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I have a strange fascination with silent stars who never translated their careers successfully into the sound era. Last year I dove into David Stenn’s Clara Bow biography. This year I’ve already read and reviewed Tracy Gossel’s Douglas Fairbanks biography. Eve Golden’s John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars is another worthy addition detailing the career success and tumultuous personal life of one of the 1920s most popular matinee idols. (He also is one of the many Hollywood stars born in Utah).
Most film fans know John Gilbert as the silent star with a squeaky voice who Louis B. Mayer blackballed. Despite this dramatic narrative that could fit right in any classic era Hollywood biopic, it obviously obfuscates the facts and the realities of the early talkie film landscape. Also it, unfortunately, focuses on Gilbert’s struggles in his later career over the massive talent and charisma he beautifully commanded throughout the 1920s that made audiences fall in love with him.
Golden in her biography does a good job contradicting these myths while also highlighting Gilbert’s unique talents and exceptional onscreen performances. The son of a well-traveled vaudeville actress, John caught the acting bug early on in the 1910s joining an Oreg
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Clara Bow
1905–1965
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Silent Stars
By JEANINE BASINGER
Knopf
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The purpose of this book is to celebrate a group of silent film stars who are somehow forgotten, misunderstood, or underappreciated. They are all important stars, not minor figures — actors and actresses who made a major impact in their own time. I wanted to watch their movies and consider what was significant about them then and what they seem like now. My primary interest lay in sharing the experience of viewing their work, since their movies are mostly not readily available to audiences today. Although I wanted to present an overview of each star's life and career, I didn't plan to write detailed biographies. And in no way would I be writing a history of silent cinema.
The stars I selected are not a representative group, and someone else might have made a somewhat different list. (When I told a friend I was embarking on this book, he immediately said, "You absolutely have to do Harry Carey." Well, I didn't do Harry Carey, even though I think he's first-rate. No doubt my friend will be disappointed.) My choices were not whimsical, but they were personal. I began by considering everyone, including names I had barely heard of, and names I knew, but had limited exp