In her autobiography, Being and Becoming (1987), Loy wrote that her "ultimate vamp" came in The Squall (1929), an early talkie directed by Alexander Korda and based on a successful 1926 play of the same title by Jean Bart. The mother of the Lajos household is played by Alice Joyce, a longtime silent star who seemed out of her element with speaking roles, and who retired soon after this. (The two companies maintained separate identities until the mid-1930s, after which time the identification "A Warner Bros.-First National Picture" was often used.) Lovers of purple prose will have a field day. She wears spangles and clinging off-the-shoulder blouses, and in one scene appears in nothing but a towel.

No, there's only one reason to watch this flick, and that's Nubi herself. The dialogue and the acting, however, are so pathetic that they discount any minor virtues this offering may possess, for even the discussions concerning love and the hardy embracing are open to ridicule."

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It was produced and distributed by the Warner Bros. and is based upon a short story by Arthur Somers Roche that appeared in the June 1923 Redbook. I'm focusing on Miss Loy's appearance because she is by far the best if not the only reason to tune in to this antiquated early talkie and to stick with it.

The film was released in both a silent and sound version and was directed by Reginald Barker. Her fickle and seductive nature soon causes discord among the men of the household. The film is the last silent version of the often filmed Victorian story, with versions having been produced in 1915 and 1921.

It was released with a Vitaphone soundtrack with a music score and sound effects. Use the HTML below. Maria.

Directed by William A. Seiter, the film stars Loretta Young, Conway Tearle, David Manners and Myrna Loy. Close Send Message.

The Squall Cast and Crew ... Not Yet Rated 1 hr 42 min May 9th, 1929 Drama. I can't think of another actress who could've played this silly role and managed to come off half as well. Matt Moore, Marie Prevost, Hedda Hopper star.

Cast (in credits order) complete, awaiting verification. It has been released on DVD through the Warner Archive Collection label. When a veritable storm threatens, El Moro enters the house, declaring that he has been married to Nubi for 4 years and that she is the daughter of a chieftan. Certificate: Passed

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It was directed by David Butler to a script by William M. Conselman, Owen Davis, and Jack Moffitt. View production, box office, & company info. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? A. Alice Joyce. (11 reels), Although born in Montana, educated at an exclusive girls' school and gifted with an elegance of spirit that would make her a natural at sophisticated comedy, Myrna Loy spent much of the first decade of her film career playing exotic vamps and villainesses of various nationalities. He keel me!" She then threw herself at the feet of the mistress of the household and exclaimed "Me Nubi!

Ah-ha, another metaphor! (He was actually 36 when the film was made.) According to a much-repeated anecdote Mr. Benchley squirmed uncomfortably through the opening portion of this show. Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant suspects Louis LeBey. Her Private Life is a surviving 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Billie Dove, Walter Pidgeon and Holmes Herbert. It was based on the 1900 play When We Were Twenty-One, written by Henry V. Esmond. Only 24 when The Squall was released, Loy had already appeared in more than 35 movies. The Squall is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Myrna Loy, Richard Tucker, Alice Joyce and Loretta Young, and based on the 1926 play The Squall by Jean Bart. The cast is a good one, especially given the time, but some of the stars weren't really stars yet. The Squall was her first talkie, and she seemed out of her element; after three more films she would retire from the screen. Bitter Apples is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Harry O. Hoyt and starring Monte Blue, Myrna Loy, and Paul Ellis. Pay as You Enter is a 1928 American comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Louise Fazenda, Clyde Cook and William Demarest.

The older gypsy leaves, and Nubi is allowed to stay on with the family as a servant. Twenty years after The Squall, Loy appeared in a romantic drama produced in England by Korda and titled If This Be Sin.
The girl is fleeing an abusive relationship and begs for sanctuary. Comedy, Certificate: Passed "There are certain personalities that you meet in your life that you want to know better," Young later recalled, as quoted in Loy's autobiography. In Hungary, a beautiful, young gypsy girl, Nubi, seeks shelter during a sudden squall. Was this review helpful to you?

However, as July 2016, according to the Library of Congress, the film was found in an Italian archive. At that point Mr. Benchley rose and announced to his companion: "Me Bobby. By Roger Fristoe.

The Squall was the first talkie for the Hungarian-born Korda, who worked in Hollywood during the period 1926-30 before moving to England to become a major figure in the British film industry. The Girl from Chicago is a lost 1927 American silent criminal romantic drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Myrna Loy and Conrad Nagel. Ultimately Nubi sets her sights on the patriarch Josef, and I suppose if the running time had been longer she also would've gone after Uncle Dani, Maria, the village priest and God knows who else.I guess it goes without saying that a scenario like this one easily lends itself to parody, but even so during its first half The Squall exerts the undeniable fascination of a daytime soap: we watch, hypnotized, as the Bad Girl works her spell on the men-folk and wreaks havoc like an irresistible force of nature, almost like-- a storm!

In Hungary, a prosperous and happy family of farmers take in a Gypsy girl, Nubi, when she runs away from her "cruel" master. The Squall has survived intact in its 16mm print with Vitaphone soundtrack. Sarajevo June 28, 1914. During the later scenes we see less of Nubi as the focus switches to the dysfunctional dynamics of the Lajos family, and frankly after a while these people get to be a real drag.

In The Squall and the other two pictures we made together she played gorgeous, glamorous femme fatales to my simpering ingénues.

Me go now," and left the theater.The film version offers numerous examples of unintended humor but never approaches Benchley's level of wit. When this film was made the exotically beautiful Miss Loy was still being cast as foreign vixens, often Asian and usually sinister. Her fickle and seductive nature soon causes discord among the men of the household.

In Hungary, a prosperous and happy family of farmers take in a Gypsy girl, Nubi, when she runs away from her "cruel" master. Plot; Cast; Production; Preservation status; References; External links; Plot. A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen. [4]. Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA. The film survives intact with its Vitaphone soundtrack and exists in the Library of Congress and 16mm print survive.
The spell that Nubi has put on the house is only lifted at the end of the movie when the older gypsy returns, and carries Nubi away—with the farmer and his family no longer willing to offer protection to the troublesome gypsy girl. Nubi is given shelter by a well-to-do farmer and his family. All three films are based on the 1906 Broadway play The Great Divide by William Vaughn Moody. Across the Pacific is a lost 1926 American silent romantic adventure film produced by Warner Bros., directed by Roy del Ruth and starring Monte Blue. To view this content, please use one of the following compatible browsers: A gypsy beauty sets the men of a farming family to fighting over her favors. Me bad boy. The film had been considered a lost film. 1929 Drama.

Why Girls Go Back Home is a lost 1926 American silent comedy drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. James Flood directed and Patsy Ruth Miller and Clive Brook starred. Peter is the first to succumb to her charms, and he recklessly spends his savings on trinkets for her--and hours in the field with her. The Midnight Taxi is a 1928 American early part-talkie thriller picture from Warner Bros. directed by John G. Adolfi and starring Antonio Moreno, Helen Costello, and Myrna Loy.