gagman66
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> {quote:title=FredCDobbs wrote:}{quote}
> Thanks for posting that fantastic poster!
Your welcome. Here is another for THE KING OF KINGS.
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Here are two photo's of John Gilbert with and without his Mustache
*John Gilbert, Clean Shaven, Young And Handsome.*
*John Gilbert, The way He is best recalled. Dashing with Mustache.*
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Here are two fine photo's of John Gilbert with and without his Mustache
*John Gilbert, Clean Shaven, Young And Handsome.*
*John Gilbert, The way He is best recalled. Dashing with Mustache.*
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Mike,
Neat! More superb Lobby-cards! Haven't seen any of those before either! But why does Loretta Young look 20 years older in the close-up of the second card for LAUGH CLOWN LAUGH? If you have seen the movie, you would see that she doesn't look anything like that in 1928?
Gerr! I am starting to grow quite weary of the lack of a traditional "TCM Remembers" segment airing for Anita Page???
Here are a few more assorted photos I colorized.
*Gorgeous Delores Costello, an add for GLAD RAG DOLL (Warner Brothers, 1929). The films theme song became a top Jazz standard.*
*The strawberry blonde Betty Compson, a huge Star in her day, now all but forgotten. This photo could have been taken on the set of Josef' Von Sternberg's THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (Paramount, 1928).*
*Lovely Esther Ralston as an English Street Waif.*
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ugaarte,
Gerr! I am starting to grow quite weary of the lack of a traditional "TCM Remembers" segment airing for Anita Page???
Here are a few more assorted photos I colorized.
*Gorgeous Delores Costello, an add for GLAD RAG DOLL (Warner Brothers, 1929). The films theme song became a top Jazz standard.*
*The strawberry blonde Betty Compson, a huge Star in her day, now all but forgotten. This photo could have been taken on the set of Josef' Von Sternberg's THE DOCKS OF NEW YORK (Paramount, 1928).*
*Another Potrait of Betty Compson, with Very Red Hair*
*Lovely Esther Ralston as an English Street Waif.*
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Here are two photo's of John Gilbert with and without his Mustache
*John Gilbert, Clean Shaven, Young And Handsome.*
*John Gilbert, The way He is best recalled. Dashing with Mustache.*
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hamradio,
TCM only shows the shortened re-issue version of THE KING OF KINGS, but it is still very powerful. The original is about 35 to 40 minutes longer. This great movie is on DVD in both versions from Criterion, including one extra Two-Color Technicolor sequence than in the TCM print.
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Lynn,
Ed spoke to Derek Haugen at Flicker Alley, whoever he is? Do you know him?
Lewis Milestone's THE GARDEN OF EDEN with Lovely Corinne Griffith, which has been out of print for a couple years is going back into print next month though. So that is very good news. Although I already have this movie.
*Vintage Movie Poster for Corinne Griffith in THE GARDEN OF EDEN (1928)*
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Lynn,
I just added several more posters for the film to my previous post. I thought that I already had them on-line, but I couldn't find them. So I had to go back to Photobucket first and up-load.
Yes, I am positive that this picture has never, ever been broadcast on TCM before. THE KING OF KINGS (1927) has, but not the 1923 Silent version of THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. I expected TCM would acquire the rights from Paramount, but apparently they never did?
Now what do you know about King Vidor's BARDLEYS THE MAGNIFICENT (1926) with John Gilbert, and Eleanor Boardman coming to DVD soon from Flicker Alley? Nitrateville reported this as a done deal in May. Silver Screen Oasis had mentioned it too. However, Ed, contacted Flicker Alley this past weekend, and discovered that they apparently had no plans to release this movie of any kind?
I mean Warner's still owns the film, so why would someone else put it out on DVD? I have no idea what kind of score the new version was given I am sorry to say, but it seems to have already been recorded?
Incidentally, Christine (Ann Harding), even saw the movie recently! Kevin Brownlow actually showed her what she believed to be a Pre-DVD release, and even re-marked on the stunning beauty, and clarity of the newly mastered print of this formally lost Gilbert feature.
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hamradio, Lynn,
Here is another Paramount Silent that I am very surprised still has yet to pop up on TCM. It's been on DVD for over Two years now. By contrast to the far less than stellar stuff like the awful 1912 CLEOPATRA feature last Sunday, they might have been airing a Masterpiece like this movie instead.
*Vintage Movie posters for Cecil B. De Mille's Epic film THE TEN COMMANDMENTS (Paramount, 1923) with Richard Dix and Leatrice Joy.*
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hamradio,
The Carmine Coppola score to NAPOLEON on the 3 hour plus version, is in my own personal opinion quite excellent. I have just seen the 5 and half hour version and heard Carl Davis score. To be honest, I found it somewhat disappointing, by his standards. But a DVD set should be released of both versions. I'll admit that I am partial to the Coppola score, after finally getting to hear Davis effort. Maybe it's because it is what I am used to? If the situation were reversed, Who knows?
Part of the problem is that Universal owns the rights to the Coppola version, and Kevin Brownlow's Photo-play productions to the longer one. However, Brownlow and his people restored both versions. Universal didn't have anything to do with it. They merely released the 1981 re-issue. Much as Brownlow, Patrick Stanbury and Photo-play restored WINGS in 1993, and THE WEDDING MARCH in 1998. Paramount had nothing to do with them either. Yet they are still preventing these versions from being seen, which is quite frankly despicable!
It appeared that a compromise was reached on NAPOLEON earlier this year, and the DVD with both version would materilize. Then came the Universal Studios fire, and now the chances are once again rather unlikely.
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Fedya,
I can't believe what I am reading here. There is nothing wrong with the Gaylord Carter Wurlitzer score to WINGS.Though understand that Carter's score is not the 1927 Orchestral score, and that was in-fact much different. Also this restoration is significantly older and not nearly as good as Kevin Brownlow's 1993 Photo-play Productions version with the Carl Davis score.
Putting this into perspective, the Carter score was recorded in the late 70's or early 80's, and released in 1985 on MGM laser-disc. However, the Telecine transfer was actually done 20 years earlier, clear back in 1965! It was a straight to Safety-stock from Silver Nitrate dubb, totally no frills, and while a decent transfer for the time, could have been better. The print quality is far superior, not just the music, on the more recent version. TCM should be able to play the Photo-play restoration , but Paramount simply won't let them. That was the whole point behind those previous post's you obviously glanced over. If you had actually read them you would understand this.
I don't like modern scores for Silent's either unless they are done well. Carl Davis is the standard. Although there are several other very talented Silent film accompanist's around. And other's that are just plain awful. There should be no plausible reason that the Photo-play version of WINGS has never seen the light of day on American television after having first-aired in Britain some 15-16 years ago. We are talking about the first Oscar winner for best picture here, And a movie made in this country, not it England. And yet believe it or not that is in-fact the case. I can find no evidence of an American television premier of this version at anytime. partly due to Paramount's total and complete disregard for it's Silent film Library. Call Ripley's!
By the way, many Silent films long before the talkies, or even hybrids had original music written for them. I can give you a plethora of examples if you want them.
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hamradio,
The new Ultimate Edition DVD of NOSFERATU, released last November by Kino, has by far the best score I have ever heard with this film. And it is the original 1921 Orchestral score by Hans Erdmann, that accompanied the Berlin premier in 1922. The score is fully, and faithfully recreated. Truly spectacular. The gorgeous print restored by the Murna foundation, also completely blows out of the water any previous release of NOSFERATU on DVD!
Again this is the Ultimate Edition 2 disc DVD release, that replaced the previous Special Edition version which had two different scores. One by Donald Sousin and other by Art Zoyd, Both equally awful! You want the newer one with the original score, Hans Erdmann score, and Murna foundation re-mastered print.
TCM generally runs the Photo-play Productions version of NOSFERATU with the James Bernard score. A good version, but really pales in comparison to the latest one. For print quality it doesn't even come close. I am very surprised TCM hasn't picked up the Ultimate Edition version. It was released on DVD last November or december in the States. I fully expected they would be running it too. So a bit of a disappointment that they haven't purchased the rights.
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Lynn,
The Shorter Brownlow restoration from 1983, isn't really all that short. It runs at least a 125 minutes! One thing is the new version re-instated all the original tints. Though the still missing Technicolor footage was not found.
I am really frustrated that THE BIG PARADE has virtually disappeared for the better part of this decade. It's reputation has needlessly suffered as a result.
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Lynn,
In all honesty, The restoration of the film elements of THE BIG PARADE didn't take all that long. Warner's started working on it in mid 2003, and completed the project in 2004. The camera negative was found in 1997 though at Eastman House. So it took them that long just to make a fine-grain master print. Now it's been another Four years that have gone by, and we are still waiting for a DVD to emerge. The lack of a recorded score pushing this event back year, after year.
Unfortunately, according to Rodney Sauer of Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra, the chances of Warner's having Robert Israel, and his orchestra or anyone else for that matter, recording the original William Axt, David Mendoza 1925 score that has been performed live at a handful of screenings of the new restoration are likely slim to none!
This because of probable copyright restrictions on various music pieces that Axt, and Mendoza used. He basically said that those could potentially drive up production cost to the point where Warner's felt it just wasn't worth it? Much cheaper to commission and all new score, by some nobody! Well, all I can say is, I sure hope He is wrong about this!
I know that the majority of the vintage score, Carl Davis used allot of in the Thames version too, so it should be mostly Public Domain Material? Still with some themes perhaps still under copyright this could well explain allot more about why Warner's did not have Israel record the score back in 2005, when He was touring with the film???
Charles Tabesh was confident that the new version was coming out on DVD in 2009, and thus THE BIG PARADE would also finally be returning to TCM next year as well. Yet I'm very sorry to say that He could provide no details on the scoring, or if the Thames version re-mastered would also be included with the release or not? I would be appalled to see this landmark film given some inferior score! Especially, when I am so used to the Davis one. Only the Axt-Mendoza score would be comparable, since it contains a fair amount of the same music.
For all the people waiting patiently to see this film, have you voted for a DVD release on the TCM Movie Data Base??? Let's get those vote numbers way up! This picture should have significantly more votes than it does!
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> > {quote:title=gagman66 wrote:}{quote}
> > Someone mentioned John Ford's FOUR SONS (1928), though the film loses allot without it's vintage Movie-tone track.
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> What did they use for the DVD?
The Erno-Rapee-Lew Pollack, Maurice Barron, Movie-Tone track including the haunting "Little Mother" composition was completely ripped away. Fox replaced the Movie-tone score with new music by Christopher Caliendo. A solid score, but lacking the beauty, and emotional punch of the original by a wide margin.
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hamradio,
I concur that It's gotten beyond absurd that THE BIG PARADE (MGM, 1925), has been in total limbo on TCM for Four years now. Pending the readiness of the new restoration which though completed four years ago as well, still has no musical score recorded, and is probably not yet in digital format for broadcast either? Without a score, stands to right that it wouldn't be!
So frustrating because THE BIG PARADE is much better than 85 to 90% of the films currently in print on commercial DVD from all studios. We are talking about the highest grossing film of the Silent era. Not to mention the film used as the absolute measuring stick for all subsequent movies produced in Hollywood up until GONE WITH THE WIND in 1939.
TCM Programmer Charles Tabesh, has indicated the DVD will almost certainly be forth coming from Warner Home Video in 2009, but I have heard that every year since 2005 from various sources, and nothing has happened. He is anxious to air the newly mastered and 20 minute longer version as soon as He can, after seeing it at a live screening last year. In the meantime, He passed on running the older Thames version for the 90th Anniversary of Armistice Day, in November, which He could have done.
No it's not the last great Silent, there were numerous others made after THE BIG PARADE. Three more films that fit into the War Category WHAT PRICE GLORY?, THE PATENT LEATHER KID, and SEVENTH HEAVEN are among them. Really the list is quite numerous. Someone mentioned John Ford's FOUR SONS (1928), though the film loses allot without it's vintage Movie-tone track.
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Phooey! I have seen plenty of obscure names over the years get a "TCM Remembers" spot that most people would not know, and even your average classic movie fan wouldn't necessarily recognize right away, if at all?
Among them were Character Actors, Directors, habitual second Banana's, and so forth. Some of them I didn't even know myself! For this reason, To deny Anita, her own segment like this would be virtually unthinkable! I refuse to believe that they won't have at least something running!
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OK people, Where is King Vidor's THE BIG PARADE on these lists??? The first and still one of, if not thee greatest and most influential War-epic ever made!
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Beda, Everyone,
Hey, the typical "TCM Remembers" segment for Anita Page, hasn't been running at all? Or has it? I haven't seen anything so far? Anybody else spotted this between movies? Seems like it is taking awhile to make it on the air??? Kind of disappointing it you ask me. Well isn't it?
Maybe they will have a half-day of programming dedicated to her, scheduled for next week sometime??? I sure hope so anyway!
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Hey, the typical "TCM Remembers" segment for Anita Page, hasn't run at all? Or has it? I haven't seen anything so far? Anyone else spotted this between movies? Seems like it is taking awhile to make it on the air??? Kind of disappointing it you ask me.
Maybe they will have a half-day dedicated to her scheduled for next week sometime??? I sure hope so anyway!
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Hey, the typical "TCM Remembers" segment for Anita Page, hasn't aired at all? Or has it? I haven't seen anything so far? Anyone else spotted this between movies? Seems like it is taking awhile to make it on the air??? Kind of disappointing it you ask me.
Maybe they will have a half-day dedicated to her scheduled for next week sometime??? I sure hope so anyway!
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mateo107,
Probably not until next week sometime at the earliest? I haven't seen anything yet, not even a standard "TCM Remembers" feature between movies?
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Mike,
Bebe Daniels died in 1971. Only about a month after Harold Lloyd did I believe? He passed away in March of that year.
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*Silent Movie Actress Mary Nolan, with helpful Pooch.*