The Great Gabbo [Blu-ray]

The Great Gabbo [Blu-ray]

Director: James Cruze Cast: Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim
, Betty Compson
Betty Compson
, Donald Douglas
Donald Douglas
, Marjorie King
Marjorie King
James Cruze
The Great Gabbo [Blu-ray]

The Great Gabbo [Blu-ray]

Director: James Cruze Cast: Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim
, Betty Compson
Betty Compson
, Donald Douglas
Donald Douglas
, Marjorie King
Marjorie King
James Cruze

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Overview

After the disastrous failure of Queen Kelly, the great silent film director Eric Von Stroheim began to parcel himself out as an actor-for-hire, his directing career in tatters. His first post-Queen Kelly acting job was in this early sound film curio, with Von Stroheim playing The Great Gabbo, a ventriloquist who is gradually going insane, transferring his subliminal urges to his dummy, Otto. Gabbo's lovely assistant Mary (Betty Compson) is in love with him, but Gabbo's reciprocal love for Mary is transformed by Otto into heaps of hateful verbal abuse -- so much so that Mary leaves the act, walking out on Gabbo. Without Mary, Gabbo becomes completely unhinged, eking out retribution upon Otto. The Great Gabbo, made at the height of the early talkie musical revue boom, contains a series of inexplicable and incongruous musical production numbers, clumsily grafted onto this Lon Chaney-esque tale of psychological horror.

Product Details

Release Date: 07/13/2021
UPC: 0738329255091
Original Release: 1929
Rating: NR
Source: Kino Classics
Language: English
Time: 1:36:00
Sales rank: 26,361

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Erich von Stroheim Gabbo
Betty Compson Mary
Donald Douglas Frank
Marjorie King Babe
Otto Gabbo A dummy
Helen Kane Babe,Singer/Dancer
Howard Jackson Composer
Paul Titsworth Composer
Lynn Cowan Composer

Technical Credits
James Cruze Director,Producer
Frederick Herbert Screenwriter
Jonathan Cordish Producer
Ben Hecht Screenwriter
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