First up is “The Good Bad Man” (1916) (https://youtu.be/a4XLkT6jNOY?si=mcIbWdUtXkYmACDr) directed by Allan Dwan and written, produced and starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
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Enter Douglas Fairbanks Sr. as “Passin’ Through”, Canadian #SilentFilm era actor Sam De Grasse as “The Wolf” and British star Bessie Love as “Amy” #SilentFlickerSunday #TheGoodBadMan #DouglasFairbanksSr #SamDeGrasse #BessieLove
I finally broke down and had to find out WTF is up with the giant cowboy hats in #SilentFilm westerns. Turns out it’s not a joke. The hats were really oversized like that😱
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This restoration is not based on an original print from 1916 because as far as anyone can tell there are no surviving prints of the original release of “The Good Bad Man” (1916). This restoration was made using a print from a 1923 re-release of the film that occurred when the Mutual and Triangle Film companies were liquidated.
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Bessie Love and Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in “The Good Bad Man” (1916)
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Our final film of the night is “3 Bad Men” (1926) (https://youtu.be/8qQrKkoykZQ?si=Knp8XUPPk70jtpim) directed & produced by John Ford and starring #SilentFilm megastar George O’Brien
#SilentFlickerSunday #3BadMen #JohnFord #GeorgeOBrien
“3 Bad Men” (1926) would be John Ford’s final #SilentFilm western of the silent era. He wouldn’t direct another western until over a decade later with “Stagecoach” (1939)
#SilentFlickerSunday #3BadMen #JohnFord
This $2000 reward would be worth about $60K in today’s money
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Olive Borden AKA “The Joy Girl” began her career as a one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1925. She would go on to act in approximately 65 films over the course of her 10yr film career.
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“3 Bad Men”(1926) is considered an influence on Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s “Three Bad Men in a Hidden Fortress”(1958)🇯🇵which in turn inspired George Lucas’s “Star Wars” series
#SilentFlickerSunday #3BadMen #TheHiddenFortress #StarWars #JohnFord #AkiraKurosawa #GeorgeLucas