#silent film actors

[minayuri]

Exquisite profile of silent era film actor, René Navarre. 💖

[circa-obsolete]

c. 1917

[magicsplendour]

Jaque Catelain and Nathalie Kovanko silent film actors in 1920s France.

[naldibutnice]

Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson in Beyond the Rocks (1922) Dir. Sam Wood

[fed-erratas]

[cleocatzby]

My first portrait of the legendary Buster Keaton back in 2020! (with updated signature)

I should do more soon <3

original Instagram post

featured by @busterkeatonsociety in their Instagram video!

[theatrepup]

"Conrad Veidt, of men, is not one of those who apparently possess 'sex appeal.' John Gilbert, William Haines, and William Powell have much more. But Conrad Veidt has something that makes him very curious. He is sensual. But in his brain...He is one of those who suffer from cerebral voluptuousness."--Cinearte magazine, 1931

https://archive.org/details/1931-setembro-19-sabado-e/1931%20Setembro%2009%20Quarta-feira%20a/mode/2up

[forever70s]

Bruce Dern in "Silent Running" (1972)

[stuffaboutminneapolis]

Did you know that one of the tallest actors in history was from Minneapolis?

Born in 1890 in Minneapolis, Johan "John" Aasen grew up mainly on farms in North Dakota. Accounts of his height vary wildly, and it was reported to be anywhere from a little over seven feet to nearly nine feet tall! (7’2″-7'5" seems to be his most likely height)

John Aasen became a well-known celebrity in the 1920's and 30's as a showman. He began his showmanship career traveling with carnivals and sideshows as “The Norwegian Giant.”

Life in the circus gave Johan economic security and a social life, together with others who were “different”, but in 1922 an iconoclastic event occurred that resulted in a total change of direction in Johan’s life. Silent film star/director Harold Lloyd’s producer, Hal Roach, was desperately seeking a tall man because George Auger, “The Cardiff Giant”, had just passed away—just before filming for his next silent film, “Why Worry”, was about to take place. They quickly needed a replacement for the giant’s part in the film. Coincidentally, someone from the film team had read about a shoemaker in Minnesota who had made a pair of giant shoes, and through him they found Johan Aasen.

This was Johan’s breakthrough and—ultimately—his greatest success in the silent film business. He eventually played a part in seven films, up to his last performance in the murder mystery “Charlie Chan at the Circus” in 1936. One of these films had a sound track, but Johan wasn’t well suited for sound movies because he had a relatively high-pitched voice that didn’t match what would have been expected from such a large man.

John died from pneumonia on August 1, 1938, at Mendocino State Hospital in Talmage, California.

[poppingmary]

Colleen Moore and Neil Hamilton dancing ia a scene from the surviving 1929 silent romantic comedy “Why Be Good?”.

The blonde dancing on the far left is young Jean Harlow in an uncredited role.

[minayuri]

French silent film star, René Navarre.

[justbusterkeaton]

Tribute To Josephine The Monkey

Buster’s Beautiful Leading Lady In The Cameraman (1928)

Music: My Girl Josephine by Fats Domino

[magicsplendour]

Folly of Vanity (1924) with Billie Dove and Jack Mulhall.

[silentdivasblog]

Reel Men Wednesday 🎬 Conrad Nagle ❤️

[naldibutnice]

Rudolph Valentino in Beyond the Rocks (1922) Dir. Sam Wood

[friendlessghoul]

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs - 1936