Silent Film & Follies

Welcome to my blog dedicated to those who have a great appreciation for silent films, musical revues and the popular culture of the Edwardian era through the 1920s.

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Blanche Sweet

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Mildred Davis

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Olive Thomas

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Annette Bade

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Louise Brooks

A rather haunting photo of Louise taken in Florida during the filming of “It’s the Old Army Game” with W.C. Fields in 1926. This picture was supposedly discovered in the attic of a private residence where portions of the movie were filmed. There was a great affection and admiration between Louise and Fields, in no way hampered by their mutual love of bootleg gin. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=4229106208843&set=gm.10150851512747694&type=1&theater

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Joan Crawford and Josephine Dunn

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Betty Compson

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Barbara Stanwyck

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Mary Astor

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Madge Bellamy

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Anne Lee Patterson

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Drucilla Strain by Alfred Cheney Johnson (1929)

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Ziegfeld Follies star Jean Ackerman

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Happy Birthday to silent film actress Belle Bennett (1891-1932). Sadly, she passed away from cancer at the young age of 41.

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Mary Pickford

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Jeanette Loff