Movies Silently Posted by Fritzi Kramer on September 25, 2014

By Fritzi Kramer on September 25, 2014 in Article, Blog, Feature, Photoplay Cookbook Welcome back! I am cooking my way through the 1929 Photoplay cookbook (recipes of the stars!) and you are invited to tag along. (I have listed all the recipes I have tested on this dedicated page. Check...   read more

A Person in the Dark Posted by FlickChick on June 30, 2011

Ronald Colman and Constance Talmadge flirt and skirt boundaries of propriety I went to see a silent film last night.. in a theater! The accompanist and composer fired up the "organ" (actually Mr. Ben Model on his Miditzer Virtual Theatre Organ), the lights were dimmed and the audience was served...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on March 11, 2011

In a letter to her sister Norma Talmadge, who was trying to keep her career going in talkies after Constance herself had retired "Quit pressing your luck, baby. The critics can't knock those trust funds Mama set up for us". Please click to read Silents " Her Sister from Pairs"...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on August 23, 2010

“Her Night of Romance” (1924) is a silent romantic comedy starring Constance Talmadge, Ronald Colman, and Jean Hersholt. Directed by Sidney Franklin, this film is about an impoverished English nobleman who impersonates a doctor in order to woo an ailing American heiress. The story beg   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on August 23, 2010

Please click on her name in the tag line located at the bottom of the post for mini- profile.   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on March 16, 2010

Constance Talmadge was a silent movie star born in Brooklyn, New York, USA, and was the sister of fellow actresses Norma Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge. Talmadge appeared in more than 80 films, often in comedies like A Pair of Silk Stockings (1918), Happiness à la Mode (1919), Romance and Arabella   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on March 15, 2010

"The Primitive Lover" (1922) is a silent romantic comedy starring Constance Talmadge, Harrison Ford, and Kenneth Harlan. Directed by Sidney Franklin, this film is about a young woman who finds life with her husband dull in comparison to the romance novels she reads. The novel Phyllis Tomley, played   read more