the great american movie. all the hype about 'the artist' and this isn't even on dvd!
Big man on MGM campus King Vidor pushed this influential late silent film experiment passed Louis B. Mayer, who wanted a happier ending, to tell a depressing, realistic tale of poverty and overcrowding (and perseverance) in 1920's New York. Sometimes regarded as the last great American silent film of the era.
A beautifully crafted drama about the soulless inhumanity of urban society - "The crowd laughs with you always....but it will cry with you for only a day." This movie deserves serious restoration and a proper release.