Victor Varconi Articles
Cecil B.DeMille's Risqué CHICAGO on DVD: Phyllis Haver Shines as Roxie Hart
Chicago, the restored 1927 silent (unofficially) directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring perky Phyllis Haver (right, with Victor Varconi) as Roxie Hart, is being released on DVD by Flicker Alley, in collaboration with The Blackhawk Films Collection. The 2002 Chicago remake, based on Bob Fosse's musical which itself was taken from Maurine Watkins' stage play, starred Renee Zellweger (as Roxie), Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard [...]
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); [...]