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Josef von Stroheim: “My father [Erich von Stroheim] only pretended to be very difficult to handle”

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URL: https://filmtalk.org/2017/12/15/josef-von-stroheim-my-father-erich-von-stroheim-only-pretended-to-be-very-difficult-to-handle/

Josef von Stroheim: “My father [Erich von Stroheim] only pretended to be very difficult to handle”

Almost a century ago, the silent screen’s most mythical ‘cinema artist,’ as he considered himself, began his Hollywood career when he wrote, directed, and starred in “Blind Husbands” (1919), the fi…

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FILM TALK Online film journal 19h ago

A century ago with Mary Pickford and Frances Marion: Powerful and influential women in early Hollywood

TAGS: #MaryPickford #FrancesMarion #AnitaLoos #Films #Hollywood #Actress #FilmActress #MovieActress #Screenwriter #EarlyHollywood #SilentEra #SilentMovies #Movies #Cinema #FilmNews #FilmIndustry #Filmmaking #Moviemaking #Storytelling #BehindTheScenes

URL: https://filmtalk.org/2017/03/03/a-century-ago-with-mary-pickford-and-frances-marion-powerful-and-influential-women-in-early-hollywood/

A century ago with Mary Pickford and Frances Marion: powerful and influential women in early Hollywood

What do these two prominent and legendary ladies of the screen—both Hollywood pioneers of the silent era—actress Mary Pickford (1892-1979) and screenwriter Frances Marion (1888-1973) have in common…

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FILM TALK Online film journal 1d ago

Carla Laemmle: “Growing up on the Universal lot, near the New York street, was like a dream come true”

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URL: https://filmtalk.org/2016/11/06/carla-laemmle-growing-up-on-the-universal-lot-near-the-new-york-street-was-a-dream-come-true/

Carla Laemmle: “Growing up on the Universal lot, near the New York street, was like a dream come true”

As the niece of Carl Laemmle, founder of Universal Studios in 1915, Carla Laemmle lived a long and happy life. Born in Chicago in 1909, she passed away 104 years later in Los Angeles, where she alm…

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FILM TALK Online film journal Sep 24

Film director Jacques Feyder: Hollywood’s starmaker from—once again—Elsene, Brussels

TAGS: #JacquesFeyder #FilmDirector #BelgianFilmDirector #FilmMaker #BelgianFilmMaker #GretaGarbo #AnnaChristie #SilentFilms #SilentMovies #SilentEra #GoldenAgeOfHollywood #FilmNews #FilmIndustry #EntertainmentNews #Filmbuzz #Cinemabuzz #FilmCommunity #MovieCommunity #Filmbuff #Moviebuff #Filmmaking #Moviemaking #Storytelling #BehindTheScenes #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: https://filmtalk.org/2015/05/10/film-director-jacques-feyder-hollywoods-starmaker-from-one-again-elsene-brussels/

Film director Jacques Feyder: Hollywood’s starmaker from—once again—Elsene, Brussels

European film directors at work in Hollywood silents, early 20th century. It was pretty common, and there were quite a bit of them who were lured to Southern California: they left their native (oft…

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