Assorted Beauty

All photos courtesy of World of Silent Movies Web Site.

Evelyn Brent

















Anita Page

















Joan Crawford

















Marion Davies

















Dorothy Mackaill

















Jean Arthur

















Alice Joyce

















Jean Arthur

















Madge Evans

















Evelyn Brent

















Louise Brooks

















Merna Kennedy

















Mary Nolan

















Lina Basquette

















Thelma Todd

Jean Harlow

Jean Harlow

The Hunks

John Gilbert by Ruth Harriet Louise

















Robert Montgomery

















Gary Cooper by CS Bull

















Cary Grant by Robert Coburn

















Joel McCrea by Ernest Bachrach

















Johny Weissmuller by Cecil Beaton

















Richard Arlen

















Valentino by Donald Biddle Keyes

















Clak Gable by Hurrell

















Ramon Novarro by Hurrell

The Directors

Joseph Von Sternberg by Laszlo Willinger

















Sergei Eisenstein by Germaine Krull

















Erich Von Stroheim by Roger Corbeau

















Jean Cocteau by Man Ray

Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong by Carl Van Vechten

















Anna May Wong by Carl Van Vechten

















by Herbert Mitchell

















Any help in identifying the item on Anna May's arm
in the first photograph would be appreciated.

Thanks to MichaelE for the images.

The Comedians

Chaplin by James Abbe
















Chaplin by James Abbe

















Buster Keaton by Cecil Beaton

















Harold Lloyd by James Abbe

















Laurel and Hardy by James Abbe

Why Be Good? (1929) Trailer

From original YouTube poster stjn01: "(Not original sound on this clip) Extremely rare trailer from the 1929 First National Pictures release Why Be Good, starring Colleen Moore. This movie was long concidered lost. Recently a nitrate print was found and this movie is now awaiting funding to be restored by the UCLA"

Guess the Film

This is kind of a trick question, so I'll post plenty of hints.

MichaelE is correct, It's the never completed
Stepdaughters of War fragment from
The House That Shadows Built (1931).

For more info on Stepdaughters of War, check out
GD Hamann's blog search.

Hint #1 The year of production is 1931
Hint #2 Starring Ruth Chatterton
Hint #3 Directed by Dorothy Arzner
Hint #4 It's not Sarah and Son
Hint #5 The 1930 Broadway play featuring Katherine Alexander ran for 24 performances.
The play's cast also included Warren William.
Hint #6 Based on a Helen Zenna Smith novel.