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