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<p>Denise Khor's research on film culture seemed to show that the prints of the 1914 film "The Oath of the Sword" had been lost. But one museum had a decaying copy in a vault, and a restored version has premiered as the oldest known Asian American film. </p>
PHOTO PROVIDED BY GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM Edgar BArrier in "Too Much Johnson." The images are black and white, the movements of the actors are herky-jerky, which is what we’re used to seeing in silent films. The acting is hammy —Edgar Barrier twists the ends of his handlebar mustache — and the antics are slapstick, with Joseph Cotton deftly scampering across an endless landscape of New York City rooftops, wrestling with uncooperative ladders. But there i...
Originally published on March 17, 2021 5:56 am The images are black and white, the movements of the actors are herky-jerky, which is what we’re used to seeing in silent films. The acting is hammy: Edgar Barrier twists the ends of his handlebar mustache! And the antics are slapstick: Joseph Cotton deftly scampers across an endless landscape of New York City rooftops, wrestling with uncooperative ladders. But there is mystery to this antic madness. The film, “Too Much Johnson,” is not from the 1920s. It was shot in 1938, produced and directed by Orson Welles. His other significant proje...