I finally got around to watching the copy of Underworld a couple days ago that Jeff sent me and I loved it!! I really like Evelyn Brent and Clive Brook (definitely one of the silent screen’s most handsome men, besides Gary Cooper of course :D ) and they were great in this one. The first thing I saw ...

I was pretty surprised by Design for Living too. When they make their ‘gentleman’s agreement’ near the beginning and Miriam Hopkins says ‘no sex’ I was stunned that they actually said ‘sex’. I didn’t know too much about pre-codes when I saw that one, but now that I do and have seen quite a bit more ...

I think I’m in the minority of Gary Cooper devotees who likes Patricia. At first, I didn’t like her and this was due in large part to first seeing her in The Fountainhead (actually I had seen The Day the Earth Stood Still before this one but that was before I was a big Gary fan and didn’t know who P...

Thanks to Jeff, I got to see the Hollywood series and it’s just amazing! The part that really got me was Viola Dana talking about her boyfriend who was a stunt pilot (can’t remember his name) who was killed doing a stunt for a movie. You could really tell how much she loved him and how much it still...

I haven’t seen Applause so I guess I can’t really comment on that one, but one of the early talkies I’m most impressed with on the technical side is The Virginian from 1929. I would say about half of this film was made outdoors and I can only imagine how challenging that was; especially considering ...

I definitely believe there were more creative producers back in the good old days and I think the lack of them today is one of the reasons modern movies no longer really interest me (with the rare exception like The Dark Knight and X-Files ). One of my faves was Val Lewton. He could take a meager id...

You’re right Jeff, I was definitely ecstatic when you told me about this screening. Out of the handful of Gary’s movies I haven’t seen that I know are still in print, Children of Divorce is the one I want to see the most. Like you said, it has three of my faves all in one film!! Unfortunately I’m go...

Thanks Moirafinnie! I will definitely be a regular poster and it’s nice to see so many people from the TCM board here. There were so many wonderful actors and actresses of the silent era (and sound too :wink: ) and I get tickled with myself sometimes b/c I know them better than most of the people wo...

I've been lurking here for a while and finally got around to registering. :) My favorite actress of any era and the one who was definitely the most beautiful lady of the silents (well, at least according to me :wink: ) was Clara Bow. http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t163/coopsgirl_30/47d4_1-1.jpg ...