Efilmera

Another blog featuring cinema ephemera, this time from the Media History Digital Library (mediahistoryproject.org) and all points West

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Buster Keaton, in Exhibitors Herald World, 29 June 1929.

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Charles King and Bessie Love, in Exhibitors Herald World, 29 June 1929.

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Ramon Novarro, in Exhibitors Herald World, 29 June 1929.

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Joan Crawford, in Exhibitors Herald World, 29 June 1929.

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William Haines, in Exhibitors Herald World, 29 June 1929.

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Norma Shearer, in Exhibitors Herald World, 29 June 1929.

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Marion Davies, in Exhibitors Herald World, 29 June 1929.

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Lon Chaney, the Man of a Thousand Faces, in Exhibitors Herald World, 29 June 1929.

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John Gilbert, in Exhibitors Herald World, 29 June 1929.

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Greta Garbo, in Exhibitors Herald World, 29 June 1929.

Quick note: During the transition to sound cinema in the United States, it was common for films to be produced in both silent and sound versions, since the exhibition sector of the industry took some time to convert its theaters. While Anna Christie would only appear in sound-equipped houses, the as-yet-unnamed film could presumably go out to all markets.

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“To advertise an M-G-M star at your theatre is to insure business. To place the name of an M-G-M star on your marquee is guarantee of good attendance. With the advent of the Talking picture, the fame of some screen celebrities has been diminished, but Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stars are enjoying an even more brilliant popularity than ever before.”

From Exhibitors Herald World, 29 June 1929.

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In its 29 June 1929 issue, Exhibitors Herald World included an extended promotional section touting MGM’s 1929/1930 season. The first part of that section included short write-ups and illustrations of some of the studio-distributors biggest star properties, including Greta Garbo, Lon Chaney, and Joan Crawford. I’m handing the next few posts over to this spread because (1) I’m lazy, and these give me a break from writing up my own comments, and (2) the illustrations are lovely.

Enjoy!

(Fox’s spread from the previous issue of EHW is up next...)

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Alleluia! Alleluia!

A blurb in Movie Makers, the “Magazine of the Amateur Cinema League, Inc.” (September 1943), about a 16mm film, then in distribution, which captures the celebration of a Roman Catholic Mass.

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Alleluia! Alleluia!

Maria Falconetti as St. Joan of Arc in La passion de Jeanne d’Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928).

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Today is Holy Saturday.

Still from Dante’s Inferno (Henry Otto, Fox Film Corp., 1924), in Movie Makers, the “Magazine of the Amateur Cinema League, Inc. (December 1935).

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Today is Holy Saturday.

Two-page ad for Satan, the Destroyer of Humanity, a six-reel production from The Radio Film Company, which was released through state rights in late 1916. From Motion Picture News, 18 November 1916.

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Today is Good Friday.

Now, as this is posted, is the Hour of Mercy.

The seven last words:

1) “Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:33-34)

2) “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in Paradise.” (Luke 23:39-43)

3) “Woman, behold, your son.” “Behold, your mother.” (John 19:25-27)

4) “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” (Mark 15:33-34)

5) “I thirst.” (John 19:28-29)

6) “It is finished.” (John 19:30)

7) “Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” (Luke 23:44-46)

Still from Cecil B. DeMille’s The King of Kings (1927), seen in Photoplay, March 1927.