Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on November 6, 2012

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Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Silentfilmfanatic on November 4, 2012

A Tribute to Gertrude Olmstead Silent film actress Gertrude Olmstead began her career in Westerns. On June 13, 1920, Gertrude won the Herald-Examiner Elks’ beauty contest in Chicago, where she was born on November 13, 1897. Erich Von Stroheim was brought to Chicago to test the fifteen partic   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on January 28, 2011

Gertrude Olmstead (November 13, 1897 – January 18, 1975). Appeared in 56 films between 1920 and 1929. Her first credited film role was in the film, The Fox(1921). Today her best known role is, opposite Rudolph Valentino in the film, Cobra(1925). Valentino plays Count Rodrigo Torriani, an Ita   read more