I f I remember right, Mary Martin and Janet Gaynor were riding in a cab together when it was hit by another car. Both were badly injured.

I spent several summers on the Cape when I was a kid and attended summer classes at Woods Hole. Nice memories but the Cape ain't what it was in the 50s.

Alma Rubens is certainly worth re-discovery. I've only seen her in a few films I can think of right off, Humoresque and Show Boat. She was a big star in her day, and with Marion Davies, was the major star at Cosmopolitan Pictures under WR Hearst.

I have family in Falmouth and Hyannis. I remember driving through Wareham as a kid (I think it was Wareham) that had its "welcome" sign between two lifesize llighthouses on either side of the road. I always loved it. But I think that was on some old highway through Taunton. Who remembers. ...

A final word on Charles Farrell.... I have to admit that the closing scenes of Seventh Heaven with Farrell running up the stairs and calling DIANE (to Janet Gaynor, of course) is one of the most emotional and memorable scenes in silent films. I haven't been to the Cape in decades but as I remember i...

Onset Bay is apparently part of Wareham.

Sounds like a book to avoid....

Farrell was apparently from Wareham, Mass., on the edge of Cape Cod. His accent was ok but in early talkies he tended to sound like Walter Brennan. Farrell made his last film in 1941 but made a comeback on 1950s TV on "My Little Margie," of which I have fond memories. Other than in Lucky S...

I like Jean Harlow but she was totally miscast in Hell's Angels. Luckily she is not really central to the theme. Ben Lyon is excellent in the film and should have gotten an Oscar nomination. He does most of his own flying even though he plays a coward.

I love Hell's Angels and understand that the brothers (Ben Lyon and James Hall) were supposed to be British. But casting Jean Harlow as a brit was idiotic. She was from Kansas City and couldn't even pass for St. Louis. She had zero ability to alter her basic personality and voice. She's fine for wha...

I watched Three's a Crowd and The Chaser starring Harry Langdon. I liked the first one, with terrific sets and a decent story, with Langdon playing a loner who rescues a pregnant woman and bonds with the baby. Eventually the father comes and claims his family. A little reminiscent of The Kid but wit...

I have a copy also from a friend. Hollywood is a truly great. Kevin Brownlow told me a DVD update was in the works but didn't look good because of money. So don't hold your breath.

I'll definitely be buying this one.....

Jeff have you found any picture of Julia Faye as Velma?

The whole opening sequence to FATHER OF FILM is excellent.... clever graphics and great Carl Davis music.....

If you liked HOLLYWOOD, you need to seek out Brownlow and Gill's DW GRIFFITH: THE FATHER OF FILM...... also superb.