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There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.
Metropolis (1927) Dir: Fritz Lang
1984 – Giorgio Moroder Laserdisc Version
http://thequietus.com/articles/09591-giorgio-moroder-presents-metropolis-fritz-lang-dvd
the lost movie I most want to be found
Evening dress ca. 1927
From the Kent State University Museum
Stephen Tennant as Prince Charmimg, 1927, Photo by Cecil Beaton
Metropolis (1927) Set Preserved in the German Cinema Museum
Songs from Rio Rita- The Silken Shawl
And you have room for me?
Beneath your silken shawl.
Would you like company?
My little sun-kissed doll.
And what is your objection,
To moonlight and the palms?
I'm rapped in your affection,
So rap me up in your arms.
And what could be so fair,
With you so close to me.
Oh what a happy pair,
Oh what a world it t'would be.
So if you really care,
I'm at your beck and call.
If you have room for me,
Beneath your silken shawl.
Songs from Rio Rita- Sweetheart and the River Song
Sweetheart:
Sweetheart,
I have found you sweetheart,
And around you sweetheart,
I weave my dreams.
Dearest,
To my heart your dearest,
In my thoughts your nearest,
Through the silvr'y streams,
Of our dear Rio:
Calling,
I can hear you calling,
Like the water's falling,
I hear your song.
Each wave caressing,
Finds my heart confessing,
I will love you,
Love you sweetheart,
All life long.
The River Song:
Love by the river of my dreams,
I've built a castle there,
A castle in the air,
Waiting,
For who knows who?
I've reached him on silvr'y streams,
These dreams,
While song birds up above,
Told me in songs of love,
Someday,
He'll come for you.
And then beneath the palms,
We met and we knew.
A dream with all it's charms, came true.
All life began there.
Oh happy river of my dreams,
Go ripple on so free.
Oh echo this for me,
Sweetheart,
I love you!
Though I'm interested in the things that you propose sir,
Looking at it closer,
Sir let me say.
If your offer of your love and life includes your name sir
Then I'll be game sir to set the date.
Forever just we two,
A dream that we must see through,
If only you'd trust me to,
I'll make a good wife,
I'll make you my wife,
Will you?
If you would be with me,
Have breakfast and tea with me,
Sign up and agree with me,
To make it for life.
If you want me to be exclusively yours.
Just guarantee to be exclusively mine.
Just one step more see two,
A home with a dog he two
Another key for me two,
And that'll be fine.
And then my pet see to,
Some church you can get me to,
And we'll be all set we to,
And that'll be fine.
As they understand that you'd be willing to be my girl,
Making my reply girl,
Girl let me state.
If it's your idea to make the contract firmer,
Darling let me murmur,
I think it's great...
Abel Gance (October 25, 1889—November 10, 1981) made Napoleon (1927), the epic which Kevin Brownlow has described as “the most innovative film ever—even more innovative than Citizen Kane. Practically every sequence has something in it that you’ve never seen before.” This is from the climactic “triptych” scene, where the screen expands to triple width.
