gagman66
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Yipes! Oh No! I didn't expect it to post that small! It is much more tiny than what I worked with? I wonder why this is? Hope I am not running into the same trouble as Thelma had? That would not be good!
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Ed,
I just finished colorizing this still of Gilbert and Garbo a few minutes ago. The graphic is fairly weak and small, so I am not sure how it is going to hold up here? Kind of a low resolution image of Diana, and Neville, from Clarence Brown's A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS. Otherwise it would look great.
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April Showers,
Yeah, well to bad that TCM can't show the real thing thing. Jeanne Eagles with John Gilbert in Monta Bell's MAN, WOMAN, & SIN (1927). Kevin Brownlow described this film as a true Masterpiece!
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mongo,
Woofie-Doofie!
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Fred,
Wow! Thanks allot, this proves that it is not a composite image, and is in-fact the real thing! I knew it couldn't be a fake! Neat. Do you have a year to go with the photo? By the way, where did you find this at anyway?
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Film_Fatale
While It might look like a composite image people. I honestly don't believe that it is. I will try to find the same photo eleswhere to prove that it is not.
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laffite,
Here is the original photo as it was stored on my slave-drive. As you can see, It is not exactly Black And White to start with, but rather lightly toned.
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Ed,
Who does it look like if not Garbo? I found this photo on my slave-drive, in a file marked "Garbo". It had been there since at least 2005. So I colorized it last night. Seems to be making a Hit here!
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Karin,
Say, I have quite a few Richard Barthelmess films. Including some pretty rare titles.
*Great Vintage Poster for SCARLET SEAS With Beautiful Betty Compson.*
*Barthelmess gave an Oscar Nominated Performance in the role of THE PATENT LEATHER KID (1927), With Molly O'Day (Sister of Sally O'Neil.)*
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Karin,
Again, I use more or less a combination of "Adobe Photo-Shop", and "Microsoft Picture It" on these photos. I enjoy coloring them, but it is a rather tedious and time consuming process. Especially, when you are as picky as I am. I have dozens of others on my slave-drive that I will probably never get to.
Incidentally, are you still getting some movies from me? The Summer is almost over already, and I am frustrated.
Here is a Photo of Corinne Griffith from "The Divine Lady" that I just colorized last week sometime. She looks so pretty.
*Lovely Corinne Griffith in "The Divne Lady" (1929)*
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CelluloidKid,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, Eastman House spent over $80,000 in 2006 restoring Colleen Moore's HER WILD OAT (1927), which was paid for by Warner's I believe? But when you compare this to the umpteen million dollars that it cost to make just an average Hollywood movie today, that amount is very, very miniscule indeed!
I mean for the price of one even modestly budgeted big studio release made today, probably 50 or 60 vintage movies still on Nitrate stock, could be salvaged and even restored? Think about it!
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Here are a couple of Beautiful Photo's of Mary Pickford that I recently colorized.
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OK, This one probably should work well as a "Candid". What do you think?
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I completely disagree. Most people I know who have seen it, loved this movie. I know of only one other person who thought the story was weak. The photography is often stunning, and the vintage William Axt-David Mendoza scoring arrangement couldn't have been much better.
Only problem is that this film needs some additional re-mastering. It's not been restored to the same level as some of the others have been.
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*John Gilbert, With Renee Adoree From THE BIG PARADE*
*Gilbert With Lillian Gish From King Vidor's LA BOHEME (MGM, 1926)*
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*Very nice publicity photo of Garbo And Gilbert Together.*
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*John Gilbert With Lillian Gish From King Vidor's LA BOHEME (MGM, 1926)*
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*Very nice publicity photo of Garbo And Gilbert Together.*
*Gilbert, With Renee Adoree From THE BIG PARADE*
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*John Gilbert With Lillian Gish From King Vidor's LA BOHEME (MGM, 1926)*
src=http://i316.photobucket.com/albums/mm358/gagman66/JohnGilbertAndLillianGishFromLeBohe.jpg>
*Very nice publicity photo of Garbo And Gilbert.*
*Gilbert, With Renee Adoree From THE BIG PARADE*
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Yes, this is indeed Bessie Love, before the Bob! Looking allot more like Mary Pickford here, with Her long and curly locks of hair!
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Ed,
No, I haven't gotten to A KING ON MAIN STREET yet. I am currently working on WHISPERING WIRES, and THE ROAD TO YESTERDAY.
The music on the copy you found, was clearly dubbed in from some dreary drama wily-nilly, probably off an old Blackhawk tape, with Lee Erwin playing the Wurlitzer or something? Not intended for this film at all! Even when Bessie Love is dancing and playing the Ukulele, with a Jazz Band in the background, we still hear the same dreary Turkish harem music? Awful is right!
Hey, I was surprised to learn that A KING ON MAIN STREET not only had some 2-strip Technicolor when first released, but purportedly this footage still exists somewhere? We should try to find out more about this.
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Karin,
Whoops! This vintage magazine cover painting of Motion Picture Classic reveals that Eleanor Boardman apparently had Emerald Green eyes, rather than Brown? Now I will need to go back and fix the earlier photo's that I had already colorized! Oh, well....
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April,
Sorry, I had forgotten that you said you had seen THE BIG PARADE some years ago. If you have not already done so, please vote for DVD releases for both THE BIG PARADE, and WHAT PRICE GLORY?, on the TCM Movie Data Base. They are supposed to share the info with all of the studios.
TCM programmer just told me a few weeks ago that THE BIG PARADE is definitely coming out in 2009, but I have heard that each year since 2004, when the new restoration was completed, and we are still waiting for a TCM premier let alone a DVD. WHAT PRICE GLORY? meantime looks pretty good, but could stand use some additional work as well.
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Bessie Love sure knew how to Charleston! She was the Hollywood Champ at at! Here is a intersting article from Photo-play Magazine in 1924.
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April,
Hey, I'm so glad that you finally watched WHAT PRICE GLORY? I am so pleased after all these months. While I love the film myself, I must tell you that some of the people I know just hated this movie after their having seen King Vidor's THE BIG PARADE before-hand. I don't kniow why, but they just did not like it at all by comparrison?
In this case, you have actually seen WHAT PRICE GLORY?, first, so I will be quite interested to see what you think of THE BIG PARADE afterward? WHAT PRICE GLORY?, is definitely not as good as THE BIG PARADE, but than very few films are.
So now, When do you think you might be able to fit THE BIG PARADE into your busy schedule??? Anytime soon?
*The following Moved over here from another thread I started a few weeks ago.*
Just a little taste of Raoul Walsh Classic World War 1 drama WHAT PRICE GLORY? Some capture still's from my DVD-R of the film. It's a shame you can't hear the Erno-Rapee-Lew Pollack Fox-Movie-tone score with the images. Just fabulous! Including "Charmaine"!
King Vidor had actually planned to make WHAT PRICE GLORY?, in late 1924 at MGM. When He discovered that Fox had already snapped up the rights. So Vidor produced THE BIG PARADE instead. Ironically, By the time WHAT PRICE GLORY? was finally released in late 1926, it had become Fox's attempt to try an top THE BIG PARADE.
WHAT PRICE GLORY? was not able to match the THE BIG PARADE'S unprecedented level of success. However, it was still one of the biggest, and most popular films of the second half of the 1920's. Making Major Stars of both Victor McLaglen, and Delores Del Rio. Edmund Lowe was already a well established Star by this time.
WHAT PRICE GLORY is an awesome film! One of my favorite Silent's. Very different from THE BIG PARADE, even though the story was written by the same guy, one "Lawrence Stallings"! It is not as good as THE BIG PARADE, but then what is? WHAT PRICE GLORY? had been a huge hit on the Stage in 1923-24.
McLaglen and Lowe in the rolls of "Captain Flagg" and "Sergeant Quirt" are both hilarious, as they constantly bicker back and forth among each other. In the early part of the picture, Quirt repeatedly steals all of Flagg's Woman, including a saucy Phyllis Haver in a guest part as the shameless seductress "Shanghai Mabel". She of the much ogled backside. Picking up stray Marines at the drop of a handbag! Haver is always funny and is a genuine hoot here! She should have been in more of the picture though. There was plenty of room for her to stick around for awhile.
The beauteous melody "Charmaine" written expressly for the films original release score, by the prolific composing duo of Erno Rapee', and Lew Pollack, went on to become a number one hit record, with lyrics added for Guy Lombardo, & His Royal Canadians in 1927.
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Karin,
Not a very good photo of Eleanor Boardman, who I have seen in several films other films besides THE CROWD. She is very pretty in SOULS FOR SALE (1923), and King Vidor's WINE OF YOUTH (1924). A very fine actress, she is great in TELL IT TO THE MARINES.
Here is a photo that I colorized of Eleanor apparently taken during the production of Frank Borzage's THE CIRCLE (1925)?
*CANDIDS*
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Fred,
Ah, don't you think that this is just a Tad to much? Or maybe I should say a Tad to little? Check that more, than just a Tad.. So I guess the term Candid now includes "Nudes" in the definition?
Err, sorely tempted to break out the Tempest Storm, Betty Page, Jackie Miller, Candy Barr, and Donna Brown photo's now, but wisely I resisted the notion! Whoops!