Finally got around to watching The Younger Generation , a Frank Capra silent/talkie that starts slowly bet gain emotional power as it goes along. The story of Morris Goldfish (Ricardo Cortez) and his rise from the lower East Side slums to wealth and social prestige after he changes his name to Mauri...

I rewatched Zander the Great today, a solid Marion Davies comedy adventure about an orphan who gets taken into a household where the old lady (Hedda Hopper) eventually dies, leaving Marion with baby Zander, whose father left years ago to adventure in Mexico. Marion takes off in a Ford with Zander an...

Hey great review..... I was blown away by the opening scenes of Leatrice Joy as the mannish A.B. Beautifully done. Most comedies that show a woman dressed as a man, from Marion Davies and Laura La Plante to Julie Andrews and Gwyneth Paltrow, are totally unconvincing (if you are really being objectiv...

I guess you didn't like it?? LOL Apparently Cecil B. DeMille pitched a hissy after Joy (his big replacement star after Gloria Swanson left him) cut off her hair, supposedly in a downtown Los Angeles barber shop! Anyway... here's a sample of contemporary reviews: http://www.silentsaregolden.com/cling...

I watched The Clinging Vine yesterday. Cute comedy stars Leatrice Joy as the mannish and lonely A.B. who practically runs a big paint company. She gets invited to her boss' big mansion (I forget why) where she is taken under the wing on "Grandma" (a sprightly performance by Toby Claude) an...

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It's from a DVD from buyersgallerymemorabilia.com I've had for several years.... decent quality and score. Where THEY got it from I have no idea.

The Love of Sunya had several credited writers.... Swanson did not write the screenplay but she did produce the film (her first) for Gloria Swanson Productions.

As Sunya, Swanson wears some incredible clothes by a designer she discovered, Rene Hubert. One outfit in particular was a black sheath-like dress with eye-popping art deco jewelry. For a short woman, she certainly could wear some spectacular outfits. One of her tricks was to have herself filmed on a...

I re-watched The Love of Sunya last night and really enjoyed it. A remake of Clara Kimball Young's Eyes of Youth , Gloria Swanson (in her first film as producer) stars as a woman torn between love, ambition, and her father's financial plight. Terrific story opens with Gloria in ancient Egypt seeking...

I agree too. I don't like Victor McLaglen much but this was a delightful film, full of surprises. I watched The Sky Pilot this weekend and Fig Leaves . I liked the first film. Simple story, good actors (John Bowers, Colleen Moore, and David Butler), directed by King Vidor in 1921. The second film wa...

You need to see the 1933 talkie SOS Iceberg , which stars Riefenstahl along with Rod La Rocque and Gibson Gowland. My review from IMDb: Amazing adventure film made in Greenland as a co-production of the USA and Germany. The film has a documentary feel to it and although filmed in both English and Ge...

I watched to new release of Sappho starring Pola Negri... The story was so-so but the restoration and tinting were super.

Has anyone seen this?

Yes but Keaton really needed a stump!

Wow that's a new one. Keaton in the Lionel Barrymore role? I can't believe MGM was ever that creative in its thinking. I have always thought the John Barrymore role would have been perfect for John Gilbert, but we all know why that would never have happened.... still a terrific film and still (I bel...