US © 1929 Fox Films. D: Raoul Walsh, Irving Cummings. 95’.
A beautiful definition of light in the restored print.
Saturday 2 July 2005, Cinema Arlecchino, Il Cinema Ritrovato, Bologna, e-subtitles in Italian.
An early talkie, Walsh's first, about the exploits of Cisco Kid (Warren William). A crude film, yet there are already gratifying Walshian talkie elements there: a great sense of milieu, a great sense of rapport between the characters, including the lawman and the badman comparing their weapons, and a strong natural sense of sex. This is a film during which Walsh lost one of his eyes and started to sport that black patch. Originally Walsh himself played Cisco Kid, but had to be replaced because of that accident.
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