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Kenneth Macgowan

Kenneth Macgowan's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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The Golem (1915) EDIT “Light and shadow, composition, selection and arrangement of pictures, drive home that miracle-laden pilgrimage of the Monster as few arts could do.” – The New Republic Jul 14, 2021 Full Review Hearts of the World (1918) 95% EDIT “Mr. Griffith's films have demonstrated in their maker a vivid, an over-vivid, flair for violence, passion and horror... but none for the finer and larger qualities of faith and heroism which seem to deserve their place in the movies as well as in life.” – The New Republic Jul 14, 2021 Full Review A Doll's House (1922) EDIT “The conflict of Nora and Torvald makes one of the finest scenes in modern [theater]. In terms of motion pictures it becomes a series of views of a man and a woman displaying emotions which have to be given meaning by dialogue flashed on the screen.” – Vanity Fair Jun 3, 2019 Full Review One Glorious Day (1922) 100% EDIT “One Glorious Day is the work of Walter Wood and A. B. Baringer. Unless it is a happy accident, it sets them down as knowing the secret of the good photoplay.” – Vanity Fair Jun 3, 2019 Full Review The Sin Flood (1922) 100% EDIT “Here is a fine story indeed! It has been honestly and carefully filmed.” – Vanity Fair Jun 3, 2019 Full Review EDIT “Will the big millions of the movie screen accept this challenge to their ancient faith? The skill with which De Mille has handled his material, his screen-wise development of plot and incident, coupled with charming acting... lead me to think they will.” – Vanity Fair Jun 3, 2019 Full Review EDIT “There is no construction and the story has to take some considerable jumps. But it is all very good fun and often stimulating to the imagination.” – Vanity Fair May 31, 2019 Full Review Foolish Wives (1922) 89% EDIT “[von Stroheim's picture] is extravagant, of course, but it is unconventional and always arresting. His direction has a hard and cruel quality that fits the story.” – Vanity Fair May 31, 2019 Full Review Orphans of the Storm (1922) 88% EDIT “If some other director had produced it, it would be an astonishing picture. Perhaps it is still an astonishing picture, but the astonishment is that Griffith should be content to make success out of serving up the French Revolution as deus ex machina.” – Vanity Fair May 31, 2019 Full Review EDIT “As a production, [Danton] has its bad points -- its very bad points; but it rises to a triumph of setting and stage management in the trial scene.” – Vanity Fair May 31, 2019 Full Review
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