Thursday, August 18, 2011

PHOTOS OF THE DAY: SILENT MOVIE ACTRESSES

There are something about the pictures of silent screen actresses that make them so mysterious and alluring. Maybe it is because the public could not hear them talk that made them so great. Either way, I wish more people would realize that some of the silent movie actresses were truly great. Some did not make the transfer to the talkies, but they all were legends in their own way...


NORMA TALMEDGE (1894-1957)


CLARA BOW (1905-1965)


MABEL NORMAND (1892-1930)


COLLEEN MOORE (1899-1988)


LILLIAN GISH (1893-1993)


ANITA PAGE (1910-2008)


4 comments:

  1. What beautiful pictures, and such mystique. I have always thought Clara Bow to be the most beautiful of the silent film stars -- those wide-set eyes, just her whole face! She is not the delicate beauty like Lillian Gish, but gorgeous nonetheless. Anita Page in this lineup looks just beautiful as well.

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  2. You won't believe this,but the letters I had to type in to prove I am human were "thylut" -- sounds like someone with a lisp trying to say silent -- how apropos! LOL!

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  3. They really did have faces then.

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  4. Thank you for the comments. I really wish more people appreciated silent movies. They are an art form all their own!

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