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Showing posts with label silent era. Show all posts
Showing posts with label silent era. Show all posts

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Dolores del Rio

Dolores del Rio, (August 3, 1905 - April 11, 1983), was considered one of the most beautiful actresses of her time and the first Mexican movie star with international appeal and had a meteoric career in 1920s Hollywood (an extraordinary accomplishment for an Hispanic female on those years). She was a star in Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood.  Dolores del Rio became a prominent actress in Mexican filmsHer career flourished until the end of the silent era, with success in films such as Resurrection (1927), Ramona (1928) and Evangeline (1929).
Source: flickr | imdb

Monday, September 3, 2012

Henkie Klein

Little Henkie Klein (sometimes written as Klyn or Kleinman) was a child actor in German and Dutch films of the silent era. He was born in 1921 in Amsterdam and was the son of film director Henk Kleinman.  Henkie had made his film debut as the Berlin street boy Bolleken in Goldjunge/Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht (1925, Henk Kleinman). Both films are now presumed missing. (More information on Henkie Klein was not to be found on the net. If he is still alive, he would be now 86 or 87).

Source: flickrDutch postcard by B. Brouwer, Amsterdam. Photo: Bernard Eilers, Amsterdam. Collection: Egbert Barten

Friday, August 24, 2012

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 - May 29, 1979) was a Canadian American motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.  Mary Pickford delighted the hearts of millions of filmgoers from 1909 to 1933. With her beautiful blonde curls, her sweet face, and her childlike air of innocence on screen, she was the most beloved and famous female movie star of the silent era.
Source: marypickford | pics-celeb | google

Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Camilla Horn


Camilla Horn (25 April 1903, Frankfurt am Main – 14 August 1996) was a German dancer and a film star of the silent and sound era.
Source: ibaicu | google | allstarpics

Monday, July 30, 2012

Anita Page

Anita Evelyn Pomares (August 4, 1910 – September 6, 2008), better known as Anita Page, was a Salvadoran-American film actress who reached stardom in the last years of the silent film era.
Source lovethoseclassicmovies | wikipedia


Thursday, July 26, 2012

Norma Talmadge


Norma Talmadge (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box office draw for more than a decade.
 Source: tumblr. | encyclo.co.uk

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Greta Garbo

Greta Garbo (18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990), born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson, was a Swedish film actress. c. 1930
Source: pichaus
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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Dolores Costello

Dolores Costello (September 17, 1903 – March 1, 1979) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success during the era of silent movies. She was nicknamed "The Goddess of the Silent Screen". She was stepmother of John Barrymore's daughter Diana, by his second wife, the mother and Dolores (Dee Dee) Barrymore, and the grandmother, Blyth Dolores Barrymore, Brahma Blyth (Jessica) Barrymore, and Drew Barrymore.  

Source: wikipedia

Betty Bronson

Betty Bronson  (November 17, 1906 – October 19, 1971) was an American television and film actress who began her career during the silent film era.  She was a famous actress in silent and sound films.