John Barrymore as RICHARD III (excerpt)

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Thanks to Larry French for the alert on Facebook. Scene from a 1929 film that I'd never heard of. Fascinating stuff, highly reminiscent of Welles's MACBETH:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdy2sUKxfDE

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Barrymore as Ahab in the 1926 silent version of Moby Dick, called THE SEA BEAST. Adds to the novel by showing how Ahab lost his leg to the whale. Delores Costello, Welles's Isabel Amberson, plays Ahab's love interest:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qpyDzYT ... DF82E2E1A1