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Fannie Ward – Biography of the Eternal Flapper and Star of The Cheat

February 25, 2013 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

Fannie Ward 1910s Kinema Theatre Advertising Card

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.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies, News - Notes Tagged With: fannie ward, fanny ward, jack dean, john wooster dean, sessue hayakawa, silent actress, silent stars, stage actress, Tallulah Bankhead, the cheat

Wally Van – Vitagraph’s ‘Cutey’ Star in the Immortal Archives for September 27

September 27, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 3 Comments

Wally Van on a circa 1915 trading card of anonymous issue

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.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: calendar, j stuart blackton, september 27, silent stars, wally van

Do You Remember? Theatre Magazine Recalls Early Film Stars…from 1920

September 21, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Ford Sterling 1917 Kromo Gravure Trading Card

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.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: harlowe r hoyt, silent film stars, silent stars, theatre magazine

Marguerite Courtot – Biography of a Beauty of the Silent Screen

July 6, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti 4 Comments

Raymond McKee and Marguerite Courtot

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.

Filed Under: Movie Star Biographies Tagged With: Baseball, down to the sea in ships, edison company, George B Seitz, harrison fisher, harry millarde, kalem, lubin, Marguerite Courtot, model, raymond mckee, serials, silent actress, silent stars, smith family, the octoroon, the vampire

Highlights of Early Film Star Postcard Collection

April 15, 2012 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

Baby Marie Osborne circa 1917 Kromo Gravure Trading Card

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.

Filed Under: Movie Collectibles Tagged With: kraus mfg co, postcards, silent stars, us

Video Review: Dangerous Curves atop Hollywood Heels

January 19, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

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?

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: book reviews, Dangeorus Curves atop Hollywood Heels, film books, Michael G Ankerich, silent stars, videos

Silent Stars: Where Are They Now … 1932 Edition – Part 4, MacDonald-Rambeau

January 17, 2011 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Harry T Morey, kromo gravure, Mary Miles Minter, silent stars, Where Are They Now

Silent Stars: Where Are They Now … 1932 Edition – Part 3, Hart-Lytell

December 5, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Alice Joyce, Alice Lake, Bert Lytell, Doris Kenyon, Elmo Lincoln, Frank Keenan, Gladys Hulette, Helen Holmes, J. Warren Kerrigan, kromo gravure, Leatrice Joy, Lila Lee, Louise Huff, Madge Kennedy, Mollie King, silent stars, Stuart Holmes, Where Are They Now, William S. Hart

Silent Stars: Where Are They Now … 1932 Edition – Part 2

November 20, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti 1 Comment

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.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Corinne Griffith, Elaine Hammerstein, Elinor Fair, Elsie Ferguson, Geraldine Farrar, Juanita Hansen, Kitty Gordon, kromo gravure, Pauline Frederick, silent stars, Where Are They Now

Silent Stars: Where Are They Now … 1932 Edition – Part 1

November 9, 2010 By Cliff Aliperti Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: News - Notes Tagged With: Francis X. Bushman, Irene Castle, kromo gravure, Marguerite Clark, Roscoe Arbuckle, silent stars, Viola Dana, Where Are They Now

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