Eleanor Boardman Articles

Eleanor Boardman, John Gilbert in Bardelys the Magnificent Kansas Silent Film Festival 2009: Feb. 27 Rudolph Valentino at the Kansas Silent Film Festival 2009 5:15 to 6:45pm The first ever KANSAS SILENT FILM FESTIVALCINEMA-DINNER Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center (17th & Jewell) – Washburn University campus This special Dinner Event will begin with a reception followed by a buffet. Guests will be seated and have dinner [...]

The 13th annual Kansas Silent Film Festival (KSFF) will be held on February 27 and 28, 2009, at the White Concert Hall on the Washburn University campus in Topeka, Kansas. Sponsored by Washburn, admission is free. This year’s KSFF highlight is the American premiere of the restored 1926 swashbuckler Bardelys the Magnificent, which until recently was thought to be a lost film. Based on a [...]

Souls for Sale on Turner Classic Movies. Souls for Sale, a 1923 dramatic comedy written and directed by Rupert Hughes (uncle of magnate Howard Hughes), stars Eleanor Boardman, Richard Dix, Lew Cody, Aileen Pringle, William Haines, Barbara La Marr, and has cameos by numerous stars of silent era.

Renée Adorée, John Gilbert in King Vidor’s The Big Parade Best Films – 1925: Film, Cinematography BEST ACTOR John Gilbert The Big Parade   Norma Shearer (sitting), Gwen Lee (left), Betty Morrissey in Monta Bell’s Lady of the Night (top); Florence Vidor, Betty Bronson, Adolphe Menjou in Malcolm St. Clair’s Are Parents People? (bottom). Photos: Courtesy of Derek Boothroyd. BEST ACTRESS Belle Bennett Stella Dallas [...]