Here are 10 things you should know about Bessie Love, born 125 years ago today. In a career that spanned nearly 70 years, she enjoyed success on stage, radio, TV, and in pictures. #SilentMovies #OldMovies #OscarNominees #ClassicFilm #ClassicHollywood
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Here are 10 things you should know about Neil Hamilton, born 124 years ago today. Over his fifty-plus year career, he enjoyed success in films, on the stage and on television. #SilentMovies #OldMovies #PrecodeMovies #ClassicHollywood #ClassicMovies #ClassicTV #ClassicBroadway
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Here are 10 things you should know about Colleen Moore, born 124 years ago today. She was a huge star in the silent era, but after just a few talkies, she opted to retire from the screen. #SilentMovies #OldMovies #ClassicHollywood #PrecodeMovies #ClassicMovies #ClassicFilm
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Last weekend at Capitolfest was just wonderful, got to have a lot of great conversations with a lot of great people. Also, I watched A TON of movies!
#capitolfest #silentfilm #silentmovies #talkies
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Here are 10 things you should know about Norma Shearer, born 121 years ago today (or thereabouts). She portrayed strong, modern and independent women and was, in our view, a pivotal figure in Hollywood. #SilentMovies #ClassicMovies #OldMovies #ClassicHollywood #PrecodeMovies #OscarWinners
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#4agosto #otd #oldhollwood #silentmovies
#AccaddeOggi nel 1938 muore 49enne l’attrice americana #PearlWhite diva del muto, specializzata in serial d'azione
Photo by Luther White studio, 1924
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Foolish Wives (Erich von Stroheim, 1922) is a very imperfect film, also because it was axed, but at the same time very fascinating. What is the best part for me, the fire scene, starts before the actual fire is set, when we see the candles blazing on the background...
the "colour" of the candles comes back exploding on screen few minutes later in the form of a fire set by the maid...
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Here are 10 things you should know about William Powell, born 131 years ago today. Of all the stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, it is Powell we would choose to model ourselves after. He was the epitome of sophistication, elegance, wit and warmth. #OldMovies #PreCodeMovies #ClassicHollywood #Vaudeville #SilentMovies #OscarNominees
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Here are 10 things you should know about William Powell, born 131 years ago today. Of all the stars of Hollywood’s Golden Age, it is Powell we would choose to model ourselves after. He was the epitome of sophistication, elegance, wit and warmth. #OldMovies #PreCodeMovies #ClassicHollywood #Vaudeville #SilentMovies #OscarNominees
#oldmovies #precodemovies #classichollywood #vaudeville #silentmovies #oscarnominees
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A Cincinnati è #NataOggi nel 1908 l'attrice #BlancheMehaffey attiva nel muto e negli anni '30
Illustrazione di Don Reed
Motion Picture, Agosto 1927
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Here are 10 things you should know about C. Aubrey Smith, born 160 years ago today. He exemplified the stiff-upper-lip English gentleman on stage and screen. #CharacterActors #SilentMovies #OldMovies #BritishActors #ClassicHollywood #PrecodeMovies
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Here are 10 things you should know about Richard Dix, born 130 years ago today. Though he is arguably not so well remembered today, Dix was a big star in the silent era and into the 1930s. #SilentMovies #OldMovies #ClassicFilm #ClassicMovies #OscarNominees #ClassicBroadway
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Here are 10 things you should know about Richard Carle, born 152 years ago today. Before becoming an in-demand character actor in Hollywood, he enjoyed a 40-year stage career. #CharacterActors #PrecodeMovies #SilentMovies #ClassicBroadway #OldMovies #Vaudeville
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#AccaddeOggi nel 1958 muore 70enne il regista tedesco #CarlBoese nel 1920 aveva codiretto #IlGolem con Paul Wegener
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Here are 10 things you should know about George Chandler, born 125 years ago today. He amassed more than 450 film and TV credits in a career that spanned more than 50 years. #CharacterActors #SilentMovies #ClassicHollywood #PrecodeMovies #ClassicTV #ClassicMovi9es #OldMovies
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The Cameraman, 1928, Buster Keaton.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0018742/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-cameraman-1928
Keaton used a cutaway apartment building for one of his most spectacular gags. AND there's a great sequence in a NYC public bath.
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Here are 10 things you should know about Polly Moran, born 140 years ago today. She started performing in vaudeville in her teens and enjoyed great success as a slapstick clown and a character actress in pictures. #SilentMovies #CharacterActresses #SlapstickComedy #OldMovies #Classic Hollywood #Vaudeville
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Here are 10 things you should know about Donald MacBride, born 130 years ago today. The snaggle-toothed character actor was ubiquitous in the films of the 1930s and '40s. #CharacterActors #SilentMovies #OldMovies #ClassicHollywood #ClassicMovies
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A Londra è #NataOggi nel 1898 l'attrice #LillianHallDavis lavora due volte con Hitchcock nel 1927 e 1928
Quo vadis?, regia di Gabriellino D'Annunzio e Georg Jacoby, 1924
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