{"id":43008,"date":"2019-03-10T16:43:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T23:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43008"},"modified":"2020-11-28T10:39:01","modified_gmt":"2020-11-28T17:39:01","slug":"disraeli-1929","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43008","title":{"rendered":"Disraeli (1929)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I say he&#8217;s a dreamer &#8212; a dangerous visionary.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disraeli-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disraeli-Poster-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43010\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disraeli-Poster-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disraeli-Poster-87x128.jpg 87w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disraeli-Poster.jpg 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nBritish prime minister Benjamin Disraeli (George Arliss) receives support from his loving wife (Florence Arliss) while attempting to purchase the Suez Canal. Meanwhile, he craftily prevents a Russian spy (Doris Lloyd) from passing along state secrets, and encourages a young nobleman (Anthony Bushell) to act boldly on behalf of his sweetheart (Joan Bennett).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biopics<\/li>\n<li>Joan Bennett Films<\/li>\n<li>Spies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis early biopic about a certain high-stakes segment of imperialist British Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_Disraeli\">Benjamin Disraeli<\/a>&#8216;s life is notable for George Arliss&#8217;s Oscar-winning performance in the title role, in which he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1929\/10\/03\/archives\/the-screen-louis-parkers-play.html\">&#8220;betrays not the slightest anxiety concerning the propinquity of that frequently treacherous device, the microphone&#8221;<\/a> (according to Mordaunt Hall&#8217;s review for the <em>New York Times<\/em>). Modern film fanatics will likely be unfamiliar with either <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/George_Arliss\">Arliss<\/a> or the real-life politician he&#8217;s inhabiting &#8212; yet Arliss does an admirable job showing us a deeply invested and clever man who understands the intricacies of global negotiations, is keenly attuned to counter-intelligence tactics, and adores his wife above all else. Unfortunately, the storyline is far too static and stagebound, and the side romance is an obviously fictionalized distraction. Only Oscar-winner completists need seek this one out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>George Arliss as Benjamin Disraeli<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disraeli-Arliss.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disraeli-Arliss.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"400\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disraeli-Arliss.png 544w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disraeli-Arliss-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Disraeli-Arliss-300x221.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; I think this one is strictly for Oscar completists. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0019823\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/609\/disraeli#articles-reviews?articleId=33874\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I say he&#8217;s a dreamer &#8212; a dangerous visionary.&#8221; Synopsis: British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli (George Arliss) receives support from his loving wife (Florence Arliss) while attempting to purchase the Suez Canal. Meanwhile, he craftily prevents a Russian spy (Doris Lloyd) from passing along state secrets, and encourages a young nobleman (Anthony Bushell) to act boldly on behalf of his sweetheart (Joan Bennett). Genres: Biopics Joan Bennett Films Spies Review: This early biopic about a certain high-stakes segment of imperialist&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43008\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43008"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55484,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43008\/revisions\/55484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}