the costumes are awesome and every once in a while it gets exciting, but timeless this is not and there are far better silent features to waste your time with--although i'm not entirely sure barrymore has much better to offer.

Thrilling, swashbuckling action on balustrade and in boudoir, as Barrymore, still untouched by the ravages of drink, flourishes his rapiers. A silent, but has a sound-synchronized introduction.

Many exciting action sequences, including classic sword fights in which Barrymore eschewed a stunt double. Great attention is also paid to the detail of the costumes and settings of the Spanish-Moor period. Noted for employing fledgling movie sound effects and as the first film with a synchronized musical score from the Vitaphone Company, which, ironically, were responsible for eclipsing the movie's reputation. Watch for Loy as an Asian vamp and Oland as a pre-Charlie Chan Cesare Borgia.

Lithe swashbuckler in the best silent tradition, but with a synchronized score (by William Axt) which made it a sensation and led directly to the talkie revolution.