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Wendy, It was great seeing *LIFE WITH FATHER* the other night in a good print. That has always been one of my favorites. But TCM hasn't shown any of William Powell's Silent films. Not even *THE LAST COMMAND* which one might have expected to see by now. The month has been great though. I loved the one with Jean Arthur. and *ONE WAY PASSAGE* is one of the major forgotten classics. When Dan turns around at the Bar and first beholds Joan's (Kay Francis) exquisitely beautiful face under that hat, this should be counted one of the great moments in cinema. Alas, I'm very sorry to say No. *SO BIG (1924)* is famously Lost. It was probably Colleen Moore's most critically acclaimed film. Photoplay gave her an award for her outstanding performance.Interestingly most posters, lobby-cards and magazine covers depicted Colleen as having either Brown or Blue eyes. For obvious reasons, you never see split colors. I really need more Christmas photos! Here is an interesting shot of a very youthful Clara Bow age 15 or 16 looking vastly different from the way she would only a couple, three years later. It is actually from big a Corinne Griffith movie. An adaption of the top selling book of the 1920's in-fact. Oh yes, be sure to check the other thread. I have a new Corinne lobby-card in there, John Gilbert and some other fine additions. *"The Young Flapper"- from BLACK OXEN (1923)*

Wendy, Ha, Powell almost looks like He stole Harold Lloyd's attire lock, stock and barrel, sans the pipe, from *THE FRESHMAN*. Funny pic! This Trade ad for *SO BIG (1924)* was heavily damaged,. Big fold not in the middle, and numerous nicks and stains. I tried to fix things and clean it up as best I could. Unfortunately, I just smeared the Illustration terribly. Sad, because it is such a cute photo of Colleen.

*Corinne Griffith-"INTO HER KINGDOM" (1926)* *John Gilbert-"TWELVE MILES OUT"-1927*

*Harold Lloyd-DR. JACK (1922)*

Bunch more Swanson. Wait a minute. Doesn't this last one look just like the famous scene with Norma Shearer in Ernst Lubitsch *OLD HEIDELBERG (1927)?* *WAGES OF VIRTUE (1924)*

Well, there is a woman of GS that is actually writing a book about her, so she definitely considers her to be a noteworthy subject. I have not seen *THE LITTLE CHURCH AROUND THE CORNER,* but it is one of the few Claire Windsor movies in circulation. These shots are from *THE BUGLE CALL (1927)* which also Starred Jackie Coogan. I worked on them a couple years back. The lead actor is Herbert Rawlinson.

Wendy, Wow! So where are Clarie Windsor's movies I wonder? I have seen her in very little of anything. The only feature that I can think of with her that TCM has aired is Lois Weber's THE BLOT (1921). And she worked mostly at Metro and than MGM during the 20's?

Wendy, Yeah it appears that Novarro is in costume for the production of OLD HEIDELBERG, while Gilbert is in his guise as Christian for BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT. Incidentally, I think I have mentioned this before, but Claire Windsor was originally cast as Gilbert's leading lady Roxelanne in BARDLEYS. It's easy to understand how Eleanor Boardman having just become the new Mrs. King Vidor got the part instead. What is not so clear is that BARDELYS was intended to made entirely in Two-Color Technicolor. So why didn't that happen? I guess it's atributed to the fact that Douglas Fairbanks came out with THE BLACK PIRATE and MGM didn't want people to think that Jack was copping Fairbanks in that regard. Incidentally, when are we going to see THE BLACK PIRATE on TCM? Kino released a Blu-ray version about a year ago. Please put in a request when you have time. Thanks.

Another Lobby for THE NIGHT OF LOVE. This isn't the one I was looking for, but I don't recall if it's been posted before?

Wendy, Take a look at this. My good friend Kyle Lundy has posted there rare Lobby-cards.

Ed, Besides STAGE STRUCK, it would be nice to see a complete print of MANHANDLED. I've only seen the 5 reel Kodascope cut-down. I'd also like to see improved ellemnts of THE LOVE OF SUNYA. Has to be better matrial than the old Killiam print transfer. TCM has aired SADIE THOMPSON and QUEEN KELLY in the past Also MALE AND FEMALE, and THE AFFAIRS OF ANATOL, To the best of my knowledge they haven't run DON'T CHANGE YOUR HUSBAND, or WHY CHANGE YOUR WIFE? Both such delightful films. They could schedule those sometime. I have Time-Warner Cable too. It's all I have ever had for years. The only cable service in town. And they raise the rates about every 6 months. The last time they rasised the rates, I actually lost about 6 or 7 channels. But I don't watch those anyway. If TCM was available for streaming I would have driopped cable a long time ago.

ugaarte, Lesie, It's a shame that the first reel of *THE BLUE BIRD* has so much Nitrate decomposition. Sadly, as I understand it there was only one surviving print source in the world. The rest of the film looks pretty good, but it is far from pristine or undamaged. Tragic. Since it is such a magical movie. Additional restoration could probably be done with greater funding, but within it's modest budget Eastman House probably did all that they could do. *ROARING RAILS* had a good story, but was a rather small budget movie, and direction and acting wise, this looked allot more like a picture from 1914, than it did 1924. I've seen Tom Mix and Bill Hart Western's from the teens that were much better produced. Nevertheless, it was a rare chance to see Harry Carey in his prime. Even though it wasn'ty exactly a Western.

Regarding those three key missing scenes of *HUCKLEBERRY FINN (1920),* I wonder if there is any chance at all that at least one of these might be in Russia? Gosfilmofond Archive supposedly has a print, and I assume that it is different than the just completed George Eastman House Restoration. Which was taken from a foreign release print found in Denmark in the early 60's. Also I'm puzzled as to why Esther Ralston didn't receive any screen credit? I knew Esther was in the move. She is clearly the girl that young Huck loses his heart too. What red blooded American boy wouldn't? Wow! Granted, all three of the young daughters were mighty cute. Needed to mention, the guy from Eastman House this evening told Robert Osborne that they restore on average at least 12 films a year. So what have they restored in 2011? Can we get a listing? I haven't heard about one title and the year is already over.

Wendy, Yeah this was also posted by Bob Fells. Lo, why does that illustration look more like John Gilbert, than it does Ronald Colman? Initially I was a bit puzzled. Knowing Jack never worked with Vilma. Note: This is an original color insert from a newspaper, not Bobfells color.

Wendy, Again, it's an original Lobby-card. Here is another original.

Wendy, Bob Fells has posted this cropped Lobby-card of the Ronald Colman-Vilma Banky film *TWO LOVERS (1928).* He said that these are the original colors, but I don't know why he did not include an image of the complete card? You can't read the title of the movie.

Thelma, Well, THE BLUE BIRD is technically a Public-Domain film. However, this version with the Mont Alto Score that TCM aired , and the print itself must be under some form of copyright. Although, the music that they used is most likely all Public Domain fair as well. So it get's a wee bit complicated.

Thelma, It's not that I don't appreciate it. I have my Youtube account as well. But I try to post only stuff that is not currently on commercial DVD if possible. Again, I had heard of THE BLUE BIRD, but had never seen it before until this morning. Ashamed to say this. Such an enchanting and heartwarming production. Looking forward to HUCK FINN tonight, as I never thought I would see this on TCM anytime soon. Now if we could just get Colleen Moore's HER WILD OAT, or LILAC TIME. Glad you like the Swanson's all of these were done some time ago. THE TRESPASSER appeard to be from at best a 5th generation print source, and probably 16 millimeter. Sadly, that is likely all that is known to exist of this title. HUCKLEBERRY FINN meantime I've seen excerpts of, and the restoration is simply tremendous. Mostly derived from a second generation Nitrate print found in 1962 in Denmark. It wasn't until 2007 that the Danish title-cards were translated to English.

Thelma, Buy The DVD anyway! Downloading off Youtube doesn't help support Kino or the archives. Here are some Swanson Holiday Pics. *"Gloria In Toy Land"* *"Gloria Bearing Gifts"* *"Swanson-"Toy's A Plenty"* *"Gloria To The Season"* *"Decorating Diva"* *"Now That's A Christmas Tree!"*

Hope some people saw *THE BLUE BIRD (1918)* this morning. I thought it was spectacular. One of the finest films ever made for children. or just the young at heart.I thought it should rank right with the '39 *THE WIZARD OF OZ* and should be considered essential viewing. Personally, I thought it was as good or better than OZ. I'm saddened that this could not have aired at a better hour. I'm surprised I had never seen the picture before.I'll admit the title has somehow slipped by me. Fortunately, *THE BLUE BIRD* is on DVD from Kino, (Released in 2005) and the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra score is maybe the best they have ever done. Buy it for Christmas! You won't be disappointed. Pick up the Herbert Brenon's *PETER PAN (1924)* at the same time. Both are just wonderful. In the case, of *PETER PAN* you are getting an All Star Cast, and a terrific print, as well as a good score. And it's never been shown on TCM either.

Wendy, No, I don't think she made to many talkies. Hope some people saw THE BLUE BIRD (1918) this morning. I thought it was spectacular. One of the finest films ever made for children. or just the young at heart.I thought it should rank with the '39 WIZARD OF OZ and should be considered essential viewing. I'm saddened that this could not have aired at a better hour. It is on DVD from Kino, and the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra score is maybe the best they have ever done. Buy it for Christmas! You won't be disappointed.

VP19, No, it isn't Marion Davies.

No, Not Clara Bow. Wrong studio. Not the right hair or eye color either. Again, it's an MGM actress who was well known for her glamorous and radiant beauty.

Here are three more of the Swanson Christmas photos I worked with from last year, or maybe some of them two years ago. This last one was originally posted on GAOH December 22nd of 2009. So it has been longer for some of these than I had remembered. *"Swanson-"Toy's A Plenty"* *"Gloria Bearing Gifts"* *"Now That's A Christmas Tree!"*

Still another Lost Mary Astor movie: