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GEORG POLLAK (DATES UNKNOWN) DIE TOCHTER DER WILDNIS. Circa 1923. 49 3/4x35 1/2 inches, 126 1/2x100 1/4 cm. E. Kafunek, Vienna. Condition B+: abrasions and restoration along vertical and horizontal folds and at edges. Salomy Jane was a silent film released in the United States in 1923. It was the second version of Bret Harte's story to make it onto the silver screen. It is the story of a woman who saves a man from a lynching. "This romance of '49 enacted against the picturesque background of California redwoods is richest in its settings. Melford's forte is photography - and he has not gone astray here. There's no need of detailing this familiar tale. We all know of the stage-coach robbery - the meeting of the Stranger and Salomy Jane and the trial before the Vigilantes. Let it be said that all the colorful details are sharply emphasized - and that the acting is eloquent as delivered by George Fawcett, Maurice Flynn, Charles Ogle, Raymond Nye, James Neill, Louise Dresser and Jacqueline Logan's portrayal of the title-role." (Motion Picture Magazine, December, 1923, p. 48). This is the Austrian version.
