Blogs about: Gloria Swanson

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Final Faces22 comments

Kimberly Lindbergs wrote 4 days ago: Top: Madeleine (David Lean; 1950) Bottom: Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean; 1962) While watching David … more →

Tags: Classic Films, Actors, Clint Eastwood, Roman Polanski, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, barbara steele, François Truffaut, Giulietta Masina, Julianne Moore

Ready For My Close Up14 comments

grandmalin wrote 1 week ago: In the final scene Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) says, “All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m rea … more →

Tags: PROMPTS AND CHALLENGES, ForThePromptless, skin, Contact lenses, Baroque, Norma Desmond, monet, total monet, eyeballs

Sunset Blvd.

liakos77 wrote 1 week ago: Από τον Πάνο Τράγο Sunset Blvd.(1950), 110′, 1.37:1 Σκηνοθεσία: Μπίλι Γουάιλντερ Πρωταγωνιστού … more →

Tags: William Holden, Billy Wilder

Classics Corner - Sunset Boulevard 5/5

shaneporeilly wrote 2 weeks ago: Anything and everything has already been said and written about this film. Nevertheless, I will make … more →

Tags: Film Reviews, William Holden, Billy Wilder, Cecil B. DeMille

Princess Melita Bonaparte Begs Paramount To Remake, Not Repave, Sunset Boulevard

thomasoutt wrote 3 weeks ago: Princess Melita Bonaparte, ready for her close up, says that she will base her interpretation of the … more →

Tags: Film star's, cnit129, Emperor Napoleon I, Emperor Napoleon III, Hous, Film History, Biography, Royalty, Celebrity, Monarchy, Princess Melita Bonaparte, Entertainment 2

The Sunday Intertitle: Marion of the Movies6 comments

dcairns wrote 3 weeks ago: Round at Marvelous Mary’s for steak pie, and sought to follow-up our previous screening of Cla … more →

Tags: film, King Vidor, jimmy durante, Edmund Goulding, marion davies, Zasu Pitts, Show People, blondie of the follies, William Haynes

Fun Size Review: Why Change Your Wife? (1920)2 comments

Movies, Silently wrote 3 weeks ago: Gloria Swanson has a problem. Her husband, Thomas Meighan, has purchased her a negligee! The degener … more →

Tags: Classic Movies, Entertainment, Movies, Silent Movie, Silent Film, Cecil B. DeMille, Thomas Meighan, Why change your wife?, Bebe Daniels

Overlooked Movies: Perfect Understanding(1933)

Randy Johnson wrote 3 weeks ago: Gloria Swanson made her first picture in 1915, at sixteen, and became one of the giants of the silen … more →

Tags: Movies, Lawrence Olivier

Tropical Heat: "Sadie Thompson" (1928)1 comment

chandlerswainreviews wrote 3 weeks ago:      Based upon the W. Somerset Maugham short story “Miss Thompson”, (also known as “Rain”) this 192 … more →

Tags: Film Reviews, silent films, Reviews, Movies, Movie Reviews, silent movies, Film (2), Raoul Walsh films, romance 2

Women's Makeup Through the Years: the 1920's

lushlife.me wrote 4 weeks ago: This article is part of a series of Women’s Makeup Through the Ages that I’ve put togeth … more →

Tags: all things vintage, Beauty, Women's Makeup Through the Years, 1920s, flapper, vamp, Theda Bara, clara bow, jean harlow

Fun Size Review: Don't Change Your Husband (1919)2 comments

Movies, Silently wrote 1 month ago: One of Cecil B. DeMille’s famous bedroom comedies. Elliott Dexter is a boor who drives away hi … more →

Tags: Classic Movies, Movies, Entertainment, Silent Movie, Silent Film, Cecil B. DeMille, Elliott Dexter, "Don't Change Your Husband", fun size review

Gloria Swanson and Phyllis Haver

njdonohue1 wrote 1 month ago: Gloria Swanson and Phyllis Haver on the set of The Pullman Bride (1917) Keystone Film Company AKA … more →

Tags: Keystone Film Company, The Pullman Bride, La noce à Boursouflé, Phyllis Haver, Mack Sennett, 1917, 1910s, Chester Conklin

Louise Brooks and Gloria Swanson Digital Drawings by K. Fairbanks

kfgraphics wrote 1 month ago: Louise Brooks and Gloria Swanson Digital Drawings by K. Fairbanks. Click images to enlarge. Louise B … more →

Tags: art 2, Digital Art, vector illustrator, Celebrity Art, entertainment art, Louise Brooks, Vector, Art, Illustrator

Desserts In Style - The Sweeteasy

La Dolce Idea wrote 1 month ago: While we are all impatiently waiting for The Great Gatsby opening tomorrow (I’m curious to see … more →

Tags: Bakery, Candyscapes, Decor, Favors, La Dolce Idea, Table Styling, la dolce idea, Sweet Ribbon Events, dessert table

Wednesday Wisdom 8th May

hollywoodbibliotheque wrote 1 month ago: Gloria Swanson: I think all this talk about age is foolish. Every time I’m one year older, eve … more →

Tags: wednesday wisdom, Wednesday Wisdom

The Best Picture Project - Wings (1927/1928)

jlh3 wrote 1 month ago: Directed by William Wellman Written by Hope Loring and Louis Lighton, from a story by John Monk Saun … more →

Tags: The Best Picture Project, Michael Bay, academy awards, Buster Keaton, transformers, Best Picture Project, Oscars, Marty, Sunset Boulevard

The Best Actresses of Them All1 comment

whoiscliff wrote 1 month ago: So who was the greatest actress of them all?  What do I think of the Best Actress category, the one … more →

Tags: Keepers, Miscellany, Quest Stats, Nominee, meryl streep, Cliff's pick, Anne Bancroft, Kim Stanley, katharine hepburn

Theatre Thursday: Arkansas and Arizona

Ysbryd wrote 1 month ago: I’m so terribly sorry I missed last week’s Theatre Thursday. I got busy at work and that … more →

Tags: Theatre Thursday, Saenger, Arkansas, Pine Bluff, Little Rock, Roy Rogers, National Register of Historic Places, Tucson, arizona

"Sunset Boulevard" - 1950

Rita Santos wrote 1 month ago: É extremamente difícil escrever sobre um filme sobre o qual já tanto foi escrito. É extremamente dif … more →

Tags: Cinema, Cinema norte-americano, Drama, Sunset Boulevard, William Holden, Billy Wilder


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