A Full Program Disc
Have you ever wondered how it must have felt to spend an evening at the movies during the silent era? We certainly have and so we've put together a program that we hope will provide a similar viewing experience. Although we will never see an original silent film program we imagine they were something like this...
Feature Presentation
STELLA DALLAS (Samuel Goldwyn Company - 1925)
Belle Bennett, Ronald Colman, Lois Moran, Alice Joyce, Jean Hersholt, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Adapted for the screen by Frances Marion from the Olive Higgins Prouty novel. Directed by Henry King. ~ ~ ~ Classic tale of a well meaning mother (Belle Bennett) who comes to the painful realization she is preventing her daughter from having a better life. Direction, scenario and acting are superb. One of the finest films of the silent era.
Short Subject
DASH THROUGH THE CLOUDS (Biograph - 1912)
Mabel Normand, Fred Mace, Phillip Parmalee, Jack Pickford, Kate Bruce. ~ ~ ~ Chubby (Fred Mace) is fond of Josephine (Mabel Normand) but she seems to prefer Slim the Aviator. And if that isn't bad enough, poor Chubby finds a way to make matters even worse for himself. Mabel at Biograph.
Serial Episode
MYSTERY OF THE DOUBLE CROSS - Chapter 3 : An Hour To Live (Pathe - 1917)
Mollie King, Leon Bary, Ralph Stuart. Directed by Louis J. Gasnier, William Parke. ~ ~ ~ Complications develop as Peter Hale continues to search for the girl of the Double Cross.
The Screening Room
CLAIRE WINSOR'S HOME MOVIES (circa 1925 -1928)
Lovely Claire at work and at play. Appearances by several silent stars including Dolores del Rio, Rudolph Valentino, Marion Davies, Charles Chaplin, Carole Lombard, Bert Lytell, Constance Talmadge, Buddy Rogers, Cornelius Keefe, Vilma Banky, Fred Thomson, The Duncan Sisters, Laura La Plante, Adolphe Menjou, Marie Dressler, Buster Collier and Eddie Sutherland. ~~~ Includes some nice shots of Claire looking great in a swimsuit. Rare footage.
Slideshow Presentations
GLASS ADVERTISING SLIDES
A LOIS MORAN PORTRAIT GALLERY
Comment
THE MAKING OF STELLA DALLAS
Color-tinted, 167 minutes total running time.
NTSC - Order # SDBB-N
PAL - Order # SDBB-P
Price $23.95 USD
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Link to JUBILEE: THE CAREER OF LOIS MORAN
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