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Marion Davies as Patrick in Little Old New York (1923) and as Prince Oscar in Beverly of Graustark (1926).

I think a film is tad more interesting than a postage stamp. ?

I can't imagine why getting a "stamp" would be important to anyone. Who looks at stamps?

There are many that use bits of classical music or a major theme song that are outstanding, Some one has already mentioned Laura. Humoresque (1946) Summertime (1955) Going Hollywood (1933) Three Coins in the Fountain (1954) I've Always Loved You (1946) A Room with a View (1985) High Noon (1952) among the very best

Marion Davies is all riled up in April Folly (1920).

Among my favorites scores I'd mention Sunset Boulevard (1950) Franz Waxman City Lights (1931) Charlie Chaplin Psycho (1960) Bernard Herrmann The Red Shoes (1948) Brian Easdale Sunrise (1927) Various artists

Many of Swanson's Paramount films are lost, but there are still plenty of silent films to see, many on Amazon. These are available from various sources: Sifting Sands, Male and Female, Don't Change Your Husband, Why Change Your Wife, Something to Think Abut, The Affairs of Anatol, Beyond the Rocks, For Better for Worse, Manhandled, Stage Struck, Fine Manners, Queen Kelly, Sadie Thompson, The Love of Sunya, and Zaza. Recent BLU/DVD releases for Zaza, Stage Struck, and Manhandled, and I did a Kickstarter for For Better for Worse a few years ago. The Humming Bird exists at Library of Congress but may not be in great shape.

The Hollywood Blacklist did NOT result in people being jailed for being held in contempt of court. There was no court involved. They were held in contempt of Congress. So far as I know, none of those accused or condemned ever had their "day in court."

Since we're in the midst of a new era of blacklisting show biz people (but not politicians) for sexual misbehaviors (real and imagined), I would say it's a damned good idea to keep reminding people that this sort of this has happened in the past and is happening now. Yes, some were guilty as charged in the 1940s/50s but many were not. Rumor, innuendo, and lies stoked by revenge do not prove guilt. They didn't then, and they do not now.

As with Vanessa Redgrave, ain't likely Glenda Jackson will get a damehood. Far too political. But Lulu might still get one!

Yes, only a few of these would have enough films to flesh out a day of broadcasting. Of course they all made dozens and dozens of films but survival rates ain't good. Davies, Gilbert and Haines would have enough films.... This is a wish list for a perfect world.

Marion Davies in THE PATSY with King Vidor.

Been there, done that. My list would skew older and features stars not seen every other day on TCM MARION DAVIES JOHN GILBERT GLORIA SWANSON RICHARD BARTHELMESS CONSTANCE TALMADGE WILLIAM HAINES COLLEEN MOORE RUDOLPH VALENTINO MAE MURRAY HARRISON FORD NORMA TALMADGE RAMON NOVARRO BETTY COMPSON CHARLIE CHAPLIN LEATRICE JOY CARLYLE BLACKWELL ALICE WHITE JOHN BARRYMORE LAURA LA PLANTE BEN LYON BEBE DANIELS ELLIOTT DEXTER CORINNE GRIFFITH EMIL JANNINGS DOROTHY GISH RONALD COLMAN DOROTHY MACKAILL WALLACE BEERY GERALDINE FARRAR WALLACE REID MARIE DRESSLER

MARION DAVIES was the queen of dual roles and masquerades in many films, including SHOW PEOPLE, LIGHTS OF OLD BROADWAY, THE PATSY, BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK, EVER SINCE EVE, PAGE MISS GLORY, BURIED TREASURE, YOLANDA, LITTLE OLD NEW YORK, OPERATOR 13, WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER, BLONDIE OF THE FOLLIES, MARIANNE, BEAUTY'S WORTH, THE BRIDE'S PLAY, and THE CARDBOARD LOVER.

No, it was willy nilly.

That's a dilly.

Also odd.... and I just noticed.... my number of posts dropped by about 5,000....

William C. Haines was a real-life scientist. There's also a cowboy actor named William Haynes whose films occasionally show up in Haines' filmography.

TCM now lists With Byrd at the South Pole(1930) in the William Haines filmography. Haines was a big star in the 1920s and 30s, famously teamed with the likes of Marion Davies, Mary Pickford, Joan Crawford, Anita Page, Eleanor Boardman, Lon Chaney, Jack Benny, etc. The documentary film has a real-life meteorologist named William C. Haines in it. NOT THE SAME GUY!

Don't forget Marion Davies' Peg o' My Heart on TCM Saturday the 17th at 6:30 AM Eastern Time. This was the first film that had a significant write-in campaign for an Oscar. William Randolph Randolph Hearst launched a best actress campaign for Marion Davies, but there were only three nominees that year and she didn't make the cut. The next year, there was a big write-in campaign for Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage, but she did not make the cut. The next year a write-in campaign WON an Oscar for Hal Mohr's cinematography and the Academy banned write-ins!

It has a 3.4 rating on IMDb making it the worst film of the year. Total stink bomb by all accounts.

My 9th Kickstarter project completed and ready to mail out.

Yup. You are right. This was the worst. Name after name of people I'd never heard of.

Dorothy Malone won an Oscar and still didn't get mentioned during the In Memoriam segment on Oscar night. Badly done!