I'm glad you're feeling better Birdy. Take good care and heal quickly!

He sounds really interesting Brenda, do you think he might do a guest spot here? Sorry Alison, I've been out of pocket for a few days and just saw this post. What a good idea, he's very nice. He might, I'll have to get around to talking to Jim and Bruce about it, but I'm not going to the next movie...

ken123 wrote:Where are the Marilyn admirers ?

I like Marilyn very much! I thought she was a very much underrated actress and she proved it later on. I haven't seen Bus Stop in so long though, that it's hard to comment on her performance in this one.

You get to see the most amazing films Christine! You are so fortunate to have a cinema in your country that cares about classic films. Here in the States we can only rely upon the occasional festivals, and they are all over the place.

I'm ashamed to admit that I've heard about "Catcher in the Rye" all my life and have failed to read it.

I heard that he loved writing, but hated publishing. Maybe they'll find some unpublished manuscripts.

Oh, you have to see it Miss G and silentscreen. Marion and Clark just seem to having such fun with the material. There is a big revue in the middle of the film, Marion/Mabel is a waitress plucked out of nowhere to stardom and Clark/Cain has a publicity romance with her dreamed up by their respectiv...

Ollie, Thanks for asking. I'm really fine. :) The only after effects were right after the accident when I was shaking but some how numb. The car was sitll running and I actually drove it home! It took me a bit to get over the shock of the whole thing right after, but really the hassle of having to d...

Did you like the movie Alison? What was the storyline? It was one that I was considering getting from Warner's. As to Marion being a bit bloated, she did have a drinking problem that may have contributed to that. To his credit, Hearst did try to discourage her from it, whereas the only husband she e...

Me too Alison! I sent the author Sarah Baker a couple of emails through the Olive Thomas web page a few years ago. She is very nice. She's from Texas and is the one who wrote and co produced the Olive Thomas documentary "Everybody's Sweetheart." Last night at movie night I got to meet Davi...

Nancy, Thanks so much for the information. :) I've heard of "My Little Margie", and it seems like I may have some vague memory of it. It was on when I was very young,(eons ago,LOL!) and I can't even remember if we had a television then. But I could have seen it later on in reruns. I think ...

The talkies were a problem for Charles though. Apparently he really did have a high pitched voice that he had to work on. I've heard his voice somewhere, it may have been in a clip on another site. I'll see if I can find one on youtube. Um, on the other hand, Lilliom from the set is a talkie. I'll h...

Alison, I actually think the Gaynor-Farrell team reached the peak of their chemistry together in Lucky Star. Of course, I haven't seen any of their sound films together. Maybe someone here has and would like to comment? The photography was magical in this one. Every scene has a luminous quality to i...

This makes it official. Silent Era has posted it on their website. You won't be sorry if you buy it!

http://www.silentera.com/

Brenda

Alison, I really liked both of them. I think Farrell does his best acting in Lucky Star . It was a deeper, more well rounded role for him, and he stepped up to the plate. He's fine in The River too, but I think it's a bit too much of his typical part, and honestly Mary Duncan outshone him all around...