There’s a filmography in the back of Stenn’s book and I’m pretty sure I remember seeing that it listed those two as still being in print. I know all her films from ’28 are missing/lost and quite a few of her early films from ’23-’25 are presumed lost as well. Helen’s Babies (1924) is still around an...

Jean Arthur is another of my top faves and it’s neat to see her and Clara in a movie together. I thought they made a good and convincing pair as sisters. Jean Harlow is also in that one in an early role as a store employee near the end. Do you have Her Wedding Night and Kick In ? I know those are st...

There are a lot of her films both silents and talkies that you really only watch to see Clara. I can see the studio’s point of view in that they didn’t need to give her the best pictures, costars, directors, etc… after she became a real moneymaker and then they would save those better projects for t...

Hey Jeff, I’m glad you enjoyed Call Her Savage . Here’s a little background info on it for anyone who may not know. In ’31 Clara’s close friend who was also partly her business manager went on trial for embezzlement. From what I read in David Stenn’s wonderful and very thoroughly researched bio abou...

Thanks to Christine I was able to see a beautiful version of City Streets (1931). The copy I had was murky and slightly out of focus (you know, like how a lot of our copies of old movies look) and now it’s like watching it again for the first time :shock: . There is one scene where Gary Cooper is pl...

I recently watched Escort Girl (1941) and while it wasn’t released in the precode era, this is a precode film if I’ve ever seen one. :wink: Betty Compson plays a woman who with her boyfriend played by Wheeler Oakman runs an “escort bureau” of young ladies and men. While on the surface they simply pr...

The end of You Can't Take it With You when they're all playing and singing Polly Woddle Doodle gets me. The one that gets me the worst though is Pride of the Yankees . Obviously, the farewell speech at the end is a tear jerker but what gets me much worse is when Billy, a crippled kid who is now in h...

Hi Rudyfan, It's possible you did see Wolf Song as fragments of it survive but I don't know how much and last I heard there was no score for what did survive. It would be nice, if there is enough for a studio to consider it worthwhile, if it would be included as a bonus feature or something in anoth...

Thanks for the screencaps of City Streets. I had no idea it could look that good. It’s such a fun movie and I love the kinda of artsy art deco look about it.

Interesting too that the TCM logo is on the top and not the bottom as it is here in the states.

I love Jean Arthur but can’t take Judy Holliday at all. I don’t like Greta Garbo as she just seemed to pose and make faces at the camera too much. I can’t really warm up to Bette Davis either. I love her in Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? but that’s really the only one of hers I’ve seen multiple tim...

I watched Wild Horse Mesa (1925) a couple days ago and it was a pretty fun film. It stars Jack Holt, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Billie Dove, Noah Beery, and George Magrill in a Zane Grey story. I got this one b/c Gary Cooper has an uncredited role as a cowboy and I think I spotted him in the background ...

Hey Justin, Paramount still owns their silents so there's little hope they will ever see the light of day. Wings is supposed to be getting an official release this year but I'm not getting too excited until I see the official release date info :wink: If that one sells relatively well then maybe they...

Oh Ann, you're so lucky to have a good copy of City Streets. I hope Universal will indeed keep more of their Paramount precodes coming b/c there are so few of Gary's early films out on dvd and the bootleg copies often leave a lot to be desired.

I don’t anything about any of the films listed but I’m buying it just the same in the hopes that Universal will keep ‘em coming!! This definitely gives us a little hope that maybe they are finally beginning to realize what gems they have locked away in that vault.

Mr McQ was pretty when he was a pup, but gorgeous as he got more miles on that mug of his.

I feel the same way about Coop. He was an absolute beauty to behold in his 20s-30s, but once he got into his 40s-50s that's when my pulse really starts racing