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"La Boheme," MGM's 1926 silent epic of selfless love in the pursuit of high-quality playwriting, will be shown Sunday afternoon at St.

We continue to live in a golden age of classic movies pouring out on DVD. Here's a survey of recent goodies, all packed with icons.

Studio: Flicker Alley Year: 1926 Cast: John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Roy D'Arcy, Karl Dane, George K. Arthur, Arthur Lubin, Estelle Taylor, Robert McKim, William V. Mong, Virginia Brown Faire, Spottiswoode Aitken, Albert Prisco Director: King Vidor, Emmett J. Flynn Release Date: July 14, 2009 Rating: Not Rated for Run Time: 3h:16m:20s Genre : ...

King Vidor Monte Cristo stars John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, Lucien N. Andriot Written by from the novel by Alexandre Dumas Produced by William Fox Directed by Emmett J. Flynn Reviewed by Glenn Erickson Flicker Alley comes forward with another impressive restoration from the Paris-based Lobster Films.

King Vidor Monte Cristo stars John Gilbert, Estelle Taylor, Lucien N. Andriot Written by from the novel by Alexandre Dumas Produced by William Fox Directed by Emmett J. Flynn Reviewed by Glenn Erickson Flicker Alley comes forward with another impressive restoration from the Paris-based Lobster Films.

After a long absence, Silent DVD is back! For much of the year the early cinema releases have been pretty slim, but this summer the flood gates have opened once again.

Gilbert, of course, was one of the biggest of 20s film stars, but today's he mostly remembered as the one whose career was deep-sixed with the advent of sound because he had a squeaky voice.

The details: In 1926, King Vidor was the best young director in Hollywood. Within one year, he had made The Big Parade, the landmark epic about World War I and the most successful silent film of all time, not to mention La Boheme, a beautifully shot adaptation with Lillian Gish and John Gilbert.

This week in the New York Times , two cheers for the late David Carradine, and a look at Flicker Alley's fine new John Gilbert disc, which includes the recently discovered 1926 King Vidor film "Bardelys the Magnificent" and Emmet J. Flynn's less interesting 1922 "Monte Cristo" - which nevertheless includes an underground tunnel sequence that ...

JOHN GILBERT, one of the first megastars, Garbo's leading man and "the Great Lover," was also one of the first casualties of film; his demise, in 1936, is still a mystery.

JOHN Barrymore and John Gilbert, legendary womanizers and pals who drank themselves to death, were two of the biggest stars of the silent era.

Opens July 10th At The Castro Theatre with Dougals Fairbanks and Lupe Velez in the 1927 classic THE GAUCHO Accompanied by The Mont Alto Picture Orchestra By SeA n Martinfield Sentinel Editor and Publisher Photo by Lynn Imanaka Tickets are on sale now for the foremost celebration of silent cinema in the Americas - The 14th ANNUAL SAN FRANCISCO ...

Gilbert's 'Monte Cristo' and 'Bardelys the Magnificent' and Barrymore's 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

John Gilbert and Greta Garbo appear in a famed still shot taken during the filming of "Flesh and the Devil" by Bert "Buddy" Longworth.