TopBilled Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Monday November 3 THE POOR LITTLE RICH GIRL (1917)..Mary Pickford IT (1927)..Clara Bow SADIE THOMPSON (1928)..Gloria Swanson THE WILDCAT (1921)..Pola Negri PANDORA'S BOX (1928)..Louise Brooks WAY DOWN EAST (1920)..Lillian Gish Tuesday November 4 SHOW PEOPLE (1928)..Marion Davies TORRENT (1926)..Greta Garbo CAMILLE (1921)..Nazimova Monday November 10 THE SHEIK (1921)..Rudolph Valentino THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1924)..Douglas Fairbanks THE BIG PARADE (1925)..John Gilbert BEN-HUR (1925)..Ramon Novarro HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (1924)..Lon Chaney Tuesday November 11 THE WINNING OF BARBARA WORTH (1926)..Ronald Colman Monday November 17 THE LAST COMMAND (1928)..Emil Jannings SUNRISE (1927)..Janet Gaynor THE RAG MAN (1925)..Jackie Coogan CAPTAIN JANUARY (1924)..Irene Rich THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM (2010)..Baby Peggy KIKI (1926)..Norma Talmadge HER NIGHT OF ROMANCE (1924)..Constance Talmadge Monday November 24 A DOG'S LIFE (1918)..Charlie Chaplin SEVEN CHANCES (1925)..Buster Keaton THE FRESHMAN (1925)..Harold Lloyd CHARLEY MY BOY! (1926)..Charley Chase FATTY AND MABEL ADRIFT (1917)..Fatty Arbuckle PUTTING PANTS ON PHILLIP (1927)..Stan Laurel FAST COMPANY (1924)..Del Henderson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted October 30, 2014 Share Posted October 30, 2014 Robt. Osborne article: http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1042501|0/Silent-Stars-Mondays-in-November.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midwestan Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Too bad there aren't any films featuring Theda Bara. IMDB says all but three of her films were destroyed in a fire at Fox Studios in 1937. She was quite the film legend of the 1910's.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 Robt. Osborne article: http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1042501|0/Silent-Stars-Mondays-in-November.html In that article he writes that silent movie stars have been frequently featured as SOTM, and mentions Mary Pickford, as well as Laurel & Hardy among those featured in the past. Neither of those two show up on the list of past SOTM honorees... L&H were once on SUTS, but not Pickford, http://forums.tcm.com/index.php?/topic/48413-star-of-the-month-summer-under-the-stars-honorees/ Can anyone clear up who is mistaken? And what months those stars were featured, (if indeed they have been?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted October 31, 2014 Share Posted October 31, 2014 I'm afraid this theme is so broad that we won't get to see much more than the super-famous films that have been showing regularly anyway. One film for each star- it doesn't offer a very good overview of anyone, really. There are some things I might be interested in seeing... but- I consider myself to have a pretty darn rudimentary knowledge of silent films, and still I've seen a lot of these. Also, this blanket tribute will probably put off a decent tributes for any of these stars for another few years. (But now I'm just assuming) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted November 2, 2014 Author Share Posted November 2, 2014 I'm afraid this theme is so broad that we won't get to see much more than the super-famous films that have been showing regularly anyway. Right-- that's why I don't like it. I think it's a waste of time. I call it TCM's Silent Film Guide for Dummies, or TCM's Basic Introduction to Silent Classics 101. They need programming for the more advanced viewer. And yes, you are right-- this blanket tribute will delay someone like Marion Davies finally getting a chance to be Star of the Month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr6666 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Premieres 11-3 12:45 am ET 82 min silent Wildcat, The (1921) A womanizing lieutenant can't choose between his commanding officer's daughter and a beautiful bandit. Dir: Ernst Lubitsch Cast: Pola Negri , Victor Janson , Paul Heidemann . Article: http://www.tcm.com/t...e/articles.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryPickford Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I don't think Mary Pickford has even been featured on SUTS let alone a whole month retrospective. Lillian Gish has been featured for August before, but not Pickford. I concur on the whole "silent stars" as star of the month. It's a bit insulting actually. A bunch of programmers thinking, oh you know, lets show some of those old silent films this month and feature one star per film. That way we don't have to make any of them SOTM for 10 years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kay Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 I don't think Mary Pickford has even been featured on SUTS let alone a whole month retrospective. Lillian Gish has been featured for August before, but not Pickford. I concur on the whole "silent stars" as star of the month. It's a bit insulting actually. A bunch of programmers thinking, oh you know, lets show some of those old silent films this month and feature one star per film. That way we don't have to make any of them SOTM for 10 years. Robert Osborne's article on the Silent Stars down there is basically word-for-word what he says in Now Playing: November, except in the featurette he also mentions Lon Chaney(!) among those featured in the past. He has been on SUTS, also, but certainly not the SOTM. Yeah, I don't love this idea, but there's still some uncommon movies coming on (though not enough of 'em.) The Wildcat was awesome, it's presence alone has justified this tribute to me. I'd never seen Sadie Thompson before, either, which was really great, but the lost ending is tear-your-hair-out stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Robert Osborne's article on the Silent Stars down there is basically word-for-word what he says in Now Playing: November, except in the featurette he also mentions Lon Chaney(!) among those featured in the past. He has been on SUTS, also, but certainly not the SOTM. Yeah, I don't love this idea, but there's still some uncommon movies coming on (though not enough of 'em.) The Wildcat was awesome, it's presence alone has justified this tribute to me. I'd never seen Sadie Thompson before, either, which was really great, but the lost ending is tear-your-hair-out stuff. Yeah, there were a few premieres, but mostly a lot of the usual suspects. But I'm thankful for the few I havent seen.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 I don't think Mary Pickford has even been featured on SUTS let alone a whole month retrospective. Lillian Gish has been featured for August before, but not Pickford. I concur on the whole "silent stars" as star of the month. It's a bit insulting actually. A bunch of programmers thinking, oh you know, lets show some of those old silent films this month and feature one star per film. That way we don't have to make any of them SOTM for 10 years. And if TCM has gone the way of the dodo bird in ten years, they've gotten off the hook! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Pierce Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 I don't think Mary Pickford has even been featured on SUTS let alone a whole month retrospective. Lillian Gish has been featured for August before, but not Pickford. I concur on the whole "silent stars" as star of the month. It's a bit insulting actually. A bunch of programmers thinking, oh you know, lets show some of those old silent films this month and feature one star per film. That way we don't have to make any of them SOTM for 10 years. How could Pickford not be chosen by now? That little curly haired girl,was really an incredible lady (good and bad). To this day,no other woman has held more power in that industry. She's one of the cornerstones to filmdom...and the studio model she helped create is what all the studios use today. People don't really realize some of the amazing things she did,but Mary was a real trailblazer in many regards,(even the first major celebrity couple!) and anyone with any knowledge of the industry,has to tip their hat to her. Greatest actress? No...but a darn good one, and better than many others of the era I've seen. She more than deserves recognition for her contributions to film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace of Hearts Posted June 3, 2015 Share Posted June 3, 2015 I understand some silent actors don't have too many films that could make up a whole month of programming, thus no Theda Bara, Rudy Valentino, or the like. They had Buster Keaton as SOTM a few years ago and that was great. But what about Harold Lloyd, Marion Davies, Sessue Hayakawa (who also had an extensive career in talkies), Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, or Douglas Fairbanks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesJazGuitar Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 I understand some silent actors don't have too many films that could make up a whole month of programming, thus no Theda Bara, Rudy Valentino, or the like. They had Buster Keaton as SOTM a few years ago and that was great. But what about Harold Lloyd, Marion Davies, Sessue Hayakawa (who also had an extensive career in talkies), Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, or Douglas Fairbanks? Well SOTM is only one day a week so at most an actor would need enough films for 5 days of programming. But for those actors that don't have enough films available (and by available I really mean that TCM can afford to lease and the company that owns these films are willing to lease), TCM could feature them in their Summer Under the Stars tribute. This is one day per actor and most actors from any era have enough films for a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopBilled Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 Well SOTM is only one day a week so at most an actor would need enough films for 5 days of programming. Though there have been some exceptions. They put all of Doris Day's films on during one week a few years ago. And they also did about five or six days in a row of John Wayne when he was SOTM. Both of those were in April, when there is a lot going on at TCM City. But yes, usually five days is the limit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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