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Post by Miss Retro on Apr 3, 2007 15:51:18 GMT -5
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Post by Miss Retro on Apr 4, 2007 23:34:05 GMT -5
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Post by Miss Retro on Apr 4, 2007 23:35:28 GMT -5
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Post by Miss Retro on Apr 4, 2007 23:36:31 GMT -5
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Post by Miss Retro on Apr 9, 2007 12:08:48 GMT -5
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Post by Miss Retro on Apr 9, 2007 12:10:48 GMT -5
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Post by Ajax on Apr 16, 2007 15:59:20 GMT -5
Wow, beautiful pictures! I love silents *sigh* I especially loved the picture of Charlie I liked the link about the lost films. That just breaks my heart that those films will never be seen again. I would love to become a film preservationist, the only school in the world that certifies people in it is about 3 hours away from where I live, but the only problem is, you have to have had prior experience to restoring films before they let you in At that rate they'd never find anyone who can restore films and more precious films will be gone forever!
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Post by Miss Retro on Apr 16, 2007 22:31:19 GMT -5
yeah I know what you mean pally
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Post by melora81 on May 11, 2007 15:59:07 GMT -5
My favorite Mary Pickford movie of the moment is "Suds." I highly recommend it!
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Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on May 11, 2007 16:56:47 GMT -5
Oooo, I've heard of that but never saw it! Thanks for the recommendation, Kim! I'll look into it (Do you mind if I call you Mel? Since it'll get very confusing, lol. Or everyone could just call me Mrs. C...it's not like I mind that one bit OR you could call me Cooper's Love, LOL, all right...Mrs. C. is just fine )
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Post by coopfan on May 12, 2007 19:58:55 GMT -5
I can't wait till someone finds copies of all those lost Gary Cooper movies hidden away in someone's basement. There might be someone that is 95 years old right now and when they pass away some relative will be looking down in the basement and come accross a complete copy of Wolf Song or Beau Sabreur. Oh well I guess I can try to be a little optimistic about it but it is very depressing that hese films probably all went up in flames when Paramont had that fire in the early 30's.
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Post by *~Mrs. Cooper ~* on May 12, 2007 23:52:01 GMT -5
Nooo! Dan, don't speak of that! We must think optimistically!
My sister's a dumper-diver; she lives in rich-town (living in a rundown apartment) where people throw things that are brand new! Just because they can't figure it out of because it has a tiny scratch on it. She brings me goodies all the time, maybe I could put a request into their Dumpsters-R-Us catalog and ask for some rare Gary movies...
I'll have her keep an eye out, for our sakes.
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Post by coopfan on May 13, 2007 4:38:05 GMT -5
Yes it is doubtful but there is a slim chance that some of those old silents of Coops are still in existence somewhere. I am more confident that I will one day see his other three talkies though.
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Post by Miss Retro on May 14, 2007 13:02:11 GMT -5
Yes we must have faith! i'm sure someone somewhere has some gary cooper oldies! I just know there has to be!!!!
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Post by Ajax on May 15, 2007 16:00:37 GMT -5
Well, if they found home movies of Edna Purviance, I'm sure there is still hope that Gary's movies will be found. I do wish though that they knew the perils of nitrate long before films had to be lost forever!
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Post by Miss Retro on Jul 10, 2007 13:13:48 GMT -5
Madge BellamyMadge Bellamy (June 30, 1899 – January 24, 1990) was an American film actress who was a popular leading lady in the 1920s. Bellamy was born in Hillsboro, Texas as Margaret Derden Philpott. She ran away to New York City at age 17, and soon was working as an actor and dancer on Broadway. Bellamy made her film debut in 1920. After 4 years with Famous Players her contract was picked up by 20th Century Fox. Her best known films include Love Never Dies (1921), Lorna Doone (1922), and The Iron Horse (1924). Bellamy was known as being occasionally impetuous. She made a successful transition to sound film in 1928 with the hit Mother Knows Best but after a dispute with Fox in 1929 she left the studio and could not find work again until 1932 when she began appearing in B movies. She is perhaps best known today for the 1932 film White Zombie (film) in which she starred opposite Bela Lugosi. She had a reputation of being difficult to work with, led a lavish life, attending all night parties and events on a regular basis. Her love life was just as wild, becoming involved with numerous men during the 1920s and 1930s. In 1943 she shot her lover, Stanwood Murphy, which generated much publicity at the time and finished her career. At the time of the shooting she was quoted as saying, "I only winged him, which is what I meant to do. Believe me, I'm a crack shot".[1] She made her last screen appearance in 1945. She lived in poverty for much of her post-screen life and worked selling tools in a shop and was unsuccessful in her attempts at becoming a published novelist. In the 1980s, however, she sold her property during the California real estate boom and by her account made more money than she had during her years in films. Madge Bellamy died of heart failure in Upland, California. Her autobiography, A Darling of the Twenties which she had been planning since the 1970s, was published just months after her death.
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Post by Miss Retro on Sept 18, 2007 14:59:19 GMT -5
I was browsing around and came across a silent era actress many don't know about her but I think it's cool I came across her. Her name was Merna Kennedy, here's some info. about her. Merna KennedyMerna Kennedy [1] (b. 7 September 1908 in Kankakee, Illinois, d. 20 December 1944 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actress of the late silent era. Kennedy (born Maude Kahler) is best known for her role opposite Charlie Chaplin in the silent film The Circus (1928). Kennedy was brought to the attention of Chaplin by her friend Lita Grey, who became Chaplin's second wife in 1924. A dancer, she had muscular legs which helped her gain the role of the circus bareback rider. It is rumored she had an affair with Chaplin during the filming of this movie, and Grey used this infidelity in her divorce proceedings from Chaplin in 1927. Kennedy continued acting after The Circus, starring in early sound films, but retired in 1934, when she married choreographer/director Busby Berkeley. Their marriage broke up a year later, and Kennedy died of a heart attack in 1944, at thirty-six years of age. SILENT FILMS1928 The Circus 1929 Broadway 1929 Barnum Was Right 1929 Skinner Steps Out TALKIES1930 The Rampant Age 1930 Embarrassing Moments 1930 The King of Jazz 1930 Worldly Goods 1930 Midnight Special 1931 Stepping Out 1932 The Gay Buckaroo 1932 Lady with a Past 1932 Ghost Valley 1932 Come On, Tarzan 1932 The All-American 1932 The Red-Haired Alibi 1933 Laughter in Hell 1933 Emergency Call 1933 Easy Millions 1933 Don't Bet on Love 1933 I Love That Man (scenes deleted) 1933 Arizona to Broadway 1933 Police Call 1933 The Big Chance 1933 Son of a Sailor 1934 Wonder Bar 1934 Jimmy the Gent 1932 I Like It That Way Here are a few more pics of her...she was gorgeous, in some of these pics she reminds me of Clara Bow...
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