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Happy Birthday, John Gilbert!

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John Gilbert, my favourite silent movie actor, was born on 10 July 1897.*

Let’s celebrate with some photos of the great matinée idol!

Poster for The Big Parade, 1925
Gilbert and Garbo Mural. Columbus.
John Gilbert and Greta Garbo in A Woman of Affairs, 1928
Publicity photo of John Gilbert and Joan Crawford in Four Walls, 1928
John Gilbert, 1930s
John Gilbert in The Merry Widow, 1925
John Gilbert and Greta Garbo in Flesh and the Devil, 1926

*I was born on the same day, nearly 80 years later.

Glorious, Glorious Gloria the Birthday Girl!

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On 27th March, 1899, a baby girl was born in the great Midwestern metropolis of Chicago. She grew up to conquer the world, armed with an arsenal of talent, wit, style, unusual beauty, and a staggering amount of well-justified ambition and self-confidence.

The camera loved her. Clothes loved her.

Fans loved her.

We still do.

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Five (of the Many) Faces of Gloria

Magnificent:

Gloria Swanson in Male and Female, 1919

Gloria Swanson in Male and Female, 1919.

Demure:

Gloria Swanson, Motion Picture Classic (1920)

Gloria Swanson, Motion Picture Classic (1920).

Determined:

Gloria Swanson by Nickolas Muray, 1922

Gloria Swanson by Nickolas Muray, 1922.

Edgy:

Gloria Swanson in The Impossible Mrs. Bellew, 1922

Gloria Swanson in The Impossible Mrs. Bellew, 1922.

Timeless:

Gloria Swanson, Stars of the Photoplay (1924)

Gloria Swanson, Stars of the Photoplay (1924).

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Happy birthday to the one, the only, the superb Gloria Swanson!

Until next time…

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◊Effie is our Film correspondent. She (shockingly!) prefers House Peters’ profile to John Barrymore’s!