Return to Babylon (2013)

  • NR
  • 08/11/2013 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 15m

Gaze into the crystal!

Overview

Scandals and pratfalls abound in this satirical and sexy look at the silent movie era, photographed with a hand-cranked camera and scored with music of the roaring twenties, this silent film strings together the lives of the most famous and infamous stars of the 1920s, including Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow, Lupe Vélez, Fatty Arbuckle, and William Desmond Taylor.

Bruce Pitzer

Writer

Stanley Sheff

Writer

Alex Monty Canawati

Writer, Director

Cast

Jennifer Tilly's headshot

Jennifer Tilly

Clara Bow
María Conchita Alonso's headshot

María Conchita Alonso

Lupe Velez
Tippi Hedren's headshot

Tippi Hedren

Mrs. Peabody
Debi Mazar's headshot

Debi Mazar

Gloria Swanson
Ione Skye's headshot

Ione Skye

Virginia Rappe
Rolonda Watts's headshot

Rolonda Watts

Josephine Baker
Phillip Bloch's headshot

Phillip Bloch

Ramon Novarro
Laura Harring's headshot

Laura Harring

Alla Nazimova

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