gagman66
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Angie,
Thanks, but the second photo from ETERNAL LOVE is very clearly not Camilla Horn, but the other girl in the movie. I have forgotten who she was? The third photo appears to be from THE TEMPEST?
None of these do the lady justice, but I appreciate your efforts. I went to Corbis last night for the first time too, and found all kinds of wonderful pictures there! Thanks much for telling me about this site.
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Big_Bopper,
The Photo-play Productions version with the James Bernard score is on DVD from the BFI (British Film Institute), but it is Region 2 encoded and Pal format. The Blackhawk version was probably released on DVD by Image Entertainment, and is likely long out of print. I have never seen this version.
As far as I know, TCM still runs the Photo-play version. They have not picked up the new Murna Foundation restoration, which surprises me.
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Big_Bopper
The Murna Foundation restoration found on the Kino Ultimate Edition DVD blows any previous version completely out of the water! Even the Photo-play one! Make sure you get the one with the reprised original 1921 Hans Erdmann Orchestral score.
Likewise, the print quality is dramatically better than any other edition that has been released on DVD. Again, this is the Ultimate Edition from Kino which came out last year. Not to be confused with the earlier Special Edition release.
If you have a good score, this dramatically enhances the experience. Silent films were never ever intended to be viewed without Music!
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nosound,
Hey, I didn't know that you had a copy of SEVEN FOOTPRINTS OF SATAN. That is might interesting too.
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Ed,
The other film I saw Mary Nolan in was Chaney's WEST OF ZANZIBAR (1928). Do you have a copy of this picture?
My friend Kevin W, is gung-ho over her just after seeing those two films, and a few photos. So I sent him and E-mail addressed Mary Nolan: NOT WEARIN' NOTHIN'!!!! Which was of course really the picture in the Sheer-wrap.
-Once He started reading I said "Well close of NOTHIN' anyway! Didn't want to give you Heart-Failure! Ha, Ha, Ha!!!"
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*Handsome Richard Arlen, and the very lovely Fay Wray. From THE FOUR FEATHERS (Paramount, 1929)*
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Say, it sure seems that there were an awful lot of Mary's during the Silent days? All of them Gorgeous Woman! Here is another one. My good friend Kevin is crazy about this one, She was the leading lady for the likes of both Lon Chaney, and John Gilbert. Blonde Bombshell Mary Nolan!
*Mary Nolan, Glorious!!!*
*Mary Nolan, Knockout Photo*
*Mary Nolan, Beautiful-Sad Face*
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Angie, Mike,
Here are four of the photos you posted earlier, now Colorized.
*Mary Brian, Fluttering Hearts*
*Mary Philbin, with Overfed Pet*
*Mary Philbin, The Princess*
*Mary Duncan, All That Glitters*
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Say, it sure seems that there were an awful lot of Mary's during the Silent days? All of them Gorgeous Woman! Here is another one. My good friend Kevin is crazy about this lady who was the leading lady for the likes of both Lon Chaney, and John Gilbert. Blonde Bombshell Mary Nolan!
*Mary Nolan, Glorious!!!*
*Mary Nolan, Knockout Photo*
*Mary Nolan, Beautiful-Sad Face*
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Angie, Mike,
Here are Four of the photos you posted earlier, now Colorized.
*Mary Brian, Fluttering Hearts*
*Mary Philbin, with Overfed Pet*
*Mary Philbin, The Princess*
*Mary Duncan, All That Glitters*
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Number 7 on my list of The TOP 10 Silent Screen Beauties, here are a couple nice photo's of the lovely Mary Philbin. They are small though, and relatively low resolution. Apparently, any quality portraits of Mary are few and far between on the net? They are either, very small, are inaccessible? Blocked from saving the image.
It's rather disappointing that an actress that was in such well known Silent's as MERRY GO ROUND, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and THE MAN WHO LAUGHS is this hard to find good pictures of on the web? I expected that there would be dozens of them to choose from? Apparently, not?
*Mary Philbin, one of the Silent Screens most beautiful Stars.*
*Mary Philbin, From MERRY GO ROUND (1923)*
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Johanna,
Wow, those stills from SON OF THE SHEIK are fantastic! Haven't seen them before either. Thanks for posting.
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Mike,
Here are a couple nice photo's of Mary Philbin. They are small though, and relatively low resolution. It's disappointing that an actress that was in such well known Silent's as MERRY GO ROUND, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and THE MAN WHO LAUGHS is this hard to find good pictures of on the web? I expected that there would be dozens of them to choose from?
*Mary Philbin, one of the Silent Screens most beautiful Stars.*
*Mary Philbin, From MERRY GO ROUND (1923)*
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nosound,
I wish I could pre-order this fantastic collection, but my Pay-pal account is virtually depleted at the present time. I just pre-ordered the new Fairbanks collection from Flicker Alley though.
I can't believe Fox will only sell these films in bulk like this. That precludes way to many people from discovering these masterpieces. SEVEN HEAVEN is one of the great Movies of all time, and you should be able to purchase it individually. And STREET ANGEL is just as good! Having nicely restored versions of these wonderful films at long last will literally be a dream come true!
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Wendy,
Herbert Brenon's A KISS FOR CINDERELLA (1925), was his follow-up to the highly successful PETER PAN (1924). The story takes place not in medieval Europe, but rather during the first World War.
While not a "lost film", it is most definitely a very rarely seen one. The picture has been shown at only a handful of festivals in the past 30 to 40 years. The lone surviving print, I have heard suffers from a fair amount of chemical decomposition. So basically, this is yet another Paramount title that has been allowed to turn to turn to dust. An important film that should have been properly restored decades ago. Sadly this just hasn't happened.
Hey you and Angie both send me an E-mail. I have Big, Big, News about something that all of us have been looking for! I just can't say what it is on these boards right now. Hope to hear from you soon.
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*Almost Christmas!*
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For those of you who are upset or dismayed over the list, the thing is you could probably pick up a couple other trades published at the same time, and the order might look quite different? So it just depends. They would likely not be the same theaters being surveyed either?
For example, Greta Garbo was very popular in the big city palaces, but didn't do nearly as well in smaller towns. By contrast, Colleen Moore was loved by pretty much everybody! Clara Bow would have still ranked number 1 in any trade publication, but the order on allot of others Stars likely would have varied substantially.
Two other ladies that I would have expected to rate much higher were Corinne Griffith, and Vilma Banky. And they probably did elsewhere. Delores Costello, at only number 16 also sounded a little lower than anticipated. Glaring ommisions from the list include such names as Pola Negri, and Eleanor Boardman, who likely were rated in other publications. They just didn't receive any votes in Moving Picture World magazine.
A Star like Esther Ralston, didn't make the Top 10 most popular in 1928 according to Moving Picture World, but She was in the Top 20. Here are a couple photos I just worked on yesterday.
*Esther Ralston, Belle Of The Ball*
*Esther Ralston, Proud Of Her Pocketbook. Publicity photo for THE AMERICAN VENUS (1926)*
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Mike,
Well, in all fairness, no one really Tanned until about the late 20's. It just wasn't done! Prior to that, "Lily White Skin" is what the girls wanted. And the men wanted their ladies that way too!
From what I gather, Bow has a vast cult-following even from people who have seen only one or two of her films. Or just been captivated by old photos. In my opinion a nice box set of her restored features would probably sell pretty darn well. I wish that Paramount would at least observe the potential fan base, and consider this. Plenty of collectors have been hoping to get their mitts on good prints of her surviving films for years, and years!
A film like Frank Lloyd's CHILDREN OF DIVORCE (1927) with Clara, Esther Ralston, and Gary Cooper, should definitely be on DVD. It was restored in 2001, and from what I understand the film looks fabulous in 35 millimeter. They just ran the picture at a big movie house in Chicago in late July, and it attracted an audience of well over 300 people! Still Paramount keeps it under lock and key? Makes no kind of sense what so ever. They seem to cheap to Spring for a score, or they could at least lease it out to TCM for a few showings. This is the film that made Coop a big Star!
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I am not sure why the background appeared so scratched? I have seen this same thing on many a photo like this.
Esther Ralston was an exquisite beauty. She made my Top 10 list at number 8 just behind Mary Philbin, who I need more photos of. Those two spots are very close though. Esther could easily pass her up.
In a very interesting note, nosound just found a copy of Herbert Brenon's A KISS FOR CINDERELLA (1925), with Esther, and Betty Bronson for sale for only $15.00 on Ioffer.com! This film is very high up on my wish list of Silents! I just wish I knew something about the quality?
Maybe I'll drop Camilla Horn from the list, and put Clara Bow in there instead? Couldn't find any good photo's of Camilla, even though she looked fabulous in FAUST, and in ETERNAL LOVE.
Here is another fun photo of Ralston From THE AMERICAN VENUS (1926)
*Esther Ralston, Proud of Her Pocketbook*
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Angie,
The rather dubious tale of Clara totaling Lew Cody's expensive wheels while intoxicated on bathtub gin, both of them in the buff, is recounted in a documentary about old timers fondly reminiscing over the Silent movie era. It is called LONG, LONG, AGO, and was produced in 1996.
Actually, tthe target year may have been 1925, and not 1926? Again probably just an embellishment, or pure fabrication anyway. This was told by two guys who used to work as secrurity officers on the Paramount lot, if I recall correctly?
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Mike,
The Ralston photo looks OK, but the background is to blue, and looks as if it were scrawled with a crayon. It is also pretty scratched up too.
If you like Esther, I have her in PETER PAN, and OLD IRONSIDES.
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Angie,
OK, here you go!
*Esther Ralston, "Belle Of The Ball"!*
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Mike,
Hey, weren't you looking for POINTED HEELS with Fay Wray? I do have a copy! Also TANNED LEGS (1929), and it is a beautiful print!
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Lynn,
Thanks for the recommendation. I never said that the story was true. Do you have the name of this Dog? I have a whole bunch of photos were it appears with Clara. You would expect her to have a Toy as a pet, not some great big animal?
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The infinitely superior Kevin Brownlow-David Gill-Patrick Stanbury Photo-play Productions edition of WINGS is still tied up in an absurd "Legal Limbo", and thus not on TCM. When by all rights it should be the version that they are running. Incredibly, however, this landmark movie is being screened, with a live orchestral performance of the Carl Davis score this coming February, in Wisconsin! If you want to see a beautifully restored print of WINGS, not the murky old dubb TCM is forced to run, on the big screen, then here is your chance!
http://www.beloitjanesvillesymphony.org/performances.html
http://nitrateville.com/viewtopic.php?t=1884
*Buddy Rogers, Clara Bow, and Richard Arlen. From William Wellman's WINGS (Paramount, 1927)*