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Silent Movie Icons: Norma Talmadge

One of three sisters, Norma Talmadge was one of the most popular actresses of silent movies in the 1920s. She

John Gilbert ‘The Great Lover’ was one of the few stars of the silent movie era who could rival Rudolph

Ina Claire was best known as a Broadway actress, but she also made movies between 1915 and 1943. She was

What on earth were the WAMPAS Baby Stars you might well ask? Well, if you lived in 1920s and 30s

Rubye De Remer was a particuarly pretty silent movie actress during the 1920s. She landed a spot in the Ziegfeld

Myrna Loy is perhaps known best for her roles as femme fatale in silent movies. Because of her exotic beauty

You might be surprised to know that during the 1910s and 20s the biggest name in American cinema was that

Marion Davies is as well known for being a famous man’s mistress as she is for being a movie star.

Chaplin, along with his mother and siblings, were sent to the dreaded Victorian workhouse when he was aged just 7.

Marie Doro was an American silent movie actress of the early 1920s. Isn’t she stunning? She started out as a

You may not have heard of Vera Kholodnaya, but she was Russia’s first major silent movie star. The majority of

Mans Desire: A story of the clash of elemental passions in the depths of the forest primeval. Replete with exceptional

Alice Brady was a silent movie actress who won an Oscar for best supporting actress in 1937, and successfully made

A tale of savagery, seduction and Stockholm Syndrome amongst the sand dunes… The Sheik, a silent-movie from 1921, is widely-regarded

Pola Negri was a Polish silent movie star of the 1920s. She was famous for both her roles as a

When we think of silent movie stars we inevitably think of Garbo, Charlie Chaplin, Rudolph Valentino as well as perhaps

Well, I say there are 3, but frankly there are so many stunts packed into these movie clips that I

While Clara Bow was the iconic flapper of the 1920s Theda Bara was the original vamp. She made a prolific