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The Silent Film of John Gilbert

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Jerome Storm began directing drama in 1918 with the C. Gardner Sullivan screenplay "The Keys of the Righteous", starring Enid Bennett and produced by Thomas Ince. In 1923 he directed John Gilbert and Ruth Clifford in the six reel film "Truxton King". The Library of Congress reports no archival copies of the film, leaving it presumed to be a lost silent film.
During 1923 John Gilbert also appeared in the film "Cameo Kirby" (seven reels), directed by John Ford. In the film, Gilbert plays romantic lead to actress Gertrude Olmstead.


Edmund Mortimer paired John Gilbert with actress Betty Boulton and actress Margaret Fielding in the film "The Exiles" (five reels) during 1923.


An early film starring John Gilbert and Norma Shearer, "The Wolfman" (six reels) directed by Edmund Mortimer in 1924 is among the myriad of films thought to be lost from the silent era.
King Vidor in 1924 paired John Gilbert and actress Aileen Pringle in two films, "Wife of the Centaur" (seven reels) with Kate Lester, and "His Hour" (seven reels) Norwegian film director Tancred Ibsen while briefly in Hollywood, worked on the set design to the Vidor film "His Hour".



Director Monta Bell that year directed John Gilbert and Norma Shearer in "The Snob" (seven reels).

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Scott Lord Silent Film: Clara Kimball Young in The Worldly Madonna (Harry, Garson,1922)

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Greta Garbo

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Scott Lord Silent Film: Asta Nielsen as Hamlet (Sven Gade, 1920)

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Swedish Silent Film Blog Archive

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The website garbo-seastrom.blogspot.com, titled "Swedish Silent Film," is a specialized historical and film-studies archive maintained by Scott Lord.

The site is a deep-dive resource focused on the "Golden Age" of Swedish silent cinema and its transition into the Hollywood studio system. It is particularly noted for its focus on the careers of Greta Garbo, Victor Sjöström (known in Hollywood as Victor Seastrom), and Mauritz Stiller.

Key Features and Content:

  • "Lost Films in Found Magazines": A recurring theme where the author uses vintage fan magazines (like Photoplay, Motion Picture, and Screenland), reviews, and advertisements from the 1920s to reconstruct or provide context for silent films that are now lost or physically deteriorated.

  • Archival Poetics: The blog uses an academic and theoretical lens to analyze early screen culture. It examines films like The Torrent (1926) and A Woman of Affairs (1929) not just as movies, but as collections of iconography and "modernity."

  • Biographical Research: It provides extensive coverage of the Swedish origins of major stars and directors, tracking their move from Stockholm to America. It includes rare photos, fashion sketches (such as "What the Garbo Girl should Wear"), and contemporary accounts of their private lives.

  • Visual Documentation: The site is heavily illustrated with high-quality scans of vintage film stills, portraits, and magazine clippings, making it a valuable visual archive.

  • Scope: While the primary focus is Swedish talent, it also covers related figures of the era like Lon Chaney, John Gilbert, Lillian Gish, and Lars Hanson.

The blog is highly regarded by film historians and fans of classic cinema for its ability to connect early 20th-century literature, fashion, and social phenomena to the evolution of the motion picture.

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Scott Lord on Silent Film - YouTube

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