The Forgotten: Aglow and Askew
David CairnsVoyage sans espoir: a French wartime noir gives an early role to Jean Marais.
The Forgotten
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The Forgotten: God Bless the Child
David CairnsMarie Epstein, sister of Jean, joins with Jean Benoît-Lévy to present a startlingly real portrayal of childhood, La maternelle (1933).
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The Forgotten: Demi-Monde
David CairnsClara Bow slinks and struts through a routine slice of Hollywood Gallic exotica with a staggering gay subtext.
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The Forgotten: Red
David CairnsLewis Milestone and John Steinbeck present The Red Pony, a delicate slice of pastoral realism.
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The Forgotten: Asmodeus
David CairnsAfter setting his sights on the most dangerous game (Hitler), a hunter is pursued back to England in Rogue Male, starring Peter O’Toole.
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The Forgotten: Spirit Over Substance
David CairnsIn Kinugasa’s Yoso, a superpowered priest battles corruption and strives to save the Empress from an illness brought on by faulty prayers.
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The Forgotten: Horrible, Sexy
David CairnsAn ancient vampire preys on travelers on the autobahn near Stuttgart in Spanish trash micro-epic The Horrible Sexy Vampire.
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The Forgotten: Both of Me
David CairnsA squire’s son conspires with a satanic stranger in Wojciech Has’ eerie Memoirs of a Sinner.
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The Forgotten: Day of the Beast
David CairnsIn Christian de Chalonge’s bizarro marital drama L’Alliance, a vet’s paranoia drifts into animal apocalypse…
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The Forgotten: Mr. Monster
David CairnsTwo obscure, minor Lon Chaney vehicles provide some unexpected pleasures.
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The Forgotten: That Glaring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze
David CairnsIn E.A. Dupont’s Varieté, Emil Jannings plays an acrobat recalling the circumstances that made him a murderer.
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The Forgotten: Phantom Rides
David CairnsFour varying versions of Arnold Ridley’s seminal comedy-thriller The Ghost Train.