I love Gloria Swanson. She was so freakin awesome. Not only as an actress, but she had a wit with her classiness. I particularly like the bit at the end about young people and silent film. And God bless Janis...high off her ass. Oh to be that tripped out!
Clips of Kevin Brownlow's Hollywood are on youtube; but lord knows when those things get pulled so I'm weary to try and post them (I hate dead links). So click here to see Gloria's bit in that documentary. She's just fascinating...right down to the eye rolling.
The Ultimate Flapper Wedding
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Vilma Banky is one of those odd flapper figures, we don't think of her as a
flapper, but she totally was in a chic sort of way. Her cute little cloche
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I'm a little OBSESSED with Silent Films...and I have decided it is my mission to bring them back to the general public. Rudolph Valentino is my love and Charlie Chaplin (praise be his name) is my God. If I were a silent movie star I'd probably be a vamp...because vamps had more fun.
I believe my life can be summed up with a quote by Theo Brooks: "She scared men shitless."
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