Florence Vidor Articles
Best Films – 1926
Mary Pickford in Sparrows FILM Dancing Mothers d: Herbert Brenon; scr: Forrest Halsey Don Juan d: Alan Crosland; scr: Bess Meredyth; titles: Walter Anthony, Maude Fulton Kid Boots d: Frank Tuttle; scr: Luther Reed, Tom Gibson; titles: George Marion Jr. The Scarlet Letter d: Victor Sjöström (aka Victor Seastrom); scr: Frances Marion The Show d: Tod Browning; scr: Waldemar Young; titles: Joseph W. Farnham Sparrows [...]
CELEBRITIES IN THE 1930 CENSUS: Q&A with Author Allan R. Ellenberger
As it says on the cover, Allan R. Ellenberger's Celebrities in the 1930 Census (McFarland, 2008, US$49.95) is a compilation of household data — as collected by 1930 census takers — of more than 2,000 "U.S. actors, musicians, scientists, athletes, writers, politicians and other public figures." (The woman in the photo is aviatrix Amelia Earhart.) The book, of course, doesn't offer any saucy insights into [...]
Best Films – 1918: Cecil B. DeMille’s OLD WIVES FOR NEW, Elliott Dexter, Florence Vidor
BEST FILM Old Wives for New d: Cecil B. DeMille; scr: Jeanie Macpherson BEST ACTOR Elliott Dexter Old Wives for New BEST ACTRESS Ossi Oswalda Ich möchte kein Mann sein / I Don’t Want to Be a Man Mary Pickford Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Theodore Roberts Old Wives for New BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Sylvia Ashton Old Wives for [...]