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Silents
Aug 28, 2007 12:07:02 GMT -5
Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on Aug 28, 2007 12:07:02 GMT -5
Post information/photos/synopsis'/quotes on your favorite silent movies here.
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Silents
Aug 28, 2007 12:17:21 GMT -5
Post by Miss Retro on Aug 28, 2007 12:17:21 GMT -5
Contrary to popular belief, Clara Bow was already Paramount's biggest box-office draw when she starred in this delightful rags-to-riches comedy. But It, from the fertile mind of bizarre best-selling author Elinor Glyn, remains perhaps the quintessential Bow picture. Not that the story of a poor shopgirl falling for her rich employer was anything new (by 1927, Bow could play that role in her sleep), but It came complete with one of the best publicity campaigns in Hollywood history. Glyn herself publicly pointed to Bow as the personification of It, "that quality possessed by some which draws all others with its magnetic force." Paramount made sure that Glyn's lofty description of the word sunk in and even convinced the author to explain It in the film to leading man Antonio Moreno (who, according to Glyn, simply oozed It as well). The lightweight comedy behind all this hoopla centered on little Betty Lou Spence, a vivacious salesgirl invited to dinner at the Ritz by foppish wastrel and self-described "old fruit" "Monty" Montgomery (William Austin in one of those roles later personified by Edward Everett Horton). Betty is not paying attention to her dinner companion, however, but is ogling department store heir Cyrus Waltham (Moreno). He notices her too, and takes the salesgirl on a whirlwind tour of Coney Island. But when Betty is mistakenly assumed to be the unmarried mother of an infant (actually her roommate Molly's), stern Cyrus no longer sees her as proper marriage material. Betty, of course, gets her man in the end and Waltham's snooty girlfriend ("other woman" specialist Jacqueline Gadsden) ends up in the drink. Delivering all the vivacious punch expected of a Bow comedy, It takes time out for a couple of rather poignant scenes. With the hindsight that Brooklyn's own Bow was never fully accepted by Hollywood society despite her stardom, it is touching to watch Betty being ostracized at the snobbish Ritz; and Bow is never more affecting than when she realizes that Moreno is offering diamonds and pearls instead of marriage. Priscilla Bonner, as Bow's drab, single-mother roommate, adds a touch of realism to her brief role, enviously observing Betty's frivolity. If It only added to Bow's brilliant success, the film did little for the intelligent Bonner. To the end of her life, Bonner maintained that accepting featured billing in It lost her any chance of true stardom. A very young Gary Cooper, has a bit as a reporter and director Josef Von Sternberg reputedly took over for Clarence Badger during a brief illness. Despite its rather trite Cinderella plot, It magnificently demonstrates why Bow's guileless flapper came to define an entire decade. It is heartbreaking to realize that her decline had already set in, and Bow's very public troubles and eventual career destruction were lurking right around the corner!
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Silents
Aug 28, 2007 12:46:04 GMT -5
Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on Aug 28, 2007 12:46:04 GMT -5
Love "IT!" DoomsdayMary Viner lives with her father, a retired English captain in poor health, in a cottage owned by Percival Fream. Down the road lives Arnold Furze, a good-looking young farmer who considers it a privilege to work hard to Doomsday, a property that has built up since the war. Fream wants to marry Mary and make her a symbol of his wealth, and so proposes to her. A few days later, Mary and Arnold meet by accident near his farm, and a mutual attraction soon develops into love. She promises to marry him, until she sees his house and is disillusioned. On the way home, she meets Fream in his chauffeur-driven limousine and, dazzled by all that money can buy, she foolishly marries Fream, instead of the man she truly loves.Captain Viner is left in a nurse's care while the Freams travel abroad for a year. After her return, Mary realizes that money cannot buy happiness. At her first reception she learns, from Arnold, that her father is ill. He dies soon afterward. After the funeral, Mary returns to the old cottage and applies for an annulment. She then goes to Arnold's farm and offers to be his housekeeper for six months to prove she'll work hard for her man. He accepts.Complete Doomsday movie now posted on YouTube: (Thanks to Dan!)Part 1www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSAj7dk4TSwPart 2www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di3R4AyQ7BUPart 3www.youtube.com/watch?v=uiONYOzDAesPart 4www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXNZx6aTlyUPart 5www.youtube.com/watch?v=28IM_pXnFbQPart 6www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwm98N9NATwPart 7 Endingwww.youtube.com/watch?v=61RfAxkLy1c
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Silents
Aug 28, 2007 12:53:03 GMT -5
Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on Aug 28, 2007 12:53:03 GMT -5
Lilac TimeSeven young English aviators are billeted at the Berthelot farm near the French front. One of the flyers, Philip Blythe, falls in love with farmer Berthelot's daughter, Jeannie, and on the morning before a dangerous mission declares his love for her. Philip is shot down, and Jeannie helps an ambulance crew to extricate his apparently lifeless body from the wrecked plane. In the following weeks, Jeannie searches in vain in all of the military army hospitals for Philip. She does encounter Philip's father, who, disapproving of her lowly origins, falsely informs her that Philip has died. In farewell, Jeannie sends a bouquet of lilacs to his room, and Philip, recognizing the flowers as her gift, painfully drags himself to his window in time to call her back to him.Lilac Time complete movie now on YouTube: (Thanks to Dan!)Part 1www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivPAxxGucKEPart 2www.youtube.com/watch?v=LORyCv2ivyIPart 3www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAkbqJ0Fi3UPart 4www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRcXhX3oBcIPart 5www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4ZWblc-UyMPart 6www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEBVd8JFfHIPart 7www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffrt-FANsRgPart 8www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN0IwnkedigPart 9www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiEnCRQz1_8Part 10 Endingwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6FEac_Xu4s
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dale
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Silents
Dec 28, 2007 23:45:53 GMT -5
Post by dale on Dec 28, 2007 23:45:53 GMT -5
1. Blood & Sand (Valentino Version) 2 Phantom of The Opera (LC Sr. version) 3 Nosferatu 4. Hunchback of Notre Dame 5. Frankenstein ( I have a print, masterful but short, like 20 minutes or so, a guy anmed Ogle plays the silliest looking monster ever, but unlike other versiosn that came later this actually follows the book in a way as the monster is brought to lfie by drugs and chemicals, not lightning) 6 Zorro (Fairbanks Sr.)
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Silents
Dec 29, 2007 0:10:41 GMT -5
Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on Dec 29, 2007 0:10:41 GMT -5
Very interesting list, Dale! I'll have a go at a couple of them on YouTube. Thanks for the list! Very unique
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Silents
Dec 29, 2007 9:53:16 GMT -5
Post by dale on Dec 29, 2007 9:53:16 GMT -5
The Valentino version of Blood & Sand is the one that follows the book most closely. For entertainment purposes, though, the Power version remains the "best" though ti goes in the talkies catagory.
There was also a third really horrible remake with Sharon Stone in the 1980s. Do not eat dinner while watching it.
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Silents
Jan 25, 2008 23:48:17 GMT -5
Post by dale on Jan 25, 2008 23:48:17 GMT -5
Just picked up two silent Wizard Of Oz silent spinoffs for $1.00 at a dollar store. Should be interesting. I have not ahd time to see these yet. Too spoiled by a life watching THE Wizard Of Oz film, but these will be different.
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Silents
Feb 23, 2008 23:50:23 GMT -5
Post by fattiecat07 on Feb 23, 2008 23:50:23 GMT -5
Contrary to popular belief, Clara Bow was already Paramount's biggest box-office draw when she starred in this delightful rags-to-riches comedy. But It, from the fertile mind of bizarre best-selling author Elinor Glyn, remains perhaps the quintessential Bow picture. Not that the story of a poor shopgirl falling for her rich employer was anything new (by 1927, Bow could play that role in her sleep), but It came complete with one of the best publicity campaigns in Hollywood history. Glyn herself publicly pointed to Bow as the personification of It, "that quality possessed by some which draws all others with its magnetic force." Paramount made sure that Glyn's lofty description of the word sunk in and even convinced the author to explain It in the film to leading man Antonio Moreno (who, according to Glyn, simply oozed It as well). The lightweight comedy behind all this hoopla centered on little Betty Lou Spence, a vivacious salesgirl invited to dinner at the Ritz by foppish wastrel and self-described "old fruit" "Monty" Montgomery (William Austin in one of those roles later personified by Edward Everett Horton). Betty is not paying attention to her dinner companion, however, but is ogling department store heir Cyrus Waltham (Moreno). He notices her too, and takes the salesgirl on a whirlwind tour of Coney Island. But when Betty is mistakenly assumed to be the unmarried mother of an infant (actually her roommate Molly's), stern Cyrus no longer sees her as proper marriage material. Betty, of course, gets her man in the end and Waltham's snooty girlfriend ("other woman" specialist Jacqueline Gadsden) ends up in the drink. Delivering all the vivacious punch expected of a Bow comedy, It takes time out for a couple of rather poignant scenes. With the hindsight that Brooklyn's own Bow was never fully accepted by Hollywood society despite her stardom, it is touching to watch Betty being ostracized at the snobbish Ritz; and Bow is never more affecting than when she realizes that Moreno is offering diamonds and pearls instead of marriage. Priscilla Bonner, as Bow's drab, single-mother roommate, adds a touch of realism to her brief role, enviously observing Betty's frivolity. If It only added to Bow's brilliant success, the film did little for the intelligent Bonner. To the end of her life, Bonner maintained that accepting featured billing in It lost her any chance of true stardom. A very young Gary Cooper, has a bit as a reporter and director Josef Von Sternberg reputedly took over for Clarence Badger during a brief illness. Despite its rather trite Cinderella plot, It magnificently demonstrates why Bow's guileless flapper came to define an entire decade. It is heartbreaking to realize that her decline had already set in, and Bow's very public troubles and eventual career destruction were lurking right around the corner! I love It!! I just saw it a few days ago, and now I so wanna buy it. lol I also just saw Sunrise: A Song Of Two Humans and I have to say that was a beautiful film. I would recommend it to anyone who loves silents.
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Silents
Mar 12, 2008 19:50:45 GMT -5
Post by dale on Mar 12, 2008 19:50:45 GMT -5
I only saw IT once on tv logn ago when the ASU station out in Az aired it when I lived out west. I do not remember much more about the film
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Silents
Mar 12, 2008 19:53:06 GMT -5
Post by dale on Mar 12, 2008 19:53:06 GMT -5
A church here is airing (with an organist) the silent version fo King Of Kings free this Sunday. If tme allows we will go to it. .
I never knew there was a silent verison of this, only the sound one.
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