Most beautiful Silent Film stars? (google and Post!)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

My two fav's

Paulette Goddard in The Little Tramp and Lillian Gish in Birth of a Nation.

[NNadir]

1. I'm not that familiar with many of them.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

2. I wasn't either until I became a Chaplin fan and found "Modern Times"

and try to watch the silents whenever they turn up now.

I would also recommend The Little Tramp.

Poor Charlie got blackballed for being a Communist and had to live out his days away from Hollywood.

[Ava]

3. Mary Pickford

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

4. Oh, most definitely!

[Ava]

5. Joan Crawford

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

7. She still scares me.

LOL

[Ava]

6. Lupe Velez

[Neoma]

11. Me oh my.

If i knew any silent film people, i think i'd choose her.

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

14. Watch Paulette Goddard in The Little Tramp and no woman

will ever surpass her.

I promise!

[Ava]

8. Wallace Reid

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

12. I'll see your Wallace and raise you a Wallace Beery...

Who shares my birthday and was married to Gloria Swanson.

[Ava]

18. i'll raise you two Charles Farrell's

(see below)

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

19. Okay.... Full house.

At Hearst Castle: Noticeable in the shot are David O. Selznick, Hal Roach, The Duke of Kent, Joe Schenck, John Gilbert, Greta Garbo, Paul Berne(?), Norma Shearer, Irving Thalberg, Natalie(next to Roach) & Buster.
Note Buster's hair suggesting the picture was taken during his filming of 'The General'. Keaton-B_21a

[Ava]

20. i fold

:P

[Ava]

9. Charles Farrell

:loveya:

[Ava]

10. Gary Cooper

[lavenderdiva]

13. my favorite is Norma Shearer (she's my avatar image!)

(did you see 'Birth Of A Nation' on TCM today?)









I just think she is a wondrously beautiful woman!

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

15. Yowsa! She is and I'm watching it as I type.

[arwalden]

21. Norma Has Always Been One Of My Favorites...

... I think she retired much too early in her career. But if I recall correctly, she admitted later on that she didn't want to grow old on film. She wanted to remain "ageless" and eternally youthful in the eyes of her fans.

One of the things I enjoy most about her work is that even after "talkies" were well established, her acting style still had remnants and hints of an earlier era. In order to compensate for the limitations of not being able to speak, silent movie stars used exaggerated movements, gestures and wide-eyed facial expressions in order to convey the story, or an emotion.

Even though those things weren't needed so much in talking motion pictures... it was easy to see that her background and training was rooted in the silent era.

Being married to (or the widow of) Irving Thalberg also had its perks too... who else but Norma (at 34 years old) could be chosen to play a 16 year old Juliet. Who else but Norma could get away with it? She had a LOT of clout apparently.

On the other hand... The scenes of her playing a young Marie Antoinette (two years later when she's 36) really do push the limits of my ability to suspend disbelief.

But still... she's definitely one of my favorites and I'll always ADORE her work.

[Dukkha]

16. Max Schreck

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

17. Love that movie.... But he doesn't really make my John Deere roll... n/t

[LynneSin]

22. That picture is from Chaplin's "Modern Times"

:D

[flamingyouth]

23. I've always been fond of Barbara La Marr

She died young from drugs, unfortunately.

[fudge stripe cookays]

25. Yes, but she was TOO beautiful.

At least that's how they billed her.... :P

[flamingyouth]

27. Ah, come wallow in obscurity with me!

;):pals:

[tuvor]

24. You can find a lot of great old-timey Hollywood photos at

www.doctormacro.com

Tons of high-quality scans!

[fudge stripe cookays]

26. Olive Thomas...

another drug overdose, sadly.

[flamingyouth]

28. Did you ever see the documentary on her?

Hugh Hefner produced it (or at least he paid for it) - it was very well done. :)

[fudge stripe cookays]

35. Oooohhh...no I need to see that!

Do you remember the name or anything about it?

This thread certainly reveals those of us who own well-thumbed copies of "Hollywood Babylon" doesn't it?

:D

[flamingyouth]

38. I can't remember what it was called

I saw it a couple of years ago at Cinecon in LA. I don't know if TCM has ever run it or not. They did a good job recreating her career, her last days, etc. And they showed surviving snippets from her films (or what's left of them).

I am a huge silent film fan, so it's great to see any interest in them. :D

[cmkramer]

42. Marriage

Wasn't she married to Jack Pickford?

[fudge stripe cookays]

46. Yep! n/t

[Sugar Smack]

45. Hahaha! Busted me-

Mildred Harris!:D

[madrchsod]

29. barbara

BARBARA STANWYCK

[libnnc]

32. Missy...

:loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya: :loveya:
http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Stanwyck,%20Barbara/Stanwyck,%20Barbara_01.jpg

She said "The Locked Door" (1929) was the worst film she ever made. The worst film ever made period.

"They should have kept the damned thing locked!"

[lavenderdiva]

41. What a beautiful picture of Barbara Stanwyck...

am I the only one who thinks that this picture bears an uncanny resemblance to current-day star, Jennifer Jason Leigh?

[caty]

30. She wasn't a silent movie star,

but Lillian Russell was very pretty in her younger years.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Russell

[Aristus]

31. No Louise Brooks yet?

Sheesh people! She was the most gorgeous of all!

[jpgray]

34. Best on the thread by far

My current female interest looks quite a bit like her, nixing the black bobcut hair. I -love- upward-arching eyebrows on the right face.

:loveya:

[BurtWorm]

44. She was even sexy and beautiful *without* the bangs!

But the bangs certainly didn't hurt.

[BurtWorm]

47. *sigh*

:loveya:

:kick:

[Penndems]

33. Without a doubt, Greta Garbo

[GoddessOfGuinness]

36. C, Aubrey Smith and Colleen Moore...

[kwassa]

37. Clara Bow

[djeseru]

39. I like so many, but here's two:

My favorite photo of Louise Brooks...my apologies about the poor scan.



Of course, Gloria Swanson.

[FarLeftRage]

40. Most interesting....

Theda Bara

[LSK]

43. not really a silent star but from the 30s: Carole Lombard