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VilmaBanky,
Have you seen the brand new Ultimate Edition DVD release of NOSFERATU from Kino, with the 2006 Murna Foundation restoration? This was just released less than a year ago. It is literally like Night and Day, compared with any other version on DVD! A recreation of the original 1921 Hans Erdmann score and everything, which is truly spectacular. The print quality far surpasses any previous release of this title, by a wide margin.
Anything with Laura La Plante sounds good to me! What a Cutie! The good news is Three of her features at Universal from the 1920's were recently restored by UCLA! Including Clarence Brown's BUTTERFLY (1924) with Laura, Norma Kerry, and Margaret Livingston.
Here are a couple newly colorized Portrait's I worked on some months ago.
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Thelma,
Yes, but are you sure that allot of these video posts were pulled off youtube, are even removed by TCM from this thread?
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Johanna,
This dog looks like A Beagle. Two of our old neighbors used to have one. They have the funniest baying bark. I love Beagles.
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Thelma,
Oh oh, There are gobs and gobs of deleted post's on youtube it appears, that were linked here through Photo-bucket? Pretty soon there may not be any video clips left in this thread for people to see???
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Vilma, Johanna, Everyone,
I just registered on My Space last week. I have not used it at all though to this point. In the meantime, here is the link to my page on GAOH. You are all welcome to join my group over there.
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Wendy,
I am organizing Part Three right now. About four of the captures are not showing up in Part 2. I will need to look at those.
THE BIG PARADE is one of the best movies I have ever seen. Just a phenomenal film. I am trying to do each section justice, but it isn't easy without movement. I can't believe it is taking so long to make it to DVD. Again, I am being told next year for sure, but I have heard that since 2004.
Gilbert is one lucky rascal here to have Renee Adoree fawning all over him like that, and tending to his ouchie! My gracious.
Did you finally get to see THE RACKET? What did you think?
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This is part 2 of 6 Chapters of Capture Still's from King Vidor's THE BIG PARADE (1925).
Melisande, the lovely French Farm Girl (Renee Adoree) stumbles into camp, and gets an Eyeful. Soon She becomes better acquainted with James Apperson (John Gilbert). She generously fixes his mud soaked, unraveling boot. That he's been dragging around all day. Bull, and Slim (Tom O'Brien and Karl Dane), attempt to Beat His Time. But Jimmy's resourceful. Melisande delivers a stiff Biff when He gets to frisky, but she knows just how to make Jimmy's bruised jaw feel all better in a hurry!
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Johanna,
Haven't seen this still from WHAT PRICE GLORY? with McLaglen, Lowe, and Delores. I can't seem to find any good stills or posters from that film for some reason? Very frustrating.
Great photo of Gilbert in Dough-Boy Hat from THE BIG PARADE. I have a huge montage from this movie, but the format, won't let it out of my computer? How I would love to post it here. My printer scanner is down, so I can't create JPEG'S that way. Wow! Gorgeous Photo-of Renee Adoree! Woof! Send me those and I will spruce them up a little. Are they all Mini-Post-card size though?
What kind of a dog is that Richard Arlen has? I can't tell?
Incidentally, did you know I now have THE COSSACKS?
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Here is flirty, wise-cracking Marie Prevost on a Sunrise Silents release Cover for the outrageous romantic comedy THE GIRL IN THE PULLMAN (1927). I also have Marie in the hilarious GETTING GERTIE'S GARTER (1926) with Charles Ray. And of course she is in De Mille's THE GODLESS GIRL (1928) which we should be seeing on TCM sometime soon, and with the Carl Davis score!
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This is part 2 of 6 Chapters of Capture Still's from THE BIG PARADE.
Melisande, the lovely French Farm Girl (Renee Adoree) stumbles into camp, and gets an Eyeful. Soon She becomes better acquainted with James Apperson (John Gilbert). Bull, and Slim (Tom O'Brien and Karl Dane), attempt to Beat His Time. But Jimmy's resourceful. Melisande delivers a stiff Biff when He gets to frisky, but she knows just how to make Jimmy's bruised jaw all better in a hurry!
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Debbie,
Well, John Gilbert died in 1936, at age 36, only 5 years older than Valentino was when He died 10 years earlier.
Finally, I am close to having Part Two of the captures from THE BIG PARADE organized and ready to post! Probably later today sometime. It has taken a long time to get them all sorted. I'm anxious to see how they will look here.
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A Portrait of Vilma Banky that I colorized a few months ago.
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pancakes_barbara ,
Well, Gilbert Directed at least half of LOVE (1927), with Greta Garbo, but did not take the Directorial credit. I will need to check on the others for you. I can tell you that John Gilbert wanted very much to Direct more, but try as He may, He was in demand only as an actor. Still he made allot of money at it. From 1925-28 Gilbert was the biggest, highest paid male Star in Hollywood.
Though Gilbert was a popular leading man at Fox, enjoying some solid hits, notably CAMEO KIRBY (1923) Directed by John Ford, it was King Vidor's HIS HOUR (1924) that really made him a Superstar at MGM. Unfortunately, this film is also "Lost", save for a Reel or Two at the Museum of Modern Art. However, His 1926 feature Vidor's BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT, with Eleanor Boardman, was just discovered in France last year, and is currently being restored. Hopefully, more of Gilbert's lost features will yet be discovered. THE WIFE OF THE CENTAUR (1924) is one that I am particularly interested in.
I have most of Gilbert's surviving Silent's, and my favorites are probably THE BIG PARADE (1925), and THE COSSACKS (1928), both with Renee Adoree.
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Thelma,
I have a couple other posters for SADIE THOMPSON that I will send you, to use in your presentation. I just found one of them.
In the meantime, I just had to post this one here. Poor Darling Barbara Kent is "LONESOME" (Universal, 1928), but not for long I suspect! This picture is not a lost film! It has had several live screening's over the past few years, and thanks to Jorge, I just managed to get a recording of the movie off Italian television last week! Boy, I can't wait to see it!
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John Gilbert was of couse one of the biggest Stars of the 20's, Sadly many of His films are considered to be lost, including almost all of those made under his Fox contract in the early 1920's. Here are Vintage Movie posters for Three of Gilbert's missing Fox features.
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CelluloidKid,
Huh, must admit, I have never heard before that WINGS was ever a Lost film. That's definitely news to me. Hard to believe that has slipped by me all these years? Thanks for the information.
This explains allot in some respects. I figured the safety-stock transfer was made sometime in the early-to late 60's. Do you have a definite year? We know WINGS had been discovered prior to 1973, as footage is seen in THE MEN WHO MADE THE MOVIES, than again in Thames Hollywood (1979). For a 60's dub, the quality is not bad, all things considered. It is more than a decent transfer, for the time, Though it could have been better. What TCM is showing right now, is basically the 1985 Paramount Laser-disc release, of that 1960's safety-stock transfer. The Gaylord Carter Wurlitzer Theater Organ score was recorded sometime in the late 70's to early 80's I believe? The 1993 Photo-play version, although I have never seen it, sounds as if it had quite a bit of additional work done with it?
The bottom line is though, what is the point of producing a superior version, and it has rarely been seen in the subsequent 16 years? And for that matter still hasn't been broadcast in America? Paramount should want the very best possible presentation on TCM. Instead, all we get is some silly finger pointing at Photo-play, who point right back at Paramount?
And nobody seems to have a clear cut answer why this version is not being shown anywhere??? I have yet to hear any? Kevin Brownlow, and Patrick Stansbury themselves don't know! One would think that Paramount would have taken great pride in the newer restoration, but instead, just proceeded to forget about it, and will not allow it to be shown. The same with Brownlow's 1998 restoration of Erich Von Stroheim's THE WEDDING MARCH (1928). Paramount won't permit that to be broadcast either. The whole business is pretty absurd if you ask me!
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CelluloidKid,
Again, it's to just to bad Paramount is to dang stubborn to allow TCM to air the far superior Kevin Brownlow Photo-play Productions restoration with the Carl Davis score. It makes no sense that we are not getting to see this version at all on Television in this country! Raise a fuss! Get Paramount to release the other version no matter what it takes! Maybe one day we will finally see it on TCM and on DVD, with the restored tints, and the Carl Davis score!
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Bill,
I agree the score for LORNA DOONE was allot better than We heard on William Haines SPRING FEVER! That was really dower, and seriously brought down the level of the fillm. What no other debut's of MGM Silent's in 2008???
Hey, I am trying to get as many people to request Tod Browning's THE BLACKBIRD, with Chaney, Renee Adoree, and Owen Moore, listed in the Data base, as THE BLACK BIRD as I can? Could you please vote?
The film has been restored, has a Robert Israel score, but there has still been no American TCM premier in the past three years. I spoke to TCM programmer about this, and there is a chance we could get an October debut. If you would help I would greatly appreciate it!
Be sure to vote for a DVD release too. Leaving this film out of the next Chaney set would be absurd, Especially, with a new Tod Browning documentary slated to be among the special features.
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calvinnme,
I though it was SERVICE WITH A SMILE. Hey, those are some Gas Station attendant's! Today's exorbitant prices wouldn't be so rough if you had those girls waiting on you. Far as I know this is not in any DVD collection yet, but I could be wrong? I'll see what I can find out for you.
The Dog's in DOGVILLE have such personality! Just look at those expressive faces! Just priceless. They definitely need to make those available.
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laffite,
Again, thanks for the compliment. I posted two colorized photo's of Renee Adoree. The first is a great big portrait, with her in a red dress, just a gorgeous photo. The second is more post-card size, and she is in a violet colored dress. Which one did you find? I colorized those of Clara Bow I just posted last night too. As well as the giant one of Phyllis Haver.
I am a terrible cheater when it comes to these. I use both Microsoft-Picture It, and Photo-shop. I skip back and forth between the two, until I arrive at the effect that I am looking for. I have been colorizing Photo's for at least 5 years now, and never had photo-shop until a couple years ago. Before that I always used just Picture It. I enjoy colorizing photo's immensely, but it is a tedious, and time consuming process, that takes allot of patience. Plus I never zoom in on a particular area of a photo, so that makes it even more difficult.
Here is one I worked on a few months ago, of Ramon Novarro, and May McAvoy from the 1925 version of BEN HUR. I am trying to achieve an effect that closely resembles Two-color Technicolor.
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In honor of Friday's screening of CHILDREN OF DIVORCE in Chicago, how about a little more Clara Bow?
"Irish Eyes Are Smiling" on Darling little Clara in this fun Publicity Photo!
Here Clara is clearly "The Bell of The Ball" in Her finest "Pagan Dress"!
*"OOOOOO, Rotten Old Paramount Really! Darn It!!!!"*
Here Clara Is mighty worried that Her wonderful films will never get out of that stuffy old Paramount vault! Poor, poor girl!
The Racket 1928
in Silent
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Here is something very interesting, a poster for Clara Bow's GET YOUR MAN with Buddy Rogers, reveals that this picture was Co-produced by Howard Hughes! So I wonder if this means that the same place where they discovered the other Hughes Silent's that a nice print of this movie was in there with them? It would be wonderful if it was, because Paramount may not own the film then! I am going to try to find out some more details. GET YOUR MAN is not lost!