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There is a big blog posted honoring Valentino at the site. Bunch of rare pics. Do you know about the scheduled screening on Thursday evening of the newly restored *MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE* in Culpeper Virginia at the Library of Congress. Hope this is still on after todays Earthquake?

Bronxi, Here is a photo of Valentino relaxing on the set. It is from Old Hollywood In Color. Com

Bronxi, The Silent Film Gallery Thread. About half of *YOUNG RAJAH* is still lost, and what has been found isn't in the best of shape. Rather degraded print material. But the restored *MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE* with it's all Star cast is screening in Culpeper Virginia in 35 Millimeter on Thursday Night at 7.30. Unless, the event was canceled due to todays quake. Hope nothing was damaged.

Bronxi, I just posted three rare Valentino stills from THE YOUNG RAJAH in the other thread!

*Rudolph Valentino and Wanda Hawley-THE YOUNG RAJAH (1922)*

*Rudolph Valentino and Wanda Hawley*

*Clara Bow And James Hall -"Getting Fresh"*

*Corinne Griffith-Mille Modiste-1926*

*Marion Davies-"Eyes Of A Gypsy!"*

There is another Clarie Windsor portrait that I worked on last night. Whoops, it's allot bigger than I thought that it was. Will need to reduce the size of the image.

Wendy, It's interesting that Clarie Windsor was originally scheduled to play the Lady Roxalanne in *BARDLEYS THE MAGNIFICENT,* and not Eleanor Boardman. It's mentioned in a 1925 issue of Photoplay. They also bring up that *BARDLEYS* was expected to be produced in Two-Color Technicolor, lauding Windsor's lovely redish blonde hair, and large blue eyes. Here is a link to the LOC screening of the Rudy picture: The Irony is that we were just discussing this film on another board on Sunday. Talking about how rarely *MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE* is screened, and is among the least known of Valentino's major surviving features today. http://www.loc.gov/avconservation/theater/schedule.html

*Betty Compson-Young and Pretty 1922*

I'm still disappointed that TCM did not play *THE BLACKBIRD (1926).* It is one of the best of the MGM Chaney's, Tod Browning collaborations, and it features Renee Adoree. Plus TCM has only aired the film one time in October of 2008, and I had something to do with that because originally they had a tough time finding the restoration produced with a Robert Israel score in 2005. For the guy who didn't liek *MOCKERY,* I don't get it because I had heard how bad this was, but when it debuted a couple years ago I found it to be one of Lon's most underrated films. *THE UNKNOWN* is not complete. I don't know exactly how much is missing, but at least a reel and probably more is still lost. Same with *LAUGH CLOWN LAUGH.* And of course we have yet to see a true restoration of the 1925 *PHANTOM OF THE OPERA* the 1925 film is very different picture and far superior to the continuity of the 1929 re-issue which is what the Photoplay Restoration is based on. That being said. , I am glad that TCM is still running the Phtotplay Productions version with the great Carl Davis score, because it is now out of print on DVD from Image. In-fact, Image Entertainment is replacing it with a brand new version in October, and it will not have the Carl Dais music, even as an alternate track. *TELL IT TO THE MARINES, THE BLACKBIRD,* and *WEST OF ZANZIBAR* have still yet to be released by Warner Archive.

filmlover, Hey, I never said that I didn't like the pictures, and for the record I only looked at the first couple of pages. The most recent posts. There is some great stuff included, and most of it is pretty rare to boot. I just mentioned that several of the photos that I viewed did not look like genuine color photography. To pronounced and over saturated in some places. Just a quick observation, and not necessarily accurate on my part. Please don't be offended by my comments. there was no intention to offend anyone.

This late 20's foreign Movie Magazine cover is not colorized. *Anita Page, Joan Crawford, and Dorothy Sebastian in Two-color Technicolor*

OK, this still of Rudy was not Colorized by me, but rather by Bob Fells. I found it on his Old Hollywood in Color Website. *Valentino-The Sainted Devil (1923)*

This still from BEN HUR was actually part of a Purfume Ad in Photoplay Magazine. *May McAvoy as Esther-1925*

*"Leatrice "Oh What Joy"-1923*

*Janet Gaynor-1929*

*Mary Brian-Fall Fashions-1927*

OK, I'm new to this thread and a little lost, but many of these pictures look like rather bad colorizations, rather than true color photos? I've stayed away from this, because I didn't think that colorized images were allowed here. That doesn't seem to be the case. So here we go with some of my more recent work. *Pauline Garon-1923 Picture-Play Publicity still for De Mille's ADAM'S RIB*

Bronxi, *Valentino and Vilma Banky-"What One Finds In The Desert!"*

*Bebe Daniels-1922*