Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.

Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . LADY OF THE NIGHT traces the career of a "working girl," who develops a crush on a young inventor after he decks her abusive pimp during a barroom brawl. Since LADY OF THE NIGHT originally was released by the despicable Millionaire Guys Mob film studio, whose main purpose was to brainwash Americans into thinking that there was NO possibility of "Upward Mobility" in the USA, hooker "Molly's" inventor\beau "Dave" is soon snatched away from her by an insipid Society airhead named "Flo." To drive home their moral about the hopelessness of Economic Predestination, these high-hat filmmakers have the same actress portray BOTH harlot Molly and the haughty Flo! This is the film studio's way of indoctrinating Americans that even when Rich People are identical to we normal folks (that is, one and the same) they'll always be Fate's Chosen Ones just because they were born Wealthy. (This lesson has been so thoroughly lapped up by the Working Stiffs that they'll now tolerate ANY billionaire bozo in the Oval Office, even if it's clear to the whole World that the Tweeting Jerk would be unfit to be elected Rat Catcher had he been born Poor.)

JohnHowardReid Lady of the Night (1925) is most certainly one of the most beautiful pictures ever made. Tinted and toned and presented in the most wonderful condition by Warner Archive, "Lady of the Night" is indeed most certainly an absolutely constant pleasure to look at. The special effects are a wow too! And as for the acting by Norma Shearer, Malcolm McGregor and George K. Arthur, they are almost is almost totally spellbinding. Just one problem: No plot. All the clues are planted all right. But nothing happens! Nothing! Absolutely nothing!Never mind, I'll willingly watch it all unfold again - it's just so lavishly staged by director Monta Bell, and so beautiful to look at, thanks to the artistry of photographer André Barlatier.

movingpicturegal Norma Shearer is terrific playing a dual role in this well-done silent film about two women - Molly, the daughter of a convict and Florence, the daughter of the judge who sentenced him. Molly of the heavily painted face, huge feather hat, and big beaded necklace, lives in a flat on the wrong side of the tracks and goes out with a little local named Chunky. But while out at the nearby dance hall she meets a handsome, crooked grinned lug named Dave Page, who she instantly falls in love with. Dave has invented, of all things, a device that can open any safe in the world - encouraged by Molly to "not go crooked", he sells the invention to the judge and a group of bank directors, and soon literally bumps into Florence - and into a love of his own! Poor, poor Molly.Norma Shearer is so good in this, the characters of Molly and Florence completely seem like two different women, and excellent split screen photography is used here when they are both on screen at the same time. I thought there would be something in this about the fact that the two are lookalikes, perhaps switching places or something - never happens. The fact they look alike is just not part of the plot here. The lighting is done in an interesting way in this - Norma as Florence seems to be shot in more filtered, subtle lighting and she looks very lovely - Norma as Molly is severely lit to make her look more sharp and, boy oh boy, does the thick makeup she wears as this character look really harsh - she looks almost like a prostitute here. The print of this film looked gorgeous, full of sharp contrast, and brightly tinted in sepia/orange, pink, and blue shades. The piano score for this, done by Jon Mirsalis, is wonderful and matches the story well.

MartinHafer This is a pretty good film starring Norma Shearer in dual roles--as two different women in love with the same man. The acting is just fine and the film is still very watchable today, but I also feel that it's an awfully forgettable film as well--worth a look, but it won't change your life. Most of this is due to the simplicity of the plot and the fact that there really isn't that much tension in the film. The nice guy that the poor lady ("Norma #1") fell for really didn't love her, while the rich lady ("Norma #2) did--so it seems pretty obvious which "Norma" will end up with the guy in the end. Plus, when it becomes obvious that both women desperately loved the guy, the poor Norma just walks away and wishes them luck,...and there just doesn't seem to be any sparks or action. I didn't want a cat fight or anything, but to just walk away so quickly and without even a whimper was too anticlimactic. In addition, the message that nobility can be found in the poor as well as the rich is pretty obviously conveyed, though despite all the obviousness about the film, it is still pretty good and compares reasonably well with the many silent films I have watched.