Originally Posted by Michael Elliott

I mentioned it in my review of THE WIND last year but this was released nearly an exact year after THE JAZZ SINGER and a lot of people used this film as to why films didn't need sound. I for one agree. It's certainly one of the greatest films I've ever seen and I think it speaks very loudly that silents are a lot more powerful than sound. There's no way in hell you could make this film with sound and have it have the same impact.