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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; John Gilbert</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/john-gilbert/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog</link> <description>The Oscars, film awards, new releases, Los Angeles screenings, movie classics, gay movies, film festivals, box office, foreign and independent films</description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:29:41 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <item><title>Michelle Williams a Double Nominee: Vancouver Film Critics Nominations 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michelle-williams-take-this-waltz-vancouver-film-critics-nominations/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michelle-williams-take-this-waltz-vancouver-film-critics-nominations/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 08:59:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=36417</guid> <description><![CDATA[Michelle Williams, Luke Kirby, Take This Waltz With four nominations, Michel Hazanavicius' silent comedy-drama The Artist is the top nominee in the international categories of the Vancouver Film Critics Circle's 2011 Awards. [Full list of Vancouver Film Critics nominees.] Starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, The Artist is set at the dawn of the talkie era, as screen icon George Valentin (Dujardin) sees his star [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/michelle-williams-take-this-waltz-vancouver-film-critics-nominations/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Ralph Bellamy on TCM: SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO, THE AWFUL TRUTH</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ralph-bellamy-sunrise-at-campobello-the-awful-truth/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ralph-bellamy-sunrise-at-campobello-the-awful-truth/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:35:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=27583</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ralph Bellamy, Greer Garson, Sunrise at Campobello Ralph Bellamy was what many would call a &#34;dependable&#34; player: always there (nearly 100 movies), always capable, (almost) always losing the girl. Why Bellamy never became a major movie star is beyond me &#8212; especially considering that guys like James Stewart, Fred MacMurray, Dick Powell, Don Ameche, Joseph Cotten, etc. were top leading men of that era. Perhaps [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ralph-bellamy-sunrise-at-campobello-the-awful-truth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Eva von Berne, 100, Dies &#8211; Again. Silent Film Actress Had Been Reported Dead in 1930</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/eva-von-berne-100-dies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/eva-von-berne-100-dies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:44:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=26062</guid> <description><![CDATA[John Gilbert, Eva von Berne in Victor Sjöström's The Masks of the Devil Eva von Berne, the Austrian actress brought to Hollywood as a potential Greta Garbo rival and who played the ingénue in the apparently lost John Gilbert-Alma Rubens silent drama The Masks of the Devil (1928) &#8212; her sole American movie &#8212; has died. Again. Von Berne, according to many sources including the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/eva-von-berne-100-dies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>DESERT NIGHTS &#8211; John Gilbert, Mary Nolan d: William Nigh</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/desert-nights-john-gilbert-mary-nolan/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/desert-nights-john-gilbert-mary-nolan/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:00:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Danny Fortune</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25660</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ernest Torrence, John Gilbert, Mary Nolan, Desert Nights Desert Nights (1929) Direction: William Nigh Screenplay: Endre Bohem and Lenore J. Coffee, from a treatment by Willis Goldbeck; titles by Ruth Cummings and Marian Ainslee; story by John Thomas Neville and Dale Van Every Cast: John Gilbert, Mary Nolan, Ernest Torrence Desert Nights arrived in theaters on the coattails of the silent era. By 1929, audiences [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/desert-nights-john-gilbert-mary-nolan/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>CASABLANCA Oscar; Vivien Leigh, Rudolph Valentino, Christopher Plummer Costumes: &quot;Moguls &amp; Movie Stars&quot; Exhibit</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/casablanca-oscar-vivien-leigh-moguls-movie-stars-exhibit/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/casablanca-oscar-vivien-leigh-moguls-movie-stars-exhibit/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:53:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25442</guid> <description><![CDATA[Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh in Victor Fleming's Gone with the Wind Turner Classic Movies' Moguls &#38; Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood special tour tied to the seven-part documentary series that begins tonight at 5 p.m. PT on TCM will reach Los Angeles (at The Grove) on Nov. 18-20. Among other artifacts, the exhibit will feature an Oscar statuette for Michael Curtiz's Casablanca; a costume [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/casablanca-oscar-vivien-leigh-moguls-movie-stars-exhibit/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>John Gilbert TCM Schedule: BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT, THE PHANTOM OF PARIS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-tcm-bardelys-the-magnificent-the-phantom-of-paris/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-tcm-bardelys-the-magnificent-the-phantom-of-paris/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:59:03 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25033</guid> <description><![CDATA[Eleanor Boardman, John Gilbert in King Vidor's Bardelys the Magnificent John Gilbert on TCM: THE BIG PARADE, FLESH AND THE DEVIL Schedule (PT) and synopses from the TCM website: 3:00 AM Busher, The (1919) In this silent film, a minor-league baseball player gets his shot at the big leagues. Cast: Charles Ray, Colleen Moore, John Gilbert. Dir: Jerome Storm. BW-55 mins. 4:00 AM He Who [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-tcm-bardelys-the-magnificent-the-phantom-of-paris/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>John Gilbert on TCM: THE BIG PARADE, FLESH AND THE DEVIL</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-the-big-parade-flesh-and-the-devil-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-the-big-parade-flesh-and-the-devil-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:58:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25034</guid> <description><![CDATA[Renée Adorée, John Gilbert in King Vidor's The Big Parade (top); John Gilbert, Greta Garbo in Clarence Brown's Flesh and the Devil (bottom) John Gilbert on TCM: QUEEN CHRISTINA, DOWNSTAIRS Here are my top recommendations for John Gilbert Day (in addition to Queen Christina, mentioned in the previous post): Victor Sjöström's touching, poetic He Who Gets Slapped (1924), which features my favorite Lon Chaney performance [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-the-big-parade-flesh-and-the-devil-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>John Gilbert on TCM: QUEEN CHRISTINA, DOWNSTAIRS</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-queen-christina-downstairs-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-queen-christina-downstairs-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:58:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25035</guid> <description><![CDATA[John Gilbert, Greta Garbo in Rouben Mamoulian's Queen Christina Just a few days ago I was wondering if Turner Classic Movies would devote a day to the likes of John Gilbert, one of the biggest movie stars of the silent era &#8212; or any era, really. Though mostly forgotten today, Gilbert starred in numerous box-office and critical hits from 1923 to 1928, a relatively brief [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-queen-christina-downstairs-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Pordenone 2009: THE MERRY WIDOW</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/pordenone-2009-the-merry-widow/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/pordenone-2009-the-merry-widow/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:21:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=17593</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mae Murray shows her legs in The Merry Widow At The Bioscope: Pordenone Film Festival Day I &#34;The main event, though, is the Erich Von Stroheim version of The Merry Widow (USA 1925), introduced by Leatrice Joy Fountain and featuring a new orchestral score by Maud Nelissen. The film itself is almost a checklist of Von’s obsessions; militaria, aristocrats at play, wedding processions, grotesques, fetishes [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/pordenone-2009-the-merry-widow/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/san-francisco-silent-film-festival-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/san-francisco-silent-film-festival-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:08:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=13951</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Fall of the House of Usher (top); John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman in Bardelys the Magnificent (middle); Douglas Fairbanks, Lupe Velez in The Gaucho (bottom) Douglas Fairbanks, John Gilbert, and Lillian Gish are only a few of the superstars to be found at the 14th San Francisco Silent Film Festival, which will take place July 10-12 at the Castro Theatre. Among those scheduled to provide [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/san-francisco-silent-film-festival-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>WUTHERING HEIGHTS Screening</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/wuthering-heights-laurence-olivier-merle-oberon/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/wuthering-heights-laurence-olivier-merle-oberon/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:35:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=12914</guid> <description><![CDATA[The 1939 Best Picture nominee Wuthering Heights, directed by William Wyler, and starring Merle Oberon and Laurence Olivier, will be the next feature in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ series “Hollywood’s Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939.” The Wuthering Heights screening will take place on Monday, June 8, at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/wuthering-heights-laurence-olivier-merle-oberon/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>QUEEN CHRISTINA &#8211; Greta Garbo, John Gilbert d: Rouben Mamoulian</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/queen-christina-greta-garbo-gilbert-mamoulian/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/queen-christina-greta-garbo-gilbert-mamoulian/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:20:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10183</guid> <description><![CDATA[Queen Christina (1933) Direction: Rouben Mamoulian Screenplay: H. M. Harwood and S. N. Behrman Cast: Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone, Elizabeth Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen, David Torrence &#160; &#160; One of the most ambitious productions of the early 1930s, Queen Christina remains surprisingly modern in its execution thanks in large part to Rouben Mamoulian's assured hand. Those looking for historical [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/queen-christina-greta-garbo-gilbert-mamoulian/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1926</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1926/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1926/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:54:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4317</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1926/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT at the Kansas Silent Film Festival 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/kansas-silent-film-festival-bardelys-the-magnificent/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/kansas-silent-film-festival-bardelys-the-magnificent/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:47:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=15182</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 &#38; Jewell) – Washburn University campus This special Dinner Event will begin with a reception followed by a buffet. Guests will be seated and have dinner [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/kansas-silent-film-festival-bardelys-the-magnificent/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kansas Silent Film Festival 2009</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/kansas-silent-film-festival-2009/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/kansas-silent-film-festival-2009/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:45:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=7565</guid> <description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/film-festivals/kansas-silent-film-festival-2009/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1925: John Gilbert, Norma Shearer, Constance Talmadge, Renée Adorée</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-norma-shearer-constance-talmadge-irene-rich/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-norma-shearer-constance-talmadge-irene-rich/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25345</guid> <description><![CDATA[Renée Adorée, John Gilbert in King Vidor's The Big Parade Best Films &#8211; 1925: Film, Cinematography BEST ACTOR John Gilbert The Big Parade &#160; 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 [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-norma-shearer-constance-talmadge-irene-rich/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1922: F. W. Murnau&#039;s NOSFERATU, John Gilbert, Seena Owen</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1922/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1922/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 09:22:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4305</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ok, so Max Schreck (literally, Max Fright) was not romantic leading man material, but he did quite well for himself as the creepiest vampire of them all, Nosferatu. Those who think of director F. W. Murnau as the creator of film poetry in pictures such as Sunrise and Tabu should realize that Murnau was equally adept at creating sheer horror. No other vampire movie I've [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1922/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
