Marion Davies Articles
MGM Files for Bankruptcy; Old, Glorious MGM: Marion Davies, William Haines in SHOW PEOPLE on TCM
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 — initially Metro-Goldwyn — 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 [...]
Marion Davies, Ronald Colman, Constance Talmadge, Phyllis Haver: “Sound and Silents”
"Sound and Silents" is the title of a four-film series — part of the wider "Birds Eye View Film Festival" celebrating women filmmakers — 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); [...]
Best Films – 1933
Greta Garbo in Queen Christina FILM Baby Face d: Alfred E. Green; scr: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola The Barbarian d: Sam Wood; scr: Anita Loos, Elmer Harris Dinner at 8 d: George Cukor; scr: Frances Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Donald Ogden Stewart Gold Diggers of 1933 d: Mervyn LeRoy; scr: Erwin Gelsey, James Seymour, David Boehm, Ben Markson I’m No Angel d: Wesley Ruggles; scr: [...]
Best Films – 1928
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 & scr: Raoul Walsh; titles: C. Gardner [...]