The first 100 year old movie in the show's history 🤩 #PodernFamily #PodNation #FleshAndTheDevil #GretaGarbo #JohnGilbert #SilentMovies #ItsAWonderful1 #1920s
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Our #GretaGarbo series gets underway on the NEW #ItsAWonderful1 as @thepurpledon.bsky.social & @jeanninedabean.bsky.social make a return to #SilentMovies to talk her first pairing with #JohnGilbert; FLESH AND THE DEVIL 1926
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Episode 412 - April 3
FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1926)
One of silent cinema's most mythical partnerships as Garbo, in a star-making role, is alongside #JohnGilbert in this romantic drama of childhood friends torn apart when one marries the woman the other loves
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Queen Christina (1933)
Directed by #RoubenMamoulian
Starring: #GretaGarbo #JohnGilbert
Cinematography by #WilliamHDaniels
Music by #HerbertStothart
#QueenChristina #periodmovie #perioddrama #biopic
#Precode #Precodecinema #periodDrama #Classicfilm #classiccinema #ClassicHollywood
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Also, remember to set your DVRs NEXT MONDAY for #SilentMovieDay (silentmovieday.org) which will feature #SilentFilm from 1925
#TCMParty #RamonNovarro #JohnGilbert #horror #LonChaney #comedy #BusterKeaton #CharlieChaplin #HaroldLloyd
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🎨 Sir #JohnGilbert, British artist, illustrator, and engraver, was #BOTD 21 July 1817. #Art #Painting
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Marlene Dietrich, John Gilbert and Mary Astor in Los Angeles, 20th July 1935.
#marlenedietrich #johngilbert #maryastor
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Gaston Glass co-starred as Albert in MONTE CRISTO (1922), who is rescued and befriended by the mysterious Count (John Gilbert)!
#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #classichollywoodfilmstars #filmhistory #oldhollywood #gastonglass #johngilbert #countofmontecristo
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Jacqueline Gadsdon made a brief cameo in THE MERRY WIDOW (1925) as “Madonna,” a woman who gives John Gilbert’s Prince solace after his love (Mae Murray) marries another.
#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #filmhistory #oldhollywood #jacquelinegadsdon #johngilbert
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Queen Christina (1933)
Directed by#RoubenMamoulian
Starring: #GretaGarbo #JohnGilbert
Cinematography by #WilliamHDaniels
Music by #HerbertStothart
#QueenChristina #periodmovie #perioddrama #biopic
#Precode #Precodecinema #periodDrama #Classicfilm #classiccinema #ClassicHollywood
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1 of Virginia Brown Faire’s earliest starring roles was Princess Haidee in Fox’s 1922 adaptation of Dumas’ MONTE CRISTO. Here, she shares the screen in a touching scene with John Gilbert (as the Count).
#classicmovies #silentmovies #filmhistory #virginiabrownfaire #johngilbert #countofmontecristo
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Silents to Talkies- Episode 5- Part 4: JOHN GILBERT! Learn about the end of his career.
youtu.be/f-Zqj5LDgBo?...
#silentfilm #classicfilm #oldhollywood #classicmovies #oldmovies #silentmovies #filmhistory #johngilbert
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Silents to Talkies- Episode 5- Part 3: JOHN GILBERT! Learn about his final Silents, Talkie Debut, and working relationship with MGM through 1930!
youtu.be/AEoGPP_CV44?...
#silentfilm #classicfilm #oldhollywood #classicmovies #oldmovies #silentmovies #filmhistory #johngilbert
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In 1935, Marlene Dietrich attempted to help John Gilbert restart his career and got him a color screen test at Paramount with the hopes he would work with her in DESIRE. Sadly, it never came to be. Check out my video essay tonight.
#classicmovies #silentmovies #filmhistory #johngilbert
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John Gilbert’s final film was Columbia’s THE CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA (1934), a drama that saw him as Steve Bramley, an alcoholic newspaperman looking to rest and dry out on a cruise.
#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #classichollywoodfilmstars #filmhistory #johngilbert
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John Gilbert’s final film with Greta Garbo was QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933), for which she requested him to join her.
#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #classichollywoodfilmstars #filmhistory #johngilbert #gretagarbo
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John Gilbert’s final MGM contract film was 1933’s FAST WORKERS. He starred as Gunner, a high-rise riveter with his friend Bucker (Robert Armstrong). Both friends fall for grifter Mary (Mae Clarke) and a triangle begins!
#classicmovies #silentmovies #filmhistory #johngilbert #maeclarke
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John Gilbert starred as Karl in DOWNSTAIRS (1932), based on his own original story. Karl, a lecherous chauffeur, sets his sights on getting money from the wealthy Baron family, only to fall for the wife of their butler (Virginia Bruce).
#classicmovies #filmhistory #johngilbert #virginiabruce
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John Gilbert starred as Jerry in WEST OF BROADWAY (1931). Jerry, a WWI veteran, finds his life in an upheaval upon returning home. After losing his fiancé to another man, he sinks into a life of heavy booze and winds up married to Dot (Lois Moran). Complications ensue!
#classicmovies #johngilbert
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John Gilbert starred in THE PHANTOM OF PARIS (1931), one of his more successful Talkies. He played escape artist Chéri-Bibi, who is wrongfully accused of a crime after arguing with his fiancé’s father (C. Aubrey Smith).
#classicmovies #silentmovies #filmhistory #johngilbert #caubreysmith
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John Gilbert starred in GENTLEMAN’S FATE (1931) as Jack, who discovers his father is actually a bootlegger that wants him to come home to the family business. Louis Wolheim played his brother, Frank.
#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #filmhistory #johngilbert #louiswolheim
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John Gilbert starred in WAY FOR A SAILOR in 1940 with Wallace Beery, Jim Tully, and Leila Hyams. Gilbert played a sailor who ultimately tries to win back Joan (Hyams), whom he had tricked into marriage.
#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #filmhistory #johngilbert #leilahyams
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John Gilbert starred in REDEMPTION (1930)- which was actually filmed before HIS GLORIOUS NIGHT. While the film was not a success upon release, it contains one of my favorite Gilbert performances- raw and full of emotion.
#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #filmhistory #johngilbert
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John Gilbert’s first Talkie star vehicle was the infamous HIS GLORIOUS NIGHT (1929). Legend has it that this film and John’s voice were critically panned and ruined his career overnight, but it got some critical praise. Why the legend? Check out my video essay this Saturday!
#johngilbert
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John Gilbert’s Talkie Debut was in the Romeo and Juliet segment of MGM’s THE HOLLYWOOD REVUE OF 1939. Gilbert and Norma Shearer got rave reviews for their acting and voices in this scene.
#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar#classichollywoodfilmstars #filmhistory #johngilbert #normashearer
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John Gilbert’s final Silent was DESERT NIGHTS (1929), which saw him as Hugh Rand, a mine manager kidnapped by two thieves (Mary Nolan and Ernest Torrence). However, if the thieves want to survive the desert, they will have to begin to trust their knowledgeable captive!
#johngilbert #marynolan
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John Gilbert was teamed with Greta Garbo again in A WOMAN OF AFFAIRS (1928), a drama in which they played two lovers separated by time, circumstance, and marriages to others. It was another big hit.
#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #filmhistory #johngilbert #gretagarbo
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John Gilbert starred with Renée Adorée again in THE COSSACKS (1928). The story concerned Lukashka (Gilbert), who enjoys flirting with his sweetheart Maryana (Adorée), but must prove himself as a warrior when he risks losing her.
#classicmovies #silentmovies #filmhistory #johngilbert #reneeadoree
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