Dr. Dani SanchezAug 26, 2024
And now our feature presentation: “Old Ironsides” (1926), a historical war action film (https://youtu.be/Fwp67RZtJ6s?si=B8v-7PKLZHDvuEgb) directed by action-director James Cruze and written in part / assistant directed by Dorothy Arzner
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezAug 26, 2024
Okay, so the history in this is fuzzy at best but at least the print is surprisingly clear
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezAug 26, 2024
The Cook is played by George Godfrey who was a heavyweight champion boxer known as “The Leiperville Shadow” with only 21 career losses. He was in fewer than 10 films but he’s really in this.
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Show threadDr. Dani Sanchez
Other famous cast members with small roles include: Boris Karloff and Gary Cooper has an ultra teensy uncredited role as well (this was one of many uncredited roles at the start of his career)
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Aug 26, 2024 at 4:32amWeb
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezAug 26, 2024
Our leading lady Esther Ralston was a former child vaudevillian who later became a major star for Paramount by the mid 1920s. She was able to transition to talkies but by 1933 was mostly in supporting roles and by 1940 she retired from film. She later did some anthology televison shows. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6664 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezAug 26, 2024
Leading man Charles Farrell was a business dropout who originally was going to go into the business side of the film industry but after becoming an extra for Paramount he ended up becoming an actor.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezAug 26, 2024
It wasn’t until he was under contract with Fox that he became a major leading man mostly b/c people loved him with Janet Gaynor. Like, Esther Ralston, his career fizzled out by 1940 and he later did 50s tv before becoming a property developer in Palm Springs.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezAug 26, 2024
Charles Farrell was honored with two stars on The Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in both film and tv located at 7021 Hollywood Blvd. and 1617 Vine Street, respectively.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezAug 26, 2024
Yes, that’s a real ship from the late 1800s that was bunt and sunk for “Old Ironsides” but tbh you can’t argue with the results
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