend, Jimmy, forgets a date, Tessie McGuire, a department store clerk, attends a party at the studio of Robert Brandt where she makes a hit with impersonations. There Riccardi offers her a job impersonating a Russian countess in his style emporium.
While she is fighting off suitors, Jimmy becomes successful with his automobile invention. However, when he returns to find Tessie wealthy in gowns, he accuses her of being "manhandled." Repenting her mistake, she is forgiven when he realizes her true feelings. The film was based on the short story "Manhandled" by Arthur Stringer in Satuday Evening Post in 1924. Cinematography by Harold Rosson (The Asphalt Jungle, The Wizard of Oz).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Synopsis: Daydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen (Gloria Swanson) fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality she and her cook boyfriend, Orme Wilson (Lawrence Gray), hope to one day own their own diner. Although Orme loves Jennie, he also has a weakness for stage stars -- so when a riverboat theatrical crew comes to their town, he is smitten by lead actress Lillian Lyons (Gertrude Astor). Desperate to keep Orme, Jennie insists on going onstage to best Lillian, but is soon out of her depth.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Manhandled
Synopsis: When her boyfriend, Jimmy, forgets a date, Tessie McGuire, a department store clerk, attends a party at the studio of Robert Brandt where she makes a hit with impersonations. There Riccardi offers her a job impersonating a Russian countess in his style emporium.
While she is fighting off suitors, Jimmy becomes successful with his automobile invention. However, when he returns to find Tessie wealthy in gowns, he accuses her of being "manhandled." Repenting her mistake, she is forgiven when he realizes her true feelings. The film was based on the short story "Manhandled" by Arthur Stringer in Satuday Evening Post in 1924. Cinematography by Harold Rosson (The Asphalt Jungle, The Wizard of Oz).
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- BRAND NEW 2K REMASTER struck from from 16mm film elements preserved by Lobster Films, Paris, and Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
- Audio commentary by film historian Gaylyn Studlar
- Booklet essay by film historian Peter Labuza
- Piano score composed and performed by Makia Matsumura
Synopsis: Daydreaming waitress Jennie Hagen (Gloria Swanson) fantasizes about becoming a famous actress, while in reality she and her cook boyfriend, Orme Wilson (Lawrence Gray), hope to one day own their own diner. Although Orme loves Jennie, he also has a weakness for stage stars -- so when a riverboat theatrical crew comes to their town, he is smitten by lead actress Lillian Lyons (Gertrude Astor). Desperate to keep Orme, Jennie insists on going onstage to best Lillian, but is soon out of her depth.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW REMASTER of the film struck from 35mm film elements preserved by the George Eastman Museum and includes the original two-strip Technicolor prologue and epilogue
- Audio commentary by Frederic Lombardi, author of Allan Dwan and the Rise and Decline of the Hollywood Studios
- Booklet essay by film historian Farran Smith Nehme
- Piano score composed and performed by Andrew Simpson