gagman66 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Ed, Yes, Renee did have Blue Eyes. I have several article's to support this. Even in Black and White, I can tell they certainly are not Brown. I think Gilbert's Eye's were Brown though? What color were Delores Costello's Eyes? Do you know? Born: Jeanne de La Fonte, September 30, 1898 Lille, France Died: October 5, 1933 Tujunga, CA Renee was born in a circus tent and became a circus performer at age five. At a 5'1" in height and weighing a mere 117 lbs, Adoree with her brown hair and big blue eyes, seemed almost larger than life on the silver screen. She appeared on Broadway in 1919 in the play ?The Dancer? with George Burnett. Married to actor Tom Moore, Renee had lived in Prescott, Arizona for two years, most of which was spent in her bed, trying to get over her illness as she had wanted to return to Hollywood and her career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Jeff... my book STARS OF THE PHOTOPLAY published in 19294 says Adoree has "dark hair and eyes." I assume that doesn't mean blue.... but you're probably right. Her career was gone as soon as MGM dumped her.., which was apparently not long after THE COSSACKS.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagman66 Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 Ed, Well, Renee was still in FORBIDDEN HOURS, THE TIDE OF THE EMPIRE and also REDEMPTION. Not all her films were made at MGM. She was in several movies for Fox in the early 20's, also TIN GODS (1926), and THE MATING CALL (1928) at Paramount, and THE MICHIGAN KID at Universal. I'm not at all sure who released THE EXQUISITE SINNER? I will need to check on that one? I have no idea why MGM would let her go? Stupid move on their part. Hey, I posted a small army of captures from WHAT PRICE GLORY? in the Raoul Walsh thread hours ago, but nobody has found them yet??? I am rather disappointed! Since you haven't seen this movie go take a look, and see what you think of the captures? Do they make you more curious to watch the film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gagman66 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 A brief glimpse of Raoul Walsh Classic World War 1 Drama WHAT PRICE GLORY? Some capture still's from my DVD-R of the film. It's a shame you can't hear the vintage Fox-Movie-tone score to go along with the images. Just fabulous! Including of course "Charmaine"! King Vidor had actually planned to make WHAT PRICE GLORY?, in late 1924 at MGM. When He discovered that Fox had already snapped up the rights. So Vidor produced THE BIG PARADE instead. Ironically, by the time WHAT PRICE GLORY? was released in late 1926, it had become Fox's all out attempt to Top THE BIG PARADE. WHAT PRICE GLORY? was not able to match THE BIG PARADE'S unprecedented level of success. However, it was still one of the biggest, and most popular films of the second half of the 1920's. Making Major Stars of both Victor McLaglen, and Delores Del Rio. Edmund Lowe was already an well established Star by this time. The beauteous melody "Charmaine" written expressly for the films original release score, by the prolific composing duo of Erno Rapee', and Lew Pollack, went on to become a number one hit record, with lyrics added for Guy Lombardo, & His Royal Canadians in 1927. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 I stumbled across this short 1923 sound clip of Eddie Cantor while researching something unrelated. I apologize if someone else has already posted it. http://www.archive.org/details/eddie_cantor_1923 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagman66 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 scsu1975, I haven't looked at the clip yet, but is it "NO NO NORA"? This was a number one record for Eddie in 1923. I definitely, expected allot more feed back on the WHAT PRICE GLORY? captures than I have gotten to this point. Very disappointing. It took me several hours to generate, than post all of those captures. It wasn't something I was able to do in just a few short minutes time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 No, it's kind of a standup comedy routine, with a few songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FrankGrimes Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Hey, Jeff -- I just finished looking over your screen caps for a third time. They are fantastic! You did a brilliant job of capturing the action shots. Those can be very difficult. I love the "keyhole" cap. I hope you share more caps from your impressive collection of silents. I find them to be very enlightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagman66 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Scott, Thanks allot. I'm glad that you enjoyed seeing them. I was asked many times to post some capture's, and when I finally did? No one said much of anything? One of the still's is not showing up, "Charmaine" showing off her designer Legletts. Raoul Walsh WHAT PRICE GLORY is an awesome film! One of my favorite Silent's. Very different from THE BIG PARADE, even though the story was written by the same guy, one "Lawrence Stallings"! It is not as good as THE BIG PARADE, but then what is? WHAT PRICE GLORY? had been a huge hit on the Stage in 1923-24. The reason I did not post capture's from THE BIG PARADE, is this started in the Raoul Walsh thread, and all my capture's from THE BIG PARADE, are the wrong aspect ratio. They won't post propely here. I will need to make up some new ones. I will display them eventually though. As for What PRICE GLORY?, McLaglen and Lowe in the rolls of "Captain Flagg" and "Sergeant Quirt" are both hilarious, as they constantly bicker back and forth among each other. In the early part of the picture, Quirt repeatedly steals all of Flagg's Woman, including a saucy Phyllis Haver in a guest part as the shameless seductress "Shanghai Mabel". She of the much ogled backside. Picking up stray Marines at the drop of a handbag! Haver is always funny and is a genuine hoot here! She should have been in more of the picture though. There was plenty of room for her to stick around for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagman66 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 scsu1975, KID BOOTS with Clara Bow, and Billy Dove, was released in 1926. So this footage is probably from that year, not 1923. There were some sound short's in '23, but only experimental stuff. Probably not seen in any theaters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeeteeze Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Jeff, the pics are absolutely wonderful. Thanks so much. I'm sorry I haven't been around so much, as I'm recovering from a (successful) surgery. But once again thanx. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scsu1975 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 >KID BOOTS with Clara Bow, and Billy Dove, was released in 1926. So this footage is probably from that year, not 1923. Thanks for the info gagman66. I haven't had much of a chance to explore the movies at archive.org - I spend most of my time there looking for old books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gagman66 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 > {quote:title=mickeeteeze wrote:}{quote} > Jeff, the pics are absolutely wonderful. Thanks so much. I'm sorry I haven't been around so much, as I'm recovering from a (successful) surgery. > But once again thanx. Macandchesse, Thank you so much for finding the Capture's. I'm glad that you liked them. Again, I will try to post the same amount of stills from THE BIG PARADE later on. Hope that you feel better soon. I sure hope that this guy "Edgecliff" on this forum has no idea what He is talking about? Because if what He say's is so, then Warner Home Video has pretty much been giving the same standard form answer concering THE BIG PARADE on DVD since back in 2003! Namely... *"Oh, that need's to be restored"!* Err, not so! As we have seen here in my earlier post's, THE BIG PARADE is in-fact already fully restored, and has been now for the past four years! If these are in-fact recent comment's, than the guy who head's Warner's Home Video department seems to just be using them as a convinient excuse whenever He is asked about the movie for the past 5 years? Pushed back year after year for a DVD release, I don't know if there are currently any real plans for this project at all???? I sure hope that there is, but the same old, tired answer that we were getting back in 2001, even when it is false info, certainly doesn't bode well! *Comment from Forum Member Edgecliff last night:* *I heard George Feltenstein say on a radio interview that those King Vidor films including THE BIG PARADE and SHOW PEOPLE need some major restoration and that is why the hold up and we probably won't see them released this year. Maybe 2009 or 2010? But hopefully not.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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gagman66 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Thelma, I have dozens of Captures from both BROWN OF HARVARD, and THE CROWD. I will post some from THE BIG PARADE shortly. Or maybe I will post something from BARBED WIRE, or TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS? Or even SEVENTH HEAVEN? The DVD version of John Ford's FOUR SONS does not have the Vintage-Erno-Rapee-Lew **** Movie Tone track. It is still a great film, but with it's original score, it is among the greatest of films! Swanson's QUEEN KELLY is another one of those movies that Erich Von Storheim never completed filming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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