A biography of The Eternal Flapper, Fannie Ward, who came to the stage in 1890. Later starred in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Cheat with Sessue Hayakawa. In between she married a South African diamond magnate.
Wally Van – Vitagraph’s ‘Cutey’ Star in the Immortal Archives for September 27
Your classic movie guide for September 27th looks at silent star Wally Van, who got his start building New York subway tunnels and racing boats for film pioneer J. Stuart Blackton.
Do You Remember? Theatre Magazine Recalls Early Film Stars…from 1920
Harlowe R. Hoyt recalls the good old days from the October 1920 edition of Theatre Magazine. Remember when early film stars were doing even earlier things.
Marguerite Courtot – Biography of a Beauty of the Silent Screen
A long biography of silent film beauty Marguerite Courtot. She rose to fame as as teenager in the mid-1910’s and later married Down to the Sea in Ships co-star Raymond McKee. Mckee’s biographical details are covered as well.
Highlights of Early Film Star Postcard Collection
Highlights of a collection of early film star postcards issued by Kraus Manufacturing Co between 1912 and circa 1915. Links to larger gallery showing entire collection.
Video Review: Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels
A video review looks at Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels by Michael G. Ankerich, a 2011 release profiling 14 Hard-Luck Silent Film Actresses. Plus I’m curious, should a book like this still carry a good filmography or is the IMDb enough?
Silent Stars: Where Are They Now … 1932 Edition – Part 4, MacDonald-Rambeau
This is what happens when you cross a 1910s set of Silent Movie Star Trading Cards with a 1932 Movie Magazine “Where Are They Now” column and then arm me with an online Newspaper database. Final entry Marjorie Rambeau gets the most coverage this time around with interesting info also dug up on Virginia Pearson, Eileen Percy and Black Bottom dancer Ann Pennington.
Silent Stars: Where Are They Now … 1932 Edition – Part 3, Hart-Lytell
This is what happens when you cross a 1910s set of Silent Movie Star Trading Cards with a 1932 Movie Magazine “Where Are They Now” column and then arm me with an online Newspaper database. Some of the more detailed stars in this entry are Leatrice Joy, Alice Joyce, J. Warren Kerrigan, Alice Lake, Lila Lee and Elmo Lincoln.
Silent Stars: Where Are They Now … 1932 Edition – Part 2
This is what happens when you cross a 1910s set of Silent Movie Star Trading Cards with a 1932 Movie Magazine “Where Are They Now” column and then arm me with an online Newspaper database. This entry covers Corinne Griffith’s bizarre story as well as the sad tale of Elinor Fair.
Silent Stars: Where Are They Now … 1932 Edition – Part 1
This is what happens when you cross a 1910s set of Silent Movie Star Trading Cards with a 1932 Movie Magazine Where Are They Now column.
