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Every decade saw new releases this week, some classics, some moneymakers, some award winners (or nominees), some justly forgotten. 1931 saw James Cagney in his first major starring role, 1951 produced a controversial biopic, 1971 gave Vincent Price an iconic role, 1981 had an Oscar winner and two slasher films, 1991 gave us a classic Bill Murray comedy, 2001 introduced us to our favorite ogre, and 2011 gave us a female-driven comedy classic. Let’s take a look and see if any of your favorites debuted this week!

1921

May 18 – The Goat

• Cast: Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe Roberts, Malcolm St. Clair, Edward F. Cline, Jean C. Havez
• Director: Buster Keaton, Malcolm St. Clair
• Studio: Metro Pictures
• Trivia: A film restoration in 2015 was partially funded through a Kickstarter campaign.

1931

May 15 – The Public Enemy

• Cast: James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton, Beryl Mercer, Robert Emmett O’Connor, Murray Kinnell
• Director: William A. Wellman
• Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
• Trivia: The film’s premiere was held in New York City on April 23, 2913. Mae Clark appears in an uncredited role. Based on the unpublished novel Beer and Blood by John Bright and Kubec Glasmon. The f

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  Surrender of Paris

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Paul van Yperen's Blog, page 40

Today is the start of the Netherlands Silent Film Festival (11-14 January) in Eindhoven. We're gonna watch the sensual comedy Forbidden Paradise (1924) directed by Ernst Lubitsch (1892-1947). The German-American actor, screenwriter, producer and film director started his career in the silent cinema of the Weimar Republic. During the 1920s, his urbane comedies of manners made him Hollywood's most elegant and sophisticated director. His films were promoted as having 'the Lubitsch touch', due to his wit and style.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 415/1, 1919-1924. Photo: Rembrandt.


German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm., no. 1926. Photo: Fritz Richard. Collection: Didier Hanson.


German postcard by Photochemie, no. K. 1743. Photo: Alex Binder, Paris. Collection: Marlene Pilaete.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, Berlin, no. 581/4, 1919-1924. Photo: B.B.B. Collection: Didier Hanson. Ernst Lubitschwith Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplinand Mary Pickford.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 581/5, 1919-1924. Photo: B.B.B. Collection: Didier Hanson. Ernst Lubitschwith Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickfordand Douglas Fairbanks.


German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 7376/1, 1932-1933. Photo: Paramount. Ernst Lubits