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(1929, MGM) Desert Nights. This was John Gilbert’s last silent picture, and it’s a good one. He plays the somewhat roguish manager of a South African diamond company. A couple of thieves, posing as English aristocrats kidnap him and steal half a million in diamonds. After they escape into the desert they become hopelessly lost. Tense action and drama follow. Silent with synchronized music, from 16mm. Speedway. William Haines, Anita Page, Ernest Torrence, Karl Dane, John Miljan. Grand fun as Haines and Torrence vie for best driver at the Indianapolis Speedway. There is a plethora of early racing car sequences and more action than you can shake a hubcap at. Cool. Watch for the hat juggling scene. Silent with synchronized music and effects, from 16mm.
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