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UNITED STATES · 1916
A Flickering Light
Synopsis
Jim, a cowboy, comes to town with the boys of the Lazy B, and stops at the Last Chance Saloon. One of the girls of the dancehall is Madge. Hardy, owner of a distant ranch, comes to her and offers her a position as housekeeper, which proposition she spurns. Jim has a flirtation with Madge, and she interests him. Late that night, Jim, well under the influence of liquor, chances to meet her again. On
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United States · Classical Hollywood
Hervé Dumont, Frank Borzage: Sarastro en Hollywood , Festival Inernacional de Cine de San Sebastian Filmoteca España/I.C.A.A./Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Hervé Dumont, Frank Borzage: Sarastro en Hollywood , Festival Inernacional de Cine de San Sebastian Filmoteca España/I.C.A.A./Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte
Robert K. Lightning, “’We Have Secrets’: Borzage, Romance and the Bourgeois State”, CineAction , 46
Robert K. Lightning, “’We Have Secrets’: Borzage, Romance and the Bourgeois State”, CineAction , 46
Kent Jones, “The Sanctum Sanctorum of Love”, Film Comment , September/October
Kent Jones, “The Sanctum Sanctorum of Love”, Film Comment , September/October
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western · saloon life · romantic entanglement · class difference · intoxication
