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Happy Birthday, John Gilbert!

July 10, 2018 / maedez / 1 Comment

I’m lucky to share a birthday with my favorite silent film actor, John Gilbert!

Here’s to you, Jack. 

John Gilbert

John Gilbert

Garbo and Gilbert in A Woman of Affairs

Happy Birthday, Jack Gilbert!

July 10, 2017 / maedez / Leave a comment

My favorite mural is looking extra sharp after a recent repainting, so I thought I’d use it to wish a happy birthday to my favorite silent film actor and birthday mate, John Gilbert!

Garbo and Gilbert

Happy Birthday, Greta Garbo!

September 18, 2016September 16, 2016 / maedez / Leave a comment

Greta Garbo was born on 18 September 1905. Here she is in a publicity photo from Anna Christie (1930).

Greta Garbo in Anna Christie (1930).

Greta Garbo in Anna Christie (1930).

You can buy a reproduction poster here:

Anna Christie Movie Poster by Walls Need

Anna Christie Movie Poster by Walls Need. $14.99+.

[Two Seconds of Sorrow and Three of Remembrance] 9 January 1936: John Gilbert

January 9, 2015 / maedez / Leave a comment
Gilbert and Garbo Mural

Gilbert and Garbo Mural. Columbus.

DAY DREAMS/NIGHT PARADES: GENTS OF THE SILENT SCREEN

Jack Mulhall
Jack Mulhall
Buster Keaton
Buster Keaton
Richard Barthelmess
Richard Barthelmess
Ramon Novarro
Ramon Novarro
John Barrymore
John Barrymore
William S. Hart
William S. Hart
Wheeler Oakman
Wheeler Oakman
Wallace Reid
Wallace Reid
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
Tom Mix
Tom Mix
Harold Lloyd
Harold Lloyd
Charles Ray
Charles Ray
Francis X. Bushman
Francis X. Bushman
Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney
Lou Tellegen
Lou Tellegen
John Gilbert
John Gilbert
Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall
Creighton Hale
Creighton Hale
Rudolph Valentino
Rudolph Valentino
Lew Cody
Lew Cody
Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
House Peters
House Peters

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DAY DREAMS/NIGHT PARADES: A MISCELLANY OF MAGNIFICENT SILENT SCREEN STARS

Marie Dressler
Marie Dressler
Ivor Novello
Ivor Novello
Bessie Love
Bessie Love
Alice Terry
Alice Terry
Renée Adorée
Renée Adorée
Alice Joyce
Alice Joyce
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo
Robert Harron
Robert Harron
Betty Compson
Betty Compson
Norman Kerry
Norman Kerry
Bebe Daniels
Bebe Daniels
Antonio Moreno
Antonio Moreno
Jobyna Ralston
Jobyna Ralston
Pola Negri
Pola Negri
Phyllis Haver
Phyllis Haver
Betty Bronson
Betty Bronson
Edna Purviance
Edna Purviance
May McAvoy
May McAvoy
Mack Swain
Mack Swain
Miriam Cooper
Miriam Cooper
Billie Dove
Billie Dove
Vilma Banky
Vilma Banky
Conrad Veidt
Conrad Veidt
Lars Hanson
Lars Hanson
Ricardo Cortez
Ricardo Cortez

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