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P.P. Jambrina - Garras de oro (Alborada de Justicia)
AKA Golden Talons (The Dawn of Justice) (1927)


IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0257703/

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This may well be the first "anti-American" film -- certainly it mounts the first historically specific critique of U.S. imperial expansion over the hemisphere that I'm aware of -- to be produced within the sphere of the Monroe doctrine. And with satirical glee sprung from the broadsheets of period political cartoons, it 'rectifies' the expansion of the Monroe doctrine under Theodore Roosevelt's "Big Stick" and "gunboat diplomacy" as well as the political corruption and decadence of Colombian society that had made it so easy to realize... and not a few other things besides! It is a deliriously funny movie. And its mysteries run deep... perhaps indeed, pace its opening text, lost to oblivion... . The action begins in the year 1908/1909, when the U.S. government brought criminal charges of libel against Joseph Pulitzer and his newspaper The World for stories which had been run in the previous years suggesting that Theodore Roosevelt had colluded with Wall Street firms to defraud the people of the United States of some $25,000,000.00 in the acquisition of the Panama Canal Zone following the 1903 revolution/coup that led to the partition of Panama from Colombia. The film develops a comedic romantic plot to resolve this story of international politics, espionage and diplomatic duplicity and culminates with the ambiguous moment in 1914 when the U.S. paid Colombia $25,000,000.00 for the loss of the Panamanian territory (which had now become the major sea lane of global trade with the completion of the Panama Canal). The action takes place in "Sky-Scraper" (New York City, "the moral capital of Yankeeland") and Santafé de Bogotá (the capital of Colombia) with some stock footage of the Panama Canal and the forces gathered to secure it thrown in for good measure.

It was rediscovered in the mid-1980s -- with nitrate elements found in the collections of the Library of Congress, Mexico City, a secret cache in a converted movie palace in Cali and maybe a few other dots on the map -- after having fallen into oblivion for about 60 years after the U.S. State Department had acted in 1927/28 to suppress its grim view of (Wall Street led and White House backed) Yankee Imperialism on the impetus of a Colombian complaining that he was the true author of "The Vengeance of Colombia" and that this film had distorted its message in the wrong political direction. It was restored to a 55 minute running time by the Fundación Patrimonio Fílmico Colombiano.

From "Garras De Oro (The Dawn of Justice—Alborada De Justicia): The Intriguing Orphan of Colombian Silent Films" (this excellent article can (and should) be read in full here http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/the_moving ... uarez.html

The U.S. government and its representatives abroad became increasingly alarmed about the growing animosity; any sign of a threat or criticism was interpreted as an attack that could put American interests in jeopardy. Clearly the State Department considered Cali Film’s depiction of Uncle Sam such a threat. That the film also recalled real incidents of [End Page 62] international conflict no doubt increased unease among the consular delegation in Colombia. The plot of Garras de oro is based on a political battle between President Theodore Roosevelt and the New York World, owned by Joseph Pulitzer. A story that Pulitzer published in 1908 had chronicled Panama’s separation from Colombia and the buyout of stock in the French company that had originally tried to build the Canal, thus producing massive gains for a Wall Street firm.27 Historian Lars Schoultz stresses that Roosevelt was “exasperated by the continual stream of accusations of impropriety by Joseph Pulitzer’s World.” The president sent a message to Congress arguing “it should not be left to a private citizen to sue Mr. Pulitzer for libel. He should be prosecuted for libel by the governmental authorities.” Pulitzer’s editorials also targeted William Nelson Cromwell, a “lawyer for the Panama Railway [and] cofounder of the now-venerable Wall Street law firm of Sullivan and Cromwell.” Known as El Zorro (the Fox), he served as the attorney for the French company and acquired the assets at a very low price. In How Wall Street Created a Nation (2001), Ovidio Díaz Espino summarizes the newspaper’s accusations against Cromwell of “fomenting a revolution in Panama and bribing Panamanian patriots, Colombian troops, and American officials to achieve his aims.” Despite not offering a faithful version of all these events, Garras de oro explicitly references the dispute between the World and Roosevelt.

The anti-U.S. sentiment that inspires the film is apparent from the opening curtain that accompanies the title: “Cine-novela para defender del olvido un precioso episodio de la historia contemporánea, que hubo la fortuna de ser piedra inicial contra uno que despedazó nuestro escudo y abatió nuestras águilas.” (“A photoplay to defend from obscurity a precious episode of contemporary history, which had the fortune to be the first stone [cast] against one who shattered our shield and brought down our eagles.”) Throughout, the United States is called “Yanquilandia” (Yankeeland) and New York City “Rasca-Cielo” (Sky-Scraper), facetiously tagged as “the moral capital of [End Page 64] Yankeeland.” The opening sequence is an allegorical set piece. A title card tells us it is November 3, 1903 (the day Panama separated from Colombia). The scene then literally depicts Uncle Sam extending his sharpened fingernails to grab the Isthmus of Panama (Figure 3). This explicit criticism of the United States is repeated in the final sequence. A title card tells us it is now April 6, 1916. (Presumably it meant April 6, 1914, the date on which an American ambassador signed the so-called Thomson-Urrutia Treaty, an agreement to pay Colombia 25 million dollars indemnification.) Uncle Sam then appears next to another allegorical manifestation, the blindfolded Lady Justice. In the film’s final shots, he tries unsuccessfully to tilt her scales with sacks of money (Figure 4), specifically the 25 million dollars compensation for violating treaties in 1903.29

Roosevelt’s expansionist projects in the Caribbean and Central America were and are both famous and infamous. The circumstances surrounding the controversial taking of Panama constitute one of the main reasons to question Roosevelt’s Big Stick diplomacy. Historians and T.R. biographers oscillate: some label Roosevelt an opportunist, while others, such as Richard Collin, defend the U.S. head of state and his actions, not only in Panama but also in the Caribbean. For Collin, politicians, journalists (including Pulitzer), and Latin American nationalists looking for anti-American slogans capitalize on “one example of the wrong legend and the wrong history” in order to promote anti-Roosevelt press based on this episode. He argues that “Colombia’s specific condition in 1902 and 1903” and “the illegal seizure of power by Colombia’s acting president José Marroquín, Panama’s tradition of independence and revolution, and the older French motives for building canals as symbols of modern civilization and works of art and technology” must be taken into account. More objective viewpoints such as the one offered by Joshua D. Hawley acknowledge that Colombia was undergoing a political crisis but also recognize that Roosevelt’s actions were questionable; in consequence, not only were Democrats fiercely critical but “congressional Republicans had reason to be concerned at the pattern that was developing, and not just in foreign affairs.”30

Colombian historians such as Marco Palacios and Frank Safford argue that the question of Panama overwhelmed the Colombian government. In 1903, Colombia was absorbed in the consequences of the War of a Thousand Days (1899–1902), the armed conflict between the Liberal and Conservative parties. The nation was also invested in a reaffirmation of Hispanic values, a return to values imposed on the colony by Spain—hierarchical social strata based on race and framed by dominant Catholicism. Given the turmoil, the Colombian government did not anticipate the long-term consequences of letting go of the isthmus. In his canonical history of Latin America, Tulio Halperín Donghi points out that Roosevelt “proudly trumpeted the success of his Panamanian policy. Roosevelt believed that the United States should not vacillate in using its ‘Big Stick’ to discipline the unruly republics of Latin America . . . in accordance with the imperialist fashion of the times, which called for political ‘realism.’”31 In the copious literature on the topic, the role played by the press and the emergence of yellow journalism at the time stand out.
The intertitles assemble a spectacular array of commonplaces and fanciful inventions to build a portrait of Colombia as a land of corrupt politicians and debauchery that has been "amputeed" by the gigantic, braggart empire to the north. Interestingly, it makes heroes only of virtuous Americans and of Colombians who are either from remote regions or live outside of the country as humble patriots. I've tried to produce a translation that accurately conveys the "sentimental" tones as well as the sometimes archaic terminology of this watershed of geo-political lore. Note that this film survives only in fragments from nitrate prints which the current 'restoration' has simply pieced together in seamless 'continuity' with no indication of where splices cut across missing footage.
While there is every indication that some aura of mystery/intrigue was part of the original plan (as the use of the "?" and "!!" intertitles for the pieces of information gathered by the World agent at the U.S. Legation indicate, for example), the resulting narrative is likely even more wildly enigmatic than it already was intended to be.

Some screencaps (note that there is a brief intro by the Colombian foundation responsible for issuing the restored film on DVD in 720w and that the image does do some jumping around the frame here and there).


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There has been some debate about whether the film was shot in full or in part in Italy which is fascinating by itself. Recent research, like the article quoted above, makes a good case for recognizing its production in Cali which had long been a cosmopolitan center and was, in the late 1920s, in the midst of a major boom. All of this and much more is discussed at length in the linked to article. Another good article (in Spanish) can be read in pdf HERE http://historiayespacio.univalle.edu.co ... iculo6.pdf . [...] If any members with an extraordinary depth knowledge of Italian silent cinema happen to recognize sets/locations; actors/actresses; or even 'appropriated clippings' from other Italian films of the 1920s, please leave a comment!

And a quite delightful English language "live translation" of the titles with an alternate live piano accompaniment can be download as mp3 HERE http://www.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/orphans6/ ... de_oro.mp3 (from the 6th Orphan Film Festival).

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direct download links in dropbox (please send me a pm once you've got the file, as I can't connect to emule for long)
eD2K link Garras de oro - The Dawn of Justice (1927).avi [720.50 Mb] 

Engl. custom subs, depositio http://subscene.com/subtitles/garras-de ... ish/700204
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Mensaje por LuisB » 08 Mar 2013 09:46

Thank you Serdar. ¿There are srt in spanish ?. Thanks again.

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Mensaje por PREACHER » 08 Mar 2013 10:37

Thanks, serdar. Just downloaded it via dropbox. :up:

Luis, la película tiene intertítulos en colombiano. :risa:

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Mensaje por LuisB » 08 Mar 2013 11:41

PREACHER escribió:Thanks, serdar. Just downloaded it via dropbox. :up:

Luis, la película tiene intertítulos en colombiano. :risa:
Gracias. Ergo, ya no son necesarios los srt en inglés?

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Mensaje por otek » 08 Mar 2013 14:15

Thanks Serdar002 I'm join to the party. :hi:

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Mensaje por maurito093 » 08 Mar 2013 16:05

watch this movie in BAFICI 2008 (Independent Film Festival Buenos Aires) and it's great, 10 points / mire esta película en el BAFICI 2008 (festival de cine independiente Buenos Aires) y es genial, 10 puntos
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Mensaje por serdar002 » 09 Mar 2013 09:00

alternative dropbox link for 001 file, should work now

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Mensaje por Monsieur Lange » 09 Mar 2013 13:21

¡Gracias serdar! :hi:
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Mensaje por JGUTII » 17 Mar 2013 23:12

Muchas gracias, serdar. :hi:
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