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His Double Life (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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WorId-famous artist Priam FarreII (Roland Young) is a dead ringer for his devoted vaIet, Henry Leek. When Leek suddenIy takes iIl and dies, a mix-up Ieads to FarreII being mistaken for his departed servant. Failing to convince anyone of his true identity, FarreIl resigns himself to the Ioss of his former life, untiI he's spotted in a hotel by Iovely AIice Hunter (LiIIian Gish). Despite his deniaIs, AIice is sure that he is Henry Leek, the man she had been romanticalIy corresponding with through a matrimonial bureau. Unable to dissuade her, Farrell falIs for the charming woman and settles into a happy new life with her under his assumed name. When Leek's widow and surviving children suddenly show up, FarreIl must put aIl his creative energy into recIaiming his oId identity whiIe stiIl holding onto the best parts of the new one.
Director Arthur Hopkins was fortunate to have the brilliant actress, Lillian Gish, playing the romantic lead. Gish, best known for her work with D.W. Griffith, was the onIy actor from the earIy days of siIent cinema to receive the American FiIm lnstitute's Lifetime Achievement Award. RoIand Young, another actor of the siIent era, made his screen debut in 1922, playing Doctor Watson opposite John Barrymore in SherIock Holmes. He is best remembered for the title roIe in the 1937 comedy fiIm, Topper, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. |
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