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Ed, No, I only paid just under $70.00 for the Fairbanks collection. It retails for about $83.00 I think? There are only 5 disc's in the Flicker Alley set, not 12 like Murna-Borzage and Fox. That's the one that is so blasted expensive!

Ed, I didn't think it was Norman Kerry, but I didn't know who else it could be? It looks like him somewhat, but not enough. If it was him, I figured it must be from the movie? Oh well, it's a good still anyway. I have hundreds of stills in here, some of them are labeled, but many are not. It's not easy to keep them all straight. Still another portrait of Gilbert I just worked on. He looks quite young here. *John Gilbert, Youthful And Clean Shaven*

Ed, Here is another still from ANNIE LAURIE. Have you asked Kevin Brownlow about this movie at all? See what He has to say? I'm very curious. Rather doubtful that this was just discovered as recently as 2002 as the IMDB claims. It is probably on that list from Movies Alt.silent from back in 1997, that I sent you a couple months ago while searching for FORBIDDEN HOURS? *Lillian Gish, and Norman Kerry, From ANNIE LAURIE (MGM, 1927)*

I just got the brand new A MODERN MUSKETEER the Flicker Alley 5 disc early Douglas Fairbanks set in the mail on Monday evening. The new restoration of THE MARK OF ZORRO is totally pristine, and beautifully tinted! The picture quality is so sharp this could have been filmed last week! One of the finest restorations of a Silent film I have ever seen anywhere! Would love to see 5 or 6 Colleen Moore features this lovingly restored! I have seen A MODERN MUSKETEER (1917), on TCM last March and it is great! Vastly exceeding my expectations. These two movies alone are worth the price of the set! And you get so much more! There is a nice illustrated booklet included that tells you all about Doug, and his early career. With production details of each film in the set. This is another superb Flicker Alley project! Great stuff all around. While the set is fantastic, unfortunately something strange here. Only two of the 5 disc's will read on my main DVD Player? So I ran off Shrink Back-up's, and those play-back just fine? I don't know why, but my main-DVD player/recorder will not read the disc's? The problem is I want to watch the original's not Shrinks! While the Shrinks look good, inevitably you are going to have some loss of image quality. Disc 1 and disc 5 are the only ones that play on my Polaroid unit. I haven't tried them on anything else, except the computer. Disc's 2 through 4 just will not read at all? Something with the Lead-in encoding is off somehow? At least with my main unit. Anyone else having this same sort of problem? THE MARK OF ZORRO score by Rodney Sauer and Mont Alto Motione Picture Orchestra is good, but I kind of expected a little more Latin flavor. Some of the music is Spanish, sounding, but not allot of it. The Don Diego theme is. But not really the Zorro one? I would have went with more Spanish, and Latin sounding themes myself. On the plus side, I have seen few Silents as beautifully restored as this one. It is just phenomenal!

Ed, It is not the Camcorder recording speed that causes the Flicker to occur. But rather it is the speed of the shutter on the camcorder. With the proper filter setting, this should not be an issue.

Annie, This thread is definitely getting a ton of response. And all based on the airing of just one film! So I hereby nominate John Gilbert for "TCM Star Of The Month!" We have new restorations of MONTE CRISTO (1922), THE BIG PARADE (1925), BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT (1926), and TWELVE MILES OUT (1927) that few people have seen yet. In addition, THE COSSACKS (1928) is one of my top 10 favorite Silents, and it's just plain silly that this has been shown on France 3, but not on TCM! There are plenty of other Gilbert films available that could make such a Star of The Month tribute more than feasible. As anyone who follows these boards knows, I have been screaming for the restored THE BIG PARADE every chance I can get. It's rediculous that the film was restored in 2004, and heading into 2009, there has still been no TCM debut of this version. I am despearate for the completed restoration. To me tHE BIG PARADE is in the Top 10 films ever produced. And it's long dormant state on TCM has me frustrated to no end!

AnnieLaurie, Here is your namesake as potrayed by Lillian Gish. Have you seen this movie? *Lillian Gish, Scottish Maiden. From ANNIE LAURIE (1927)* *Lillian Gish, As ANNIE LAURIE* *ANNIE LAURIE (Lillian Gish.)*

ugaarte, Nice to see you here again. You may have to go back a couple of pages. I posted great photo from BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT, plus Clara Bow, in the Flying outfit, and a bunch more of Renee Adoree. Not sure that you saw any of those or not? Here is Lillian Gish from ANNIE LAURIE (1927).

DAVIDMERCIEZ, I have never heard of the series. However, if you want to see ELLA CINDERS the Sunrise Silents DVD-R release, is hard to beat. It is the best print of the film I have ever seen. It might be missing a reel or so though. A friend of mine just found the David Shepard version, but I haven't seen it. I would like to know what is missing from the story myself? Incidentally, I just got the brand new A MODERN MUSKETEER the Flicker Alley 5 disc early Douglas Fairbanks set in the mail today. I haven't looked at much of anything yet, but THE MARK OF ZORRO is totally pristine, and beautifully tinted! The picture quality is so sharp this could have been filmed last week! One of the finest restorations of a Silent film I have ever seen! Would love to see 7 or 8 Colleen Moore features this lovingly restored! I have seen A MODERN MUSKETEER (1917), on TCM last March and it is great! Vastly exceeding my expectations! These two movies alone are worth the price of the set! And you get so much more! There is a nice softcover volume on Doug and his early career also included with the 11 features. Plus plenty of Bonus, material, and Special features!

CelluloidKid, Hey, here is a link to a whole Army of SPIRIT Covers! Though not exactly the covers that I was looking for. http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/spirit

CineMaven, OK, I guess She is the beautiful "Sand Saref"? Denny Colt's long lost Child Hood Sweetheart from Slum Gully, turned to a life of Crime. The Spirit must have had a vast hidden stash of Baggy Blue Battle Suits in his underground Wildwood Cemetery Hideaway? He went though allot of them in a months time!

hammaster, Boo, is right Todays Movie Actresses mostly look like freaks!

Ed, I know I have the DVD. I still think the "Winter Wonder Girl" is Anita Page, and Not Bessie Love? The Photo was labeled as "Bessie Love" though. Here are the Two Lillian Gish Photos from ANNIE LAURIE. I may have a couple others in here someplace? I tried and failed to shrink the first photo. Have tons of Dorothy Sebastian that I should work on sometime.

CineMaven, Who the devil does She play??? "P'Gell"? What other villainesses are in the Movie? Don't tell me that THE SPIRIT'S Arch Nemesis "THE OCTOPUS" is Black??? In the comic-strip you never even saw his face ever! Only his gloved hands. If you did see his face, He was always disguised as someone else! Sometimes as THE SPIRIT! What about Mr. Carrion and Julia, His Pet Vulture? Anyone know who plays Ellen Dolan? Does THE SPIRIT have a Sidekick? In the 1986 ABC TV pilot starring Sam (Flash Gordon), Jones, they re-named Ebony White "Eubie". That was a stupid name. If no Ebony, they should have at least included Sammy. I agree that you can't do THE SPIRIT well in live action. It has to be a Cartoon. Will Eisner just passed away a few years ago. He probably would have hated the movie anyway! The man was a true genius! *Eisner Spirit Cover, "Showdown With The Octopus!"* *It's a tough job being the "Ghost of Wildwood", but someone has to do it!* *Ebony White "The Rescue!"* *Typical Eisner Splash Page. The Spirit Logo is The Building!* *The Spirit in another routine Jam!*

Fake Face??? What do they Spary it on just before filming? (I'm kidding.) Hey, There's Nothing Fake Here: *Bessie Love, "The Leg's Have It!" And "That Figures!"*

Oh, My Goodness Me! Here is Bessie Love With Some "Gamtacular" Views on Things. *Bessie Love, "Gamarella"!* *Bessie Love, "The Legs have It!" And "That Figures!"* *Bessie Love, Walking Like A Winter Wonder Girl!* *Love, On The Shelf!*

Oh, My Goodness Me! Here is Bessie Love With Some "Gamtacular" Views on Things. *Bessie Love, "Gamarella"!* *Bessie Love, "The Legs have It!" And "That Figures"!* *Bessie Love, Walking Like A Winter Wonder Girl!* *Love, On The Shelf!*

Ed, I shrunk these photos signifcantly in size. They were originally much larger than what you see here. So maybe I do not have the dimensions uniform? That's probably what you are seeing that looks funny to you?

Check this out. That's not Mary Pickford in this photo, but rather Colleen Moore, with long curly blonde hair? These first couple of stills are apparently from TWINKLETOES (1925), but I don't recall Colleen wearing this outfit? *Colleen Moore, As an Irish, or English Lassie* *Colleen Moore, British Ballerina* *Colleen Moore, A Different Look.*

Oh, My Goodness Me! Here is Bessie Love With Some "Gamtacular" Views on Things. *Bessie Love, "Gamarella"!* *Bessie Love, "The Legs have It!" And "That Figures"!* *Bessie Love, Walking Like A Winter Wonder Girl!* *Love, On The Shelf!*

> {quote:title=hamradio wrote:}{quote} > My best animated version is "Mickey's Christmas Carol". Scrooge McDuck, who's better to play the role? hamradio, "Bah Humbug!!!"

Fred, I have seen all this stuff before, but never saved the links. Thanks for posting.

Lynn, I'm sorry, another dumb typo! I meant 1843, I had it corrected, but somehow it reverted back to 1943! Stupid keyboard! Please change that to 1843 in your post too. I have changed mine already. Thanks Very disappointed that there has been no discussion of the Finney version in this thread, after it was broadcast. I think Finney is simply brilliant . And while the musical aspect may not appeal to some folks this is easily my favorite live version. When I think of Scrooge Finney is the guy! The Voice, His overall appearance in the film, everything.

"What year is it?" The Ghost Of Christmas Present asks Albert Finney's SCROOGE. To which He swiftly replies "Eighteen Hundred And Sixty!" What??? That is a little late for the story of A CRISTMAS CAROL to take place. The Chuck Jones Animated version was based in 1843. I have forgotten when the book itself was first published. I used to know. Nevertheless, I still love the Finney version of SCROOGE.

Director Frank Miller is TCM's guest programmer for December. A former award winning Comic Book Artist, writer, and now prolific film maker. Now Miller is finally bringing the greatest classic comic character of them all, who has never had a movie franchise Will Eisner's THE SPIRIT to the big screen. The new movie opens nationally Christmas Day. I wish I knew what to make of it? I grew up on THE SPIRIT in the 70's, and early 80's. Basically reprints of Eisner's original 1940's Strip for the most part. With some new stuff tossed in here and there. I still think it is the greatest comic-strip creation of all time. Eisner was literally 'Film Noir", on newsprint before the term even existed in the movies. The master of the comics medium. I deeply care about these characters, and want to see this done right. A unique weekly Comic-book supplement which ran in many leading newspapers from 1940-1952., THE SPIRIT has no counter-part of it's kind in Comics history. What made THE SPIRIT great in addition to Eisner's extraordinary artistic talents, and ground breaking cinematic style, was the fabulous, and seemingly endless supporting cast of characters. The brilliant Humor, along with the dramatic prose. In short the great story-telling. Concise, and short but generally more complete than a saga lasting issue after issue of comic book titles, with various tie-ins to other publications. Not sure what is being done along those lines in this movie. For people who don't know what THE SPIRIT is about, I suspect the core audience of today's movies, much like Lester Dent's DOC SAVAGE, have never even heard of him? Thus it's hard to put into words why the Strip was, is superior to anything that has ever been done in the comics industry. I can sum it up in one word "Diversity"! There is more depth to THE SPIRIT than a dozen costume Super-guys world's combined. Really it's True. Mr. Miller made his reputation in the Comic book medium in the late 70's, early 80's as He revised Marvel's DAREDEVIL, and later moved on to DC, where He returned to Bob Kane's Original concept of THE BATMAN, as THE DARK KNIGHT, discarding the ridiculous Caped Crusader Tag. Miller's revitalized BATMAN, was the springboard for the popular 1989 Movie-adaptation, and subsequent franchise. The atmosphere of Eisner's Central City later turned up almost verbatim, in BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES in the early 90's. That Gotham was a direct influence. By all reports, Frank Miller idolized Will Eisner, but the impression I am getting of the completed project is a vast bastardization of Eisner's vision. All I can say is, I sure hope that I am wrong. The fact that the film is not set in the 1940's is already a major strike against it. Now what I see in the previews and commercials is something that looks much more like BATMAN, than it does THE SPIRIT! Egad! What is this stuff? Denny Colt doesn't fly like Clark Kent, or even swing on a Bat-Rope like Bruce Wayne. Nor does He have Web-Shooters like Peter Parker! He is not a Super Hero! He is a Crime-fighter, and a master detective. He has no inhuman powers, or fancy gadgets to speak of. He's the ultimate tough guy who gets beat up often, but ultimately wins the fight. Trying to make THE SPIRIT pass as another Super Hero is entirely wrong! Yet, that's what the adds clearly imply. This is the way the film is being promoted. I have waited most of my life to see THE SPIRIT receive a big budget production on screen. It is finally happening. I just hope that it is a good movie, and does Eisner proud. If your a long time fan like me, all I can say is, "Don't count on it!".