Jessie Matthews in First A Girl, 1935.
Category Archives: Comedy Films
Silent Film Star Gilda Gray for Aloma of the South Seas (1926)
Aloma of the South Seas is a 1926 American silent comedy drama film. A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education. After his father dies, he returns to his island to try to stop a revolution. Gilda Gray starres as the exotic dancer Aloma. The films setting was in Puerto Rico and Bermuda. It was based on a 1925 play of the same title by John B. Hymer and LeRoy Clemens. ‘
Grossing $3 million in the U.S. alone, this was the most successful film of 1926 and the fourth most successful film of the 1920s. The film is now considered to be a lost film.
Gilda Gray in Aloma of the South Seas, 1926 via
Gilda Gray in Aloma of the South Seas, 1926 via
Portraits of Louise Brooks for Silent Comedy Evening Clothes (1927)
Evening Clothes is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Luther Reed that was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount.
The film is based on the play L’homme en habit (The Man in Evening Clothes) by Andre Picard and Yves Mirande. Directed by Luther Reed, the film starred Adolphe Menjou, Virginia Valli, and Louise Brooks and is currently considered a lost film
Portrait of Louise Brooks as Fox Trot for Evening Clothes directed by Luther Reed, 1927 via
Portrait of Louise Brooks as Fox Trot for Evening Clothes directed by Luther Reed, 1927 via
Portrait of Louise Brooks as Fox Trot for Evening Clothes directed by Luther Reed, 1927 via
Anita Ekberg Inside St Peter’s dome in La Dolce Vita (1960)
Anita Ekberg inside St Peter’s dome in La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini, 1960 via
Anita Ekberg inside St Peter’s dome in La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini, 1960 via
Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg inside St Peter’s dome in La Dolce Vita directed by Federico Fellini, 1960 via
Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in Roman Holiday (1953)
Very Glamorous Judy Garland for “Presenting Lily Mars” (1943)
Judy Garland was given the Hollywood “glamor treatment” for her role in Presenting Lily Mars, 1943 via
Judy Garland was given the Hollywood “glamor treatment” for her role in Presenting Lily Mars, 1943 via
Judy Garland was given the Hollywood “glamor treatment” for her role in Presenting Lily Mars, 1943 via
Mae Murray in The Merry Widow (1925)
Mae Murray in The Merry Widow directed by Erich von Stroheim, 1925. Photo by Clarence Sinclair Bull via
