Mrs Erlynne, the mother of Lady Windermere - her daughter does not know about her - wants to be introduced in society, so that she can marry Lord Augustus Lorton. Lord Windermere, who helped her with a cheque, invites her to his wife's birthday-party, but Lady Windermere thinks, she has reason to be jealous, so she decides to leave her husband and go to Lord Darlington, who is pining for her.
This should be a slam dunk, a script from Oscar Wilde directed by Ernst Lubitsch. But as others have pointed out, Lubitsch humor required a little bit more... the talking helps the wit get across, and the general feel here just is sort of jerky.
What scores are available I do not know. The version I watched had the same sort of piano riff played over and over again. It worked, and was far better than watching it in silence (true "silent" films are obnoxious) but it seemed lacking, and I imagine much more could have been done with the right organ music.
This should be a slam dunk, a script from Oscar Wilde directed by Ernst Lubitsch. But as others have pointed out, Lubitsch humor required a little bit more... the talking helps the wit get across, and the general feel here just is sort of jerky.
What scores are available I do not know. The version I watched had the same sort of piano riff played over and over again. It worked, and was far better than watching it in silence (true "silent" films are obnoxious) but it seemed lacking, and I imagine much more could have been done with the right organ music.