I'm excited because John Gilbert is finally getting his day on TCM! August 24.
Quite a few years ago, I attended a screening of the Photoplay Productions (that's Kevin Brownlow's company) print of Flesh and the Devil at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta -- it was quite the eye-popper on that enormous screen. Leatrice Gilbert Fountain was there to talk about her father and signed copies of her biography Dark Star: The Untold Story of the Meteoric Rise and Fall of Legendary Silent Screen Star John Gilbert. Very exciting to meet her!
http://www.photoplay.co.uk/film_pages/flesh.html
I also saw The Merry Widow at the Fox. Another unforgettable evening.
John Gilbert Day on TCM
The Busher
CAST: Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, John Gilbert.
DIR: Jerome Storm.
Silent. BW 55 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 06:00 AM
He Who Gets Slapped
CAST: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert.
DIR: Victor Seastrom.
Silent. BW 72 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 07:00 AM
The Merry Widow
CAST: Mae Murray, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall.
DIR: Erich von Stroheim.
Silent. BW 137 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 08:30 AM
The Show
CAST: John Gilbert, Renee Adoree, Lionel Barrymore.
DIR: Tod Browning.
Silent. BW 76 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 11:00 AM
Desert Nights
CAST: John Gilbert, Mary Nolan, Ernest Torrence.
DIR: William Nigh.
Silent. BW 62 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 12:30 PM
Way For A Sailor
CAST: John Gilbert, Wallace Beery, Leila Hyams.
DIR: Sam Wood.
Musical. BW 25 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 01:45 PM
Gentleman's Fate
CAST: John Gilbert, Louis Wolheim, Leila Hyams.
DIR: Mervyn LeRoy.
Crime. BW 93 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 03:15 PM
The Phantom of Paris
CAST: John Gilbert, Leila Hyams, Ian Keith.
DIR: John S. Robertson.
Suspense/Mystery. BW 74 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 05:00 PM
Downstairs
CAST: John Gilbert, Virginia Bruce, Paul Lukas.
DIR: Monta Bell.
Drama. BW 78 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 06:30 PM
The Big Parade
CAST: John Gilbert, Renee Adoree, Karl Dane.
DIR: King Vidor.
Silent. BW 126 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 08:00 PM
Bardelys the Magnificent
CAST: John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D'Arcy.
DIR: King Vidor.
Silent. BW 90 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 10:15 PM
Flesh And The Devil
CAST: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lars Hanson.
DIR: Clarence Brown.
Silent. BW 113 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 12:00 AM
Queen Christina
CAST: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lewis Stone.
DIR: Rouben Mamoulian.
Romance. BW 99 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 02:00 AM
The Captain Hates the Sea
CAST: Victor McLaglen, Wynne Gibson, John Gilbert.
DIR: Lewis Milestone.
Comedy. BW 85 mins.
PLAYING ON TCM: 24-Aug-10 04:00 AM
(I think the TCM day starts at 6 a.m. so that wee hour of the morning screenings are actually on August 25 -- if I'm wrong please correct me!)