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I just watched Night Life of the Gods (1935) tonight, directed by Lowell Sherman. This was his last completed film as director.

The film is a delight, a combination fantasy and screwball comedy with Alan Mowbray standing in for Sherman as star.

Mr. Sherman looking like he's about to impart some 'caddish villainy' in YOU NEVER KNOW WOMEN
http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/Y/Yo ... n1926.html
http://www.impawards.com/1926/you_never_know_women.html

I would love to see a 35mm restoration of THE ROYAL BED if such elements still exist. When T. Turner had the RKO collection a lot of their early talkies were shown on AMC in crystal clear and or restored prints. But if I'm to understand some of the RKOs and particularly Sherman RKOs were allowed to lapse into public domain. The VHS copy I had of THE ROYAL BED was off a broadcast of a C & C Television print. I know BACHELOR APARTMENT was restored in a beautiful copie and keep my fingers crossed for a WarnerArchive release.

I have an Alpha DVD of The Royal Bed, which I assume means it's PD.

The Mae West illustrator surely had his heart in his work; Estelle Taylor deserved equal attention.

Does She Love? Does She Flirt? Does She Pet? NO! Is She Different? Is She Daring? Is She Beautiful? YES!

Someone please tell me IMDB is wrong and "The Whip Woman" (1928) is still extant...

He was quite an actor- no one could play cads quite like him. in You Never Know Women he's obsessive, tries to commit murder, and comes close to being a rapist- but he's so cool under pressure at the end it seems right that he gets away at the end. Clive Brook has him pinned to the wall with a thrown knife - when he warns him to leave Florence Vidor alone Sherman never flinches- with a flick of a glance at the knife he says "I see your point"- and he's so good he can pull off a corny joke like that.

Sherman is a hugely underrated actor. He's excellent in What Price Hollywood and never misses a bit of humor as the deceptively drunken brother in High Stakes.

Clive Brook has him pinned to the wall with a thrown knife - when he warns him to leave Florence Vidor alone Sherman never flinches- with a flick of a glance at the knife he says "I see your point"- and he's so good he can pull off a corny joke like that.

And that wasn't the only time he did the same (not that I can quote the others); positively wrote the book on "suave." (With some assistance, I might add, from Clive.)

He also played the Tipsy Gentleman with great subtlety, as in The Garden of Eden. He might not be the modern idea of a romantic lead but he certainly did get those parts in his prime.

... and in Bachelor Apartment with Irene Dunne and Mae Murray.

The Mae West illustrator surely had his heart in his work; Estelle Taylor deserved equal attention.

It looks like Alberto Vargas work to me-it is a gorgeous image! WOW

Speaking of Becky Sharp-I just watched my Alpha dvd again and thought the color not too bad....lots of yellows and blues-if a bit muddy....the soundtrack is awful....but the opening titles are original-I read somewhere that one of the Technicolor reels was not not located for the restoration.....I wonder what source Alpha used. It is too bad that this historically important film is ignored while not a great film.... visually it is wonderful and Miriam Hopkins while sometimes over the top in performance is never boring! I have said this before but WHY the film school at UCLA doesn't let film students or students in merchandising/marketing use these films as projects and market them on a UCLA archive web site is beyond me!