607. For Heaven’s Sake (1926)

*The Warlock opens the door to his lair holding a silver steen of Pepsi. He’s wearing a black leather jacket, Shady Records t-shirt, blue jeans, white sneakers and Gargoyle shades*

W: Welcome to my lair…..welcome i don’t think so, but enter. Enter my lair if you dare. I’m your host The Warlock.

*Warlock levitates before entering the lair*

W: Public Domain Week concludes with our seventh and final movie. In keeping with the theme all week, this will be the shortest movie of the week clocking in at just 55 minutes. Try getting away with a 55 minute movie these days. Unless you’ve been under a rock the past six days ill explain it one last time. Media entities in the public domain means there’s no copyright. I’ll be able to show the screen instead of my handsome mug because I can’t get hit with a copyright claim if there is no copyright.

*Warlock takes his seat in the middle of the couch*

W: Tonight’s movie will be the 1926 silent movie For Heaven’s Sake. A young millionaire falls for a minister’s daughter….which means no hanky panky for you! Will it be good? I hope so. If not, there’s only 55 minutes to sit through. So grab your popcorn, grab your drink and grab your woman because its time for For Heaven’s Sake.

Written by Ted Wilde, John Grey, Clyde Bruckman and Ralph Spence

Directed by Sam Taylor

Cast:

Harold Lloyd	…	J. Harold Manners, The Uptown Boy
	Jobyna Ralston	…	Hope, The Downtown Girl
	Noah Young	…	Bull Brindle,The Roughneck
	Jim Mason	…	The Gangster (as James Mason)
	Paul Weigel	…	Brother Paul, The Optimist
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Hal Craig	…	Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
	Richard Daniels	…	Bum (uncredited)
	Robert Dudley	…	Harold’s Secretary (uncredited)
	Francis Gaspart	…	Man (uncredited)
	Jack Herrick	…	Mug in Straw Hat (uncredited)
	Jackie Levine	…	Little Boy (uncredited)
	Andy MacLennan	…	Gangster in Mission at Collection (uncredited)
	Earl Mohan	…	Bum (uncredited)
	Steve Murphy	…	Tough Guy in Pool Hall (uncredited)
	Blanche Payson	…	Lady on the Street (uncredited)
	Constantine Romanoff	…	Mug (uncredited)
	Dick Rush	…	Cop (uncredited)
	Oscar Smith	…	James – Manners’ Chauffeur (uncredited)
	Charles Sullivan	…	Boxer in Pool Hall (uncredited)
	Leo Willis	…	Mug Who Gets Kicked (uncredited)

*Warlock reads the tagline*

W: “An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.”

W: Its always the Christian girls….always.

606. The Son of the Sheik (1926)

*The Warlock opens the door to his lair. He’s holding a Rainforest Cafe glass full of Dr. Pepper while wearing a black leather jacket, Ice Cream Man Police Department t-shirt, blue jeans, white sneakers and Gargoyle shades*

W: Welcome to my lair….welcome I don’t think so, but enter. Enter my lair if you dare. I’m your host The Warlock.

*Warlock shoots fire into the sky and walks inside*

W: Welcome back to Public Domain Day part 5. To recap, I’m taking a look at five movies that entered the public domain on January 1st along with two bonus. Today will be the fourth of the bunch. Yesterday we watched The Sheik featuring Ruldolph Valentino, one of the first successful latin actors in the 1920’s, even before Cesar Romero. He was the heartthrob of his era but unfortunately, this would be one of his last movies. With technology not as advanced as it is today, Rudolph died of infected stomach ulcers shortly after this film was released. But what are we watching today? The sequel to The Sheik titled THE SON OF THE SHEIK.

*Warlock takes his seat in the middle of the couch*

W: What’s this movie about? Apparently Ruldolph is the son of the Iron Sheik……just kidding. A prince falls in love with a belly dancer, family fun for all. As with the other five movies I’ve done, this also will be a silent one. The music and title cards better be good but there is a silver lining. This will be one of the shortest movies of the ones I’ve picked as it clocks in at just 68 minutes long. I think I can survive an hour and change if this isn’t entertaining. But can it be good? Let’s find out as we grab our popcorn, grab our drinks and grab our women because its time for THE SON OF THE SHEIK.

Directed by George Fitzmaurice

Written by Edith Maude Hull, Frances Marion, Paul Gerard Smith, George Marion Jr, Fred de Gresac

Cast:

Rudolph Valentino	…	Ahmed / The Sheik
	Vilma Bánky	…	Yasmin (as Vilma Banky)
	George Fawcett	…	André
	Montagu Love	…	Ghabah (as Montague Love)
	Karl Dane	…	Ramadan
	Bull Montana	…	Mountebank
	Bynunsky Hyman	…	Mountebank (as Binunsky Hyman)
	Agnes Ayres	…	Diana – Wife of the Sheik
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Harry Blassingame	…	One of Sheik’s Men (uncredited)
	Earl Gordon Bostwick	…	Bit Part (uncredited)
	Erwin Connelly	…	The Zouve (uncredited)
	William Donovan	…	S’rir (uncredited)
	Charles Requa	…	Pierre – Ahmed’s Friend (uncredited)

*Warlock reads the tagline*

W: “The son of the sheik and a dancing girl fall in love, but when he is made to believe she has betrayed him he seeks revenge.”

W: Seek revenge? Off with her head!!

605. The Sheik (1921)

*The Warlock is already in his lair sitting at the kitchen table. He’s wearing a black leather jacket, white t-shirt, blue jeans, white sneakers and gargoyle shades*

W: Welcome back to Public Domain Week here at Warlock’s Movie Realm. Tonight we won’t be looking at one of the movies that recently entered the public domain but rather the prequel to one of them. Today we’ll be looking at the 1921 romantic drama THE SHEIK!

*Warlock fires up his laptop*

W: For those that don’t know, Rudolph Valentino was one of the first successful Latin actors in the US and he dominated the 1920’s, pretty much the Clark Gable of the decade. So what’s Rudolph do here? He’s a rich Sheik that falls in love with a British woman. Hes GOT to have her and apparently that means at any cost.

*Warlock puts the movie on*

W: It should be noted this will be the 605th movie I’ve watched for the Realm and THE SHEIK will now be the oldest one I’ve done, coming out a year before Nosferatu which we all saw yesterday. So will the movie hold up over a hundred years later? Let’s find out. Grab your popcorn, grab you drink and grab your woman because its time for THE SHEIK.

Written by Edith Maude Hull and Monte M Katterjohn

Directed byGeorge Melford

Cast:

Rudolph Valentino	…	The Sheik – Ahmed Ben Hassan
	Agnes Ayres	…	Lady Diana Mayo
	Ruth Miller	…	Zilah – A Marriage Market Prospect
	George Waggner	…	Yousaef – Tribal Chieftain (as George Waggener)
	Frank Butler	…	Sir Aubrey Mayo
	Charles Brinley	…	Mustapha Ali – Diana’s Guide (as Charles Brindley)
	Lucien Littlefield	…	Gaston – French Valet
	Adolphe Menjou	…	Dr. Raoul de St. Hubert
	Walter Long	…	Omair – the Bandit
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Sally Blane	…	Arab Child (uncredited)
	Earl Gordon Bostwick	…	Suitor (uncredited)
	Sidney Bracey	…	Officer talking with Diana at Party (uncredited)
	Rafael Negrete	…	Violinist (uncredited)
	Natacha Rambova	…	Arab Dancer (uncredited)
	Loretta Young	…	Arab Child (uncredited)
	Polly Ann Young	…	Arab Child (uncredited)

*Warlock reads the tag-line*

W: “A charming Arabian sheik becomes infatuated with an adventurous, modern-thinking Englishwoman and abducts her to his home in the Saharan desert.”

W: Good ol fashioned kidnapping!

604. Nosferatu (1922)

*The Warlock opens the door to his lair. He’s wearing a black leather jacket, Ruthless Records t-shirt, blue jeans, white sneakers and gargoyle shades. He’s holding a diamond studded goblet of Pepsi*

W: Welcome to my lair….welcome I don’t think so, but enter. Enter my lair if you dare. I’m your host The Warlock.

*Warlock shoots fire into the sky and walks inside*

W: As we continue Public Domain Week its time for something special. Instead of taking a look at one of the movies that just became Public Domain, we’re going to watch one of the most legendary movies of all time that’s been Public Domain all along. The one….the only….NOSFERATU!

*Neyzor Blades is in the recliner in standard attire*

Blades: That old vampire movie?

W: The same. For those were not aware there’s a lot of backstory to this. In 1921 German director Friedrich Murnau and screenwriter Henrik Galeen decided to make an adaptation of the Bram Stoker novel Dracula. The only problem was Bram Stoker had died 9 years earlier and his estate was in his widow’s name. Without even asking for permission, Murnau and Galeen decided to make a Dracula movie anyway only they decided to rename everyone to avoid a lawsuit……it didn’t work. Bram Stoker’s widow Florence got wind that there was a huge party in Berlin in 1922 to celebrate the opening of NOSFERATU and sued. She requested not only monitory compensation but every negative and copy of the movie to be destroyed. Almost 95% of every film can and negative of Nosferatu was destroyed.

Blades: But not all of them?

W: Exactly. Those that did survive became passed around underground and eventually enough copies were made to show the film in the United States in the late 1920’s. Now because of youtube, VHS and dvd. the movie is everywhere now. But because Florence Stoker never gave permission and won her lawsuit, technically the film studio had no rights to the movie. After Florence Stoker died in 1937, NOBODY had rights to the movie. Therefore the movie is in Public Domain and free to use by anyone.

Blades: So that’s why we’re watching this?

W: Yes. Now there are a few things to keep in mind. First and foremost its a silent film, so there’s absolutely no dialogue. Its going to be 80 minutes of score, overacting and visual effects. Second of all, the names have been changed but the story of Dracula is still the same with a few exceptions deviating from the book. Third of all, I have no idea if this is going to be good because of all that’s involved. There’s only one way to find out and that’s watch the movie. So grab your popcorn, grab your drink and grab your woman because its time for Nosferatu.

Directed by Friedrich Murnau

Written by Henrik Galeen

Cast:

Max Schreck	…	Graf Orlok
	Gustav von Wangenheim	…	Hutter (as Gustav v. Wangenheim)
	Greta Schröder	…	Ellen – seine Frau (as Greta Schroeder)
	Georg H. Schnell	…	Harding – ein Reeder (as G.H. Schnell)
	Ruth Landshoff	…	Ruth – seine Schwester
	Gustav Botz	…	Professor Sievers – der Stadtarzt
	Alexander Granach	…	Knock – ein Häusermakler
	John Gottowt	…	Professor Bulwer – ein Paracelsianer
	Max Nemetz	…	Ein Kapitän
	Wolfgang Heinz	…	1. Matrose
	Albert Venohr	…	2. Matrose
	Eric van Viele	…	Matrose 2
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Karl Etlinger	…	Kontrolleur am Kai (uncredited)
	Guido Herzfeld	…	Wirt (uncredited)
	Hans Lanser-Rudolf	…	A magistrate (uncredited)
	Loni Nest	…	Child at Window (uncredited)
	Josef Sareny	…	Head coachman (uncredited)
	Fanny Schreck	…	Krankenschwester im Hospital (uncredited)
	Hardy von Francois	…	Arzt im Hospital (uncredited)
	Heinrich Witte	…	Wärter im Irrenhaus (uncredited)

*Warlock reads the tag-line*

W: “Vampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter’s wife.”

N: “Why?”

603. Battling Butler (1926)

*The Warlock opens the door to his lair. He’s holding a sacred chalice of Pepsi while wearing a black leather jacket, a Bloodsport t-shirt, blue jeans, white sneakers and Gargoyle shades*

W: Welcome to my lair….welcome I don’t think so, but enter. Enter my lair if you dare. I’m your host The Warlock.

*Warlock makes the ground rumble before entering the lair*

W: Welcome back to Public Domain Week. Tonight we get to see a movie that may actually be funny. Before the 3 Stooges made it big in the 1930’s, Buster Keaton was one of Hollywood’s great comedians of the 1920’s. His movies inspired a lot of comedy routines that stood the test of time. One of his movies just entered Public Domain and that’s BATTLING BUTLER.

*Warlock takes his seat in the middle of the couch*

W: Apparently Buster is a mild mannered geek who pretends to be a professional boxer to impress a girl he likes. Obviously his plans are going to go south real fast. Now unlike the previous two movies, this one clocks in at one hour and seventeen minutes. I think I can handle a Buster Keaton comedy for 77 minutes so let’s see if it’s actually funny 95 years later or if the silent movie will be a dud. So grab your popcorn, grab your drink and grab your woman because its time for BATTLING BUTLER.

Directed by Buster Keaton

Written by Paul Gerard Smith, Al Boasberg, Lex Neal, Stanley Brightman, Austin Melford and Charles Henry Smith

Cast:

Buster Keaton	…	Alfred Butler -posing as Battling Butler
	Snitz Edwards	…	Alfred’s Valet
	Sally O’Neil	…	The Mountain Girl
	Walter James	…	The Mountain Girl’s Father
	Budd Fine	…	The Mountain Girl’s Brother (as Bud Fine)
	Francis McDonald	…	Alfred ‘Battling’ Butler – The Prizefighter
	Mary O’Brien	…	Battling Butler’s Wife
	Tom Wilson	…	Battling Butler’s Trainer
	Eddie Borden	…	Battling Butler’s Manager
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Lillian Lawrence	…	Spinster Aunt at Wedding (uncredited)

*Warlock reads the tagline*

W: “A love-struck weakling must pretend to be boxer in order to gain respect from the family of the girl he loves.”

W: This may actually be funny….I hope.

602. The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)

*The Warlock opens the door to his lair. He’s holding a golden chalice of Barq’s Root Beer and wearing a black leather jacket, ManDeLorean t-shirt, blue jeans, white sneakers and Gargoyle shades*

W: Welcome to my lair…..welcome I don’t think so, but enter. Enter my lair if you dare. I’m your host The Warlock.

*Warlock levitates before walking inside*

W: Welcome back to Public Domain Day part 2. For those that missed it yesterday, as of January 1st a whole bunch of movies entered Public Domain for free and fair use by anyone. After Don Juan was fun to sit through for an hour and 52 minutes, today’s movie will be the hour and 29 minute romantic THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH. What’s this about? I have absolutely no idea. The only actor I recognize in it is Gary Cooper who a year from this point will be in the very first Best Picture winning Wings. But that’s a different winning than today.

<Warlock takes his seat in the middle of the couch>

W: The movie is rated 7 out of 10 on IMDB so I hope at least its quick to sit through. As with any other silent movie there will be no dialogue so we’re going to have to rely on title cards and music to tell the story. So grab your popcorn, grab your drink and grab your woman because its time for THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH.

Directed by Henry King

Written by Harold Bell Wright, Frances Marion, Rupert Hughes and Lenore J Coffee

Cast:

Ronald Colman	…	Willard Holmes
	Vilma Bánky	…	Barbara Worth
	Gary Cooper	…	Abe Lee
	Charles Lane	…	Jefferson Worth
	Paul McAllister	…	The Seer
	E.J. Ratcliffe	…	James Greenfield
	Clyde Cook	…	Tex
	Erwin Connelly	…	Pat Mooney
	Ed Brady	…	McDonald
	Sammy Blum	…	Horace Blanton
	Fred Esmelton	…	George Cartwright
	William Patton	…	Little Rosebud- A Black Child
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Odel Conley	…	Minor Role
	Ray Cahill	…	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Carmencita Johnson	…	Barbara Worth as a Child (uncredited)
	Paul Koseris	…	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Lawrence Lang	…	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Buddy McNeal	…	Abe Lee as a Child (uncredited)
	Joey Olaeta	…	Minor Role (uncredited)
	W.H. Orton	…	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Albert Smith	…	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Virgil Smith	…	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Glen Walters	…	Tall Flirty Woman at Dance (uncredited)
	Edith Wells	…	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Henry Wells	…	Boy (uncredited)
	Margaret Wells	…	Girl (uncredited)
	Clarence Wilson	…	Barber (uncredited)
	P.H. Wolf	…	Minor Role (uncredited)
	Jack Wycoffe	…	Minor Role (uncredited)

*Warlock reads the tag-line*

W: “While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher’s daughter.”

W: Why do I have the feeling this is going to suck?

601. Don Juan (1926)

*The Warlock opens the door to his lair holding a wine glass of Dr. Pepper. He’s wearing a black leather jacket, Ruthless Records t-shirt, blue jeans, white sneakers and Gargoyle shades*

Warlock: Welcome to my lair….welcome I don’t think so, but enter. Enter my lair if you dare. I’m your host The Warlock.’

*Warlock flicks his wrist and flame appears before he walks inside*

Warlock: Happy Public Domain Day everybody! What’s that you ask? To make a long story short, unless the rights are owned by a major company, every January 1st a media entity from 95 years ago loses its copyright protection. There are a lot of movies, music, books and what not that have been established a lot more recently than 1926 but I’ve picked out some movies that are the no-doubt graduates into the public domain. If you don’t know what public domain means, it means it has no copyright. For example, the German film Nosferatu was made without permission from Bram Stoker’s widow so if you wanted to use footage or images from it, you’re free to do so.

<Warlock flicks his wrist and the TV turns on>

W: Tonight’s movie is the first of five movies that have recently entered the public domain. First on the list is the 1926 adaptation of the story DON JUAN. If you don’t know what Don Juan is about, think of an Italian William Shakespierre as a playboy instead of a playwright. Two of Hollywood’s big stars starred in this including John Barrymore and Myrna Loy.

<Warlock takes his seat in the middle of the couch>

W: Now with any movie before 1928, this was a silent movie. What’s going to be challenging is this is going to be the longest of the four at 1 hour and 50 minutes. Not as long as Wings was, but still long for its time period. Is the movie good? It doesn’t matter! I can do whatever I want with it and so can you. So grab your popcorn, grab your drink and grab your woman because its time for Don Juan.

Directed by Alan Cross

Written by Bess Meredyth

Cast:

Jane Winton	…	Donna Isobel
	John Roche	…	Leandro
	Warner Oland	…	Cesare Borgia
	Estelle Taylor	…	Lucrezia Borgia
	Montagu Love	…	Count Giano Donati (as Montague Love)
	Josef Swickard	…	Duke Della Varnese (as Joseph Swickard)
	Willard Louis	…	Pedrillo
	Nigel De Brulier	…	Marchese Rinaldo
	Hedda Hopper	…	Marchesia Rinaldo
	Myrna Loy	…	Mai – Lady in Waiting
	Mary Astor	…	Adriana della Varnese
	John Barrymore	…	Don Jose de Marana / Don Juan de Marana
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Sam Appel	…	Reveler at Juan’s (uncredited)
	Lionel Braham	…	Duke Margoni (uncredited)
	Helene Costello	…	Rena – Adriana’s Maid (uncredited)
	Helena D’Algy	…	Donna Elvira (uncredited)
	Marion Morgan Dancers	…	Bacchanalian Revelers (uncredited)
	Yvonne Day	…	Don Juan – at age 5 (uncredited)
	Philippe De Lacy	…	Don Juan – at age 10 (uncredited)
	Emily Fitzroy	…	The Dowager (uncredited)
	John George	…	Hunchback (uncredited)
	Gibson Gowland	…	Gentleman of Rome (uncredited)
	Phyllis Haver	…	Imperia (uncredited)
	Sheldon Lewis	…	Gentleman of Rome (uncredited)
	June Marlowe	…	Trusia (uncredited)
	Scotty Mattraw	…	Man with Dancing Girls (uncredited)
	Anne Sheridan	…	Bit Part (uncredited)
	Dick Sutherland	…	Gentleman of Rome (uncredited)
	Harry Tenbrook	…	Borgia guard (uncredited)
	Gustav von Seyffertitz	…	Neri – the Alchemist (uncredited)
	Helen Lee Worthing	…	Eleanora (uncredited)

*Warlock reads the tag-line*

W: “In 16th Century Italy, devil-may-care playboy Don Juan runs afoul of the despotic Borgias.”

W: That damn Borgias