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1928: "The Last Command" and "The Crowd"

1928: "The Last Command" and "The Crowd"

Update: 2025-06-10

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Josef von Sternberg helmed "The Last Command", starring Emil Jannings and William Powell. It's... odd. But King Vidor's "The Crowd", starring a to-that-point unknown cast, has to be considered one of the most technically influential movies of all time.

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1928: "The Last Command" and "The Crowd"

1928: "The Last Command" and "The Crowd"

Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler