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> <channel><title>Alt Film Guide &#187; King Vidor</title> <atom:link href="http://www.altfg.com/blog/tag/king-vidor/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>Hayao Miyazaki, Gregory Peck, King Vidor, Ingmar Bergman: Packard Campus January 2011</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/hayao-miyazaki-gregory-peck-king-vidor-ingmar-bergman/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/hayao-miyazaki-gregory-peck-king-vidor-ingmar-bergman/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 00:45:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25933</guid> <description><![CDATA[Danny Boyle's Trainspotting stars Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Robert Carlyle, and Kevin McKidd It's too bad I'm posting this a little too late, as the Library of Congress' Packard Campus Theater welcomed the year 2011 with a screening of one of the best Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals, The Gay Divorcee (1934). And screening tonight at 7:30 p.m. &#8212; there's still [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/hayao-miyazaki-gregory-peck-king-vidor-ingmar-bergman/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, Marion Davies, Clara Bow, &#039;Fatty&#039; Arbuckle on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/buster-keaton-harold-lloyd-marion-davies-clara-bow-fatty-arbuckle-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/buster-keaton-harold-lloyd-marion-davies-clara-bow-fatty-arbuckle-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:27:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25558</guid> <description><![CDATA[Clara Bow, known as the &#34;It&#34; Girl, stars in the appropriately titled It Part III of Moguls &#038; Movie Stars, A History of Hollywood, &#34;The Dream Merchants,&#34; narrated by Christopher Plummer, continues today (a rerun of Monday's presentation) on Turner Classic Movies. Accompanying features and shorts focus on 1920s comedies. Charles Chaplin's The Pilgrim is on right now. Following &#34;The Dream Merchants,&#34; TCM will show [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/buster-keaton-harold-lloyd-marion-davies-clara-bow-fatty-arbuckle-tcm/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MGM Files for Bankruptcy; Old, Glorious MGM: Marion Davies, William Haines in SHOW PEOPLE on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mgm-bankruptcy-marion-davies-william-haines-show-people/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mgm-bankruptcy-marion-davies-william-haines-show-people/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:05:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25454</guid> <description><![CDATA[Marion Davies in King Vidor's Show People Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which decades ago was the most financially stable of the Hollywood studios, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Wednesday. MGM &#8212; initially Metro-Goldwyn &#8212; was formed through the amalgamation of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Productions in 1924. Goldwyn, by then no longer associated with Samuel Goldwyn, was the largest production company of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/mgm-bankruptcy-marion-davies-william-haines-show-people/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>Marion Davies, Ronald Colman, Constance Talmadge, Phyllis Haver: &quot;Sound and Silents&quot;</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/marion-davies-ronald-colman-constance-talmadge-89814/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/marion-davies-ronald-colman-constance-talmadge-89814/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:24:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=21952</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;Sound and Silents&#34; is the title of a four-film series &#8212; part of the wider &#34;Birds Eye View Film Festival&#34; celebrating women filmmakers &#8212; to be held at London's bfi Southbank and the Barbican from March 6-10. The four screening silent films are: King Vidor's The Patsy (1928), starring Marion Davies; Sidney Franklin's Her Sister from Paris (1925), starring Constance Talmadge and Ronald Colman (right); [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/marion-davies-ronald-colman-constance-talmadge-89814/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>THE CRANES ARE FLYING, WILD ORANGES on TCM</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-cranes-are-flying-wild-oranges-on-tcm/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-cranes-are-flying-wild-oranges-on-tcm/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 23:36:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=16410</guid> <description><![CDATA[A couple of recommendations for Turner Classic Movies viewers on the evening of Sunday, Sept. 20. Wild Oranges (1924) is an early King Vidor effort featuring Virginia Valli, a popular leading lady of the 1920s. In this drama set on an island off the Florida coast, Valli plays a young woman whose quiet life with her grandfather is disturbed following the appearance of an evil [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/the-cranes-are-flying-wild-oranges-on-tcm/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>Jack Cardiff</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/jack-cardiff/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/jack-cardiff/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:55:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10526</guid> <description><![CDATA[Cinematographer and director Jack Cardiff, one of the early masters of color cinematography, has died. He was 94. Cardiff's work as a cinematographer was quite eclectic, ranging from his partnership with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger in the British-made Black Narcissus (1945) and The Red Shoes (1948) to prestigious international productions such as John Huston's The African Queen (1951) and King Vidor's War and Peace [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/directors/jack-cardiff/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1928</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1928/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1928/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:56:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10056</guid> <description><![CDATA[Evelyn Brent, Emil Jannings in The Last Command FILM The Crowd d: King Vidor; scr: King Vidor, James V. A. Weaver; titles: Joseph W. Farnham The Docks of New York d: Josef von Sternberg; scr: Jules Furthman; titles: Julian Johnson The Last Command d: Josef von Sternberg; scr: John F. Goodrich; titles: Herman J. Mankiewicz Sadie Thompson d &#38; scr: Raoul Walsh; titles: C. Gardner [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1928/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>SOULS FOR SALE on Turner Classic Movies</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/souls-for-sale-on-turner-classic-movies/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/souls-for-sale-on-turner-classic-movies/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2006 22:48:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=341</guid> <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/souls-for-sale-on-turner-classic-movies/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films – 1946</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1946/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1946/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:06:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11621</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford in Gilda FILM Anna and the King of Siam d: John Cromwell; scr: Talbot Jennings, Sally Benson The Best Years of Our Lives d: William Wyler; scr: Robert E. Sherwood Cloak and Dagger d: Fritz Lang; scr: Albert Maltz, Ring Lardner Jr. From This Day Forward d: John Berry; scr: Hugo Butler, Garson Kanin Gilda d: Charles Vidor; scr: Marion Parsonnet [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1946/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1925: Fred Niblo&#039;s BEN-HUR, Ernst Lubitsch&#039;s LADY WINDERMERE&#039;S FAN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1925/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1925/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:25:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
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