Prestige


 "Prestige" 1931 Directed by Tay Garnett, Starring Ann Harding, Melvyn Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, Clarence Muse, Ian Maclaren. This is a sweaty jungle film where white man has colonized Asian and blacks alike. The conditions of the penal colony Melvyn Douglas is assigned to overlook is awful as we see the quarters and the forced labor. Ian Maclaren tells his daughter, played by Ann Harding, that she must live and survive in a place that cannot be a home for the sake of prestige. Yes, it's white prestige and the film is racist. It's well worth seeing for the two principals, Harding and Douglas, that is, and Clarence Muse doesn't speak but as the house servant, he conveys a lot with his face.

This film has brilliant crane and tracking shots and and editing both with sound and image building up anticipation right where it's needed. Director had his camera in motion and the results are amazing.

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