SALOME/LOT IN SODOM - DVD-1922-ALLA NAZIMOVA

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• Release Year: 1933
• Genre: Drama, Short
• Plot: SYNOPSIS; A terrific new DVD double feature of two classic silent films with a homo pedigree, Salome and Lot and Sodom. Both are new digitally mastered DVDs from excellent 35mm prints and presented with their original music scores. REVIEW; ; Salome - Alla Nazimova directed (under her husband Charles Bryant's name) this extravagant version of the Oscar Wilde play, with sets and costumes by Valentino's wife (and Nazimova's lover) Natasha Rambova, who based her work on the erotic drawings of Aubrey Beardsley. Sensual and wildly stylized, the story of Herod's vixen stepdaughter who danced for the head of John the Baptist is delightfully outrageous. Reportedly, the film was made with an all-gay/lesbian cast and crew. (Color Tinted); ; Lot in Sodom - This European-influenced, avante-garde interpretation of the Old Testament tale of the trials of Kit features homoerotic imagery, sensual dances and distorted multiple images in telling its tale of a good man and his family living amidst a sexually charged band of homosexual Sodomites. The handsome angel, sent down by God to find 50 good men in the city, finds only writhing, half-naked bodies and thus destroys the city. (Black & white);
• Cast: Friedrich Haak, Hildegarde Watson, Dorthea House, Lewis Whitbeck, James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber
• Director: James Sibley Watson
• Runtime: 0:28
• Media Format: Movie