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Shiny Stockings, Oh Doctor! Animated GIF
I love this old guy! He looks like something Aardman would animate. Three conspirators are discussing who they should hire to nurse their victim, a rich hypochondriac. Not just any nurse, a peach, a...
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Don Juan (1926) A Silent Film Review
Wild oats a-sowing… John Barrymore takes on the role of the great lover. Raised to be a libertine, Don Juan romances his way across Europe until he ends up in Rome and runs into something completely...
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Lost Film Files #12: Dry Martini (1928) starring Mary Astor
Dry Martini (1928) Status: Missing and presumed lost Mary Astor signed on with Fox and her first effort was Dry Martini, which co-starred Matt Moore. From descriptions, this film sounds like a last...
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Don’t sneak up on Mary Astor, Oh Doctor! Animated GIF
Poor Reginald Denny was just trying to make Mary Astor feel better. The girl does not know her own strength! Filed under: Classic Movies, Entertainment, Humor, Movies Tagged: GIF, Humor, Mary Astor,...
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Oh, Doctor! (1925), A Silent Film Review
Terminally happy? No, happily terminal… Reginald Denny stars as a hypochondriac whose condition is being exploited by a trio of loansharks. Mary Astor is the pretty nurse who inspires Denny to try to...
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In the Vaults #5: The Beggar Maid (1921) with Mary Astor
The Beggar Maid (1921) Status: A 35mm print exists in the George Eastman House. This little two-reel drama was released by Triart and directed by Herbert Blaché (best remembered today as Mr. Alice...
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Silent Take: The Princess Bride circa 1928
It’s baaack! Another modern movie re-imagined as a silent. This time, it’s The Princess Bride and it is taking a little trip back to 1928. If you have only seen Mary Astor and William Powell in the...
View ArticleFun Size Review: Don Juan (1926)
John Barrymore is the famous lover who likes his ladies in both quality and quantity. He genuinely falls for Mary Astor’s virginal damsel and ends up incurring the wrath of the Borgias. The costumes...
View ArticleFun Size Review: Oh Doctor! (1925)
Reginald Denny plays a hypochondriac who is being bilked out of his inheritance by swindlers. Things go awry when Denny falls for his pretty nurse (Mary Astor) and becomes an adrenaline junkie in order...
View ArticleThe Silent Life in 1925: Mary Astor shows you show to rock a frock!
Here is another entry in Photoplay magazine’s Shopping Service series. This time, a 19-year old Mary Astor shows you how fine and foxy you can look in… a prim sweater and calf-length skirt? Hmm. Of...
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