The version i saw was a good print of the silent version,but it look like it was shot form a t.v. in a darken room,causing a t,v flicker and the image on the top and bottom and sides dark.The finally that was in technicolor ,right after John Barrymore discovers that ,the new invader of his land ,as the duke of Kurland , was the women he was in love with played by Marion Nixon,who plays the sister of Lowell Sherman,who plays Leopold the second,in which she state to him that she cannot rule alone,that was suppose to proceed with the color sequence finally ,but,that is lost.Worst the dialog version has been lost too.This is the silent print possibly for theater that did not have talking equipment.This of course is better than nothing.It is almost the whole film except the finally and ending credits. You still understand it.In spite of Armita,who plays the gold digging Gypsy dancers ,that Barrymore marries,And later learned that she was not been. faithful.Was having an affair with Lowell Sherman's character and lowell Sherman and Marion Nixon being muted and inter titled,their performances come out right.John Barrymore was excellent in spite of his silents in playing the bastard son of the original duke of Kurland,whom he also played his father ,the prince's mother was a gypsy.John plays a solider,prince Christian fighting for Austria against Belgium,but,he gets screwed up by Leopold ,when he find out Armita was having a fling with Leopold .He almost has Leopold hang d,until his sister played by Marion Nixon,whoio's in love with Christian ,persuade him no too.Hobart Bosworth is good ,even though you don't hear him ,as Count Hensdorff.Even though it's not complete it's still watchable.You can still understand it.03/9/18
Review of General Crack
