Modern Hero, A (1934) (MOD)

Modern Hero, A (1934) (MOD)Richard Barthelmess stars as a self made bermensch who wills himself to power through a series of seductions in this existential epic from celebrated cineast G. W. Pabst (High and Low). Pierre Radier (Barthelmess) may be the love child of a leopard tamer and the son of Europe's wealthiest clan, but he's also the best bareback horseman under the big top in the States and that's not good enough for him. Dreams of wealth and power frame his every

new friends

As we enter Season Two

with E Pluribus Unum and red

For a grand time

is not just an affectionate filmization of Sandy Wilson's London/Broadway stage hit but also an homage to the movie stagings of Busby Berkeley - complete with imaginative use of kaleidoscopic top shots and rows of leggy chorines

" - Clark Griswold

together with concept art and numerous special effects shots

Unfortunately for Bingo

surrounded by his three Robin minions in chains

augmenting thunderous sky battles with actual wartime footage

and her friends

a hard-drinking author and Nobel winner for literature