Monthly Archives: Feb 2020
24 Jun 1973- Valentino not Dolls for this former child star
The memories for a former silent film movie child star are strong and one in particular is Rudolph Valentino was a frequent dinner guest. The uncle of Thelma Daniels was atage actor and when he got into movies he would take a six year old Thelma along for dancing and singing lessons. She started out in small minor rolls and grew from there. A semi-regular in the “Our Gang” reel comedies she played the snooty rich girl. Also, she starred in several Marx Brothers movies where she played the blonde that Harpo would always chase. Rudy would always come over to her uncles around dinner time on the pretense of teaching her to dance. He was very continental and charming to a little girl who idolized him. When he died it was a sad moment that I have never forgotten.
1926 – Typical Movie Set Day
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1923 – Thomas Meighan Recipe
Thomas Meighan was a silent film actor, patriotic Irishman, and a extraordinary cook loved sharing recipes with others as well as enjoying home cooked meals versus dining out like other movie stars of the day did. In March 1923, Douglas Gerrard, in need of help bailing his friend and fellow actor Rudolph Valentino out of jail for bigamy, called up a fellow Irishman named Dan O’Brien who happened to be with Meighan at the time. Meighan barely knew Valentino, but put up a large chunk of the bail money with the help of June Mathis and George Melford, Rudolph Valentino was eventually freed on bail. Valentino never forgot the kind gesture of those who came to his defense when no one else would help in his time of need. They remained friends for the rest of Valentino’s life.
15 Feb 1926 – Natacha Gives Fashion Advice a Chance
14 Feb 1936 – Rod & Vilma Perfect Valentines Marriage
13 Feb 1923 – New Hopes
Having finally despaired of getting Griffith to direct “Ben Hur” the Goldwyn Company has given the big job to Marshall Neilan. They hope to have Valentino to appear as Ben Hur.
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1922 – There is still hope..
You know that every extra comprising that large mob hopes some day to attract the attention of the director and as in a fairy tale, win fame and wealth as a Valentino or in the case of many older men a Theodore Roberts. So, it goes, once in a while, as in the instance of Valentino himself, one of them does step out from the ranks. And that isolated instance feeds the hopes in the thousands of starved breasts. Extras seem to us symbolic of the human race, so hopeful, so brave in their individual ways, so utterly futile generally so full of dreams of the day their opportunity will come.
1923 – Valentino Literary Hero
Valentino is more than the idol of the hour. He is a thinker who has the courage of his own convictions. He has recently written for the Rookman, a literary feat heretofore, unachieved by a cinema artist.
In 1923, Pola Negri was her own best publicity and her own worst nightmare. There is no denying her talent and there is only so far she could go. The reality in the acting profession is one day your on top of the world and another time your not. Being dramatic should be on the screen and not in real life. The truth is she was never good with money. This would become her downfall.
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