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Beautiful Blue Eyed Blond Laura La Plante rose to fame in Clarence Brown's BUTTERFLY (Universal, 1924), with Norman Kerry, and Margaret Livingston. This film still exists and was recently restored by UCLA Film And Television Archive. Laura was a gifted actress equally adept at drama as Comedy. One of her best roles, was in Clarence Brown's acclaimed drama SMOULDERING FIRES (1925).
Laura was often paired with Reginald Denny at Universal, and the two formed a popular comic team in films such as SKINNERS DRESS SUIT (1926). Today, La Plante is probably best known for Paul Leni's 1927 Comedy-thriller THE CAT AND THE CANARY. She also Starred in the Original big sreen adaption of SHOW BOAT which was still mostly a Silent, in 1929.
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OK, Here's another one folks. This Silent film actress is very pretty, but who is She? I can't tell? Does anybody else have any ideas as to Her identity?
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So tell me please, does it count that I have been tortured all Summer long by Miss Goddess waiting for her to watch and comment on Raoul Walsh WHAT PRICE GLORY? If not, it sure should???
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calvinnme,
Yes, there are several services that will allow you to download video's from Youtube. I have used a couple of these, though not very often. Still I don't know how the video's are uploaded in the first place?
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calvinnme,
Hey, I have never seen either of these clips before. Thanks for posting.
I am not a youtube member as of yet, I was wondering what one does to post there? Are these Flash videos, AVI, or what is the format they use? Do they accept several formats? How does it work? Do you know?
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calvinnme,
I have THE PRIMITIVE LOVER, as well as A PAIR OF SILK STOCKINGS, THE DUCHESS OF BUFFALO, and a few other Constance Talmadge comedies. She was very funny, and Marion Davies seemed to later adopt her humous style somewhat. They also looked quite a bit alike, Connie rocketed to fame in the roll of 'The Mountain Girl" in D. W. Griffith's epic INTOLERANCE (1916).
I have a few more Norma Talmadge features than Constance, but other than KIKI (1926) with Ronald Coleman, I can't think of the titles?
Here are a couple of photo's I colorized recently of the famed Talmadge Sisters.
Very Stunning Portrait of Norma Talmadge "The Drama Queen" of the Sister's.
Decent portrait of Constance Talmadge The Comedienne of the two. Connie was actually much prettier than she appears in this photo.
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mark,
Here's the problem. It's because young adults grew up on this crap, and they actually think it's good television! They literally have no basis of comparison to draw from, what's even ****, is that many of them don't seem to want any!
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ugaarte, Wendy, Etc,
I am struggling to locate the William S. Hart posters, but I'll find them eventually. I have lot more Tom Mix stuff as well. Here are three pretty good pieces.
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Wendy,
I had Hart's THE TOLL GATE (1920) in Super 8 Millimeter from Blackhawk, but not TUMBLEWEEDS. The Tom Mix titles I had were IN THE DAYS OF THE THUNDERING HERD, JUST TONY, and RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE. BLackhawk had a few others, including THE GREAT K &A TRAIN ROBBERY, and SKY HIGH, but those are the only titles I remember. Hard to believe that there are no Mix Western's on DVD. He was such a giant name.
Most of the Bill Hart poster's are probably from films released during the teens, and not the 20's? So I should put those in a different thread.
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PattiTexas,
I agree 100% that the current state of television in general is truly abysmal! 250 channel's on the airwaves, and less than 5 percent is worth watching. What is the point of the up-coming Hi-Definition change over anyway? I don't get it?
I watch about 4 or 5 channels somewhat. Mostly I only watch TCM, if I had a choice I would pay strictly for those few channels, and that is it. I could care less about the rest of them, and frankly it's completely un-fair, if not outrageous, that I am forced to pay for a whole bunch of junky stations that I don't like and never watch!
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ugaarte,
Glad that you like these. I have several more Tom Mix Posters, Bill Hart too. I just need to round them up! Mix purportedly broke almost every bone in his body at one time or other! He was another guy who never used a stunt-man to stand in for him. Mix actually enjoyed doing all his own stunts, and took pride in this.
As you probably know, Chaney would not let anyone see The Phantom's face, in the posters, or previews. I will look up more posters for HUNCHBACK too.
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WaldoLydecker,
I have both WILD ORCHIDS and THE SINGLE STANDARD on DVD-R. Quality is very good. the latter is from Laser-disc. Each has their Vintage Western Electric tracks. Which are great. To me, Garbo's supposed great beauty doesn't always shine through, but it sure does in these two movies, she looks better in them, than any other films that she made.
Personally, I think THE SINGLE STANDARD is her best movie, Silent or sound. And I love Lubitsch NINOTCHKA so that is saying something.
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Kate,
Thanks for all the Kudo's, but I didn't really do anything, except question why TCM had been sitting on the new restoration of Browning's THE BLACK BIRD for the past Three years, and it hadn't been broadcast before?
It took a little while, but TCM programmer, tracked down the presentation, and since He already had a Chaney movie slated, I made the suggestion, that it only made sense to make the change of title. He graciously agreed with me.
So did you finally get to see Garbo's A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS yesterday? The version TCM runs of this film is more or less the Thames Silents one from 1984, but without the Thames production credits. It's interesting that we hear the MGM Lion Roar, then it cut's to the Carl Davis score, even though the music credits read Dr. William Axt. The ending Thames credits, including Davis name were also removed. Some of them are still on the MGM Laser-disc release though.
The film will probably need to be re-mastered some for a DVD release, even though the Thames print is actually quite good, especially for a 1984 transfer.
I also have this feature from ARTE network in Europe with the Axt-Mendoza score, and the print might be a little more recent transfer? Oddly enough, the version that actually contains the Axt-Mendoza score, does not list their names, or anyones for the musical credits. As much as I like Carl Davis, I am kind of partial to the vintgae Western Electric track now.
If you look closely, one of the sub-plots that is more then just slightly inferred is Diana (Garbo), Miscarries, after her final tryst with Neville (Gilbert). That is why She was in the Hospital to begin with. After losing their Child (which she has kept from him), Diana subsequently, loses the will to live. The flowers in the room, Constance remarking that "In Three months We will have been married a whole year" to Neville, The title-card from Louis Stone's character responding to Neville, "You Mean That You Didn't Know?" Diana's reaction to the flowers, It's all there, an rather easy to figure out.
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THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, both Back to back in November, and in Prime-time too!
Hopefully, TCM still has the rights to Carl Davis scored Kevin Brownlow-Patrick Stanbury Photo-play Productions restoration of THE PHANTOM, but I haven't seen it in awhile, so I couldn't say for certain? Hope so?
It will be the new David Shepard 2 hour Restoration of HUNCHBACK with the Robert Israel score though. And don't forget the premier of THE BLACK BIRD in October! So lot's of Chaney in the coming months. Although, it wouldn't hurt to schedule TELL IT TO THE MARINES (1926) as well!
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> And seeing Douglas Fairbanks Jr. so young was startling. He was so skinny! Even more so than usual!
Glad that you got to see the film at last. The version TCM runs of A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS is more or less the Thames Silents one from 1984, but without the Thames production credits. It's interesting that we hear the MGM Lion Roar, then it cut's to the Carl Davis score, even though the music credits read Dr. William Axt. The ending Thames credits, including Davis name were also removed. Some of them are still on the MGM Laser-disc release though.
The film will probably need to be re-mastered some for a DVD release, even though the Thames print is actually quite good, especially for a 1984 transfer. I also have this film from ARTE network in Europe with the Axt-Mendoza score, and the print might be a little more recent transfer? Oddly enough, the print that actually has the Axt-Mendoza score, does not list their names, or anyones for the musical credits.
The story is not so ridiculous, if you look closely, one of the sub-plots that is more than just slightly inferred is Diana (Garbo), Miscarries, after her final tryst with Neville (Gilbert). That is why She was in the Hospital to begin with. After losing their Child (which she has kept from him), Diana subsequently, loses the will to live. The flowers in the room, Constance remarking that "In Three months We will have been married a whole year" to Neville, The title-card from Louis Stone's character remarking "You Mean That You Didn't Know?" Diana's reaction to the flowers, It's all there an rather easy to figure out.
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filmlover,
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, and THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME, both Back to back! Hopefully, TCM still has the rights to the Carl Davis scored Photo-play Productions version of THE PHANTOM, but I haven't seen it in awhile? It will be the 2 hour Restoration of HUNCHBACK with the Robert Israel score though. And don't forget the premier of THE BLACK BIRD in October!
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Lynn,
Did you get to see A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS? Must confess, as big of a Carl Davis fan as I am, kind of partial to the vintage William Axt, David Mendoza track of this one, which TCM does not show.
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Film_Fatale,
Yes, I have seen THE SINGLE STANDARD at least 4 times on TCM. The last time it aired was in September of 2005 during the Star of the Month Garbo Centennial. However, I also have this movie on DVD-R, from the MGM Laser-disc release. Personally, I think it's her best film, at least among the Silent's.
I'm pretty sure I have posters for this film, and WILD ORCHIDS someplace, but I am not finding them again. Couldn't find A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS either.
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pancakes_barbara,
I have THE SINGLE STANDARD on DVD-R from Laser-disc. I have WILD ORCHIDS too. So did you see A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS or record it today? What did you think?
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Long before Roy Rogers, Tom Mix was the original "King Of The Cowboys"!
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HarlowFan,
Sorry that you missed out again on A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS this morning. They should have run it in Prime-time so people would remember. Especially, since this hasn't been on in some three years. I expected allot of comments on this movie, and I am pretty disappointed, as like you allot of people seemed to have forgotten due to the hour?
For the record I am not a huge Garbo fan myself, but this is one of my favorites of her's. Not just for Garbo, but the stellar supporting cast of players as well. Personally, I much perfer John Gilbert on screen with Renee Adoree, to Garbo. So at times it's hard for me to understand her appeal in some respects.
Incidentally, I still like THE SINGLE STANDARD (1929) the best of any of Garbo's features, and it wasn't even scheduled. Have you seen this movie before? What about WILD ORCHIDS, have you seen that one?
I just sent you a PM, so be watching for it. Thanks You.
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OK, Where are all the Greta Garbo fans hidding? I expected to read allot of new post's this evening, and there is nothing here???
There are usually a number of people on this forum complaining about lack of Garbo on TCM and DVD? So where are these folks this evening?
Allot of people have been asking for TCM on these boards to show Clarence Brown's A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS (1928) for a long time. So I hope that they recorded the movie this morning?
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mdffyx,
As far as I can tell Bebe Daniels always had the same nose going back to her days as Harold Lloyd's leading lady in the Teens. And she was still quite a looker in those One-and Two-reel short comedies at the time. Same with the early DeMille features she did with Swanson. I don't like the much shorter hair on her though, as it tends to make the shape of her face look different.
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calvinnme,
The version TCM runs of A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS is more or less the Thames Silents one from 1984, but without the Thames production credits.
It's interesting that we hear the MGM Lion Roar, then it cut's to the Carl Davis score, even though the music credits read Dr. William Axt. The ending Thames credits, including Davis name were also removed. Some of them are still on the MGM Laser-disc release though.
The film will probably need to be re-mastered some for a DVD release, even though the Thames print is actually quite good, especially for a 1984 transfer. I also have this film from ARTE network in Europe with the Axt-Mendoza score, and the print might be a little more recent transfer? Oddly enough, the print that actually has the Axt-Mendoza score, does not list their names, or anyones for the musical credits.
if you look closely, one of the primary sub-plots that is more than just slightly inferred is Diana (Garbo), Miscarries, after her final tryst with Neville (Gilbert). That is why She was in the Hospital to begin with. After losing their Child (which she has kept from him), Diana subsequently, loses the will to live. The flowers in the room, Constance remarking that "In Three months We will have been married a whole year" to Neville, The title-card from Louis Stone's character remarking "You Mean That You Didn't Know?" Diana's reaction to the flowers, It's all there an rather easy to figure out what's really going on.