Podcasts TV There's Sometimes a Buggy Special Subject Silent Vidor Sampler THE SKY PILOT (1921), PEG O MY HEART (1922), WILD ORANGES (1924), and LA BOHEME (1926)

Special Subject Silent Vidor Sampler THE SKY PILOT (1921), PEG O MY HEART (1922), WILD ORANGES (1924), and LA BOHEME (1926)

Published: June 16, 2023, 5:59 a.m.

Our June Special Subject samples the surviving silent\xa0cinema of Dave's favorite director (now revealed!), King Vidor. We tease Vidor's auteur preoccupations out of these four early films\u2014The Sky Pilot\xa0(1921),\xa0Peg o' My Heart\xa0(1922),\xa0Wild Oranges\xa0(1924),\xa0and\xa0La Boh\xe8me\xa0(1926)\u2014and find a common focus on the successful, frustrated, or warped self-realization of his heroines. We explore the way Vidor articulates this theme through sometimes eccentric versions of a variety of genres: Western, comedy, Gothic melodrama, woman's picture. And if that doesn't tempt you, there are graphic and brutal fist fights, random storks, demonic dogs, milk-loving dogs, dangerous stunts, and Lillian Gish going that extra 10 miles for her art long before De Niro and Day-Lewis. (10 miles, dragged along the cobblestones, in fact.)\xa0

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Time Codes:

0h 0m 45s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 King Vidor, Transcendentalist \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0

0h 13m 05s: \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 THE SKY PILOT (1921) [dir. King Vidor]

0h 34m 38s: \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 PEG O\u2019 MY HEART (1922) [dir. King Vidor]

0h 44m 03s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 WILD ORANGES (1924) [dir. King Vidor]

1h 01m 29s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 LA BOHEME (1926) [dir. King Vidor]

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* Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project \u2013 a discussion of Late Spring

* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s

* Intro Song: \u201cSunday\u201d by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of\xa0The Internet Archive)

* Read Elise\u2019s piece on Gangs of New York \u2013 \u201cMaking America Strange Again\u201d

* Check out Dave\u2019s Robert Benchley blog \u2013 an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist\u2019s 2000+ pieces as he can locate \u2013 Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!\xa0

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