1927 " LIFE IN HOLLYWOOD " FILM STUDIOS & SILENT MOVIE STARS BEN LYON GEORGE SIEGMANN XD14414
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This black & white silent film, one of an obscure series by L.M. Be Dell entitled "Life in Hollywood", shows motion picture stars and studios. Copyright 1927 and released in April of that year, and shown in theaters before features as a short attraction. It features many stars of the silent film era including Grace Darmond (herself), Carmelita Geraghty (herself), Gaston Glass (himself), Lloyd Hamilton(himself), Ruth Hiatt (herself),Ben Lyon (himself), Colleen Moore (herself), Herbert Rawlinson (himself), George Siegmann (himself), Al St. John(himself), Maurice Tourneur(himself).
Opening titles: L.M. Be Dell presents Life in Hollywood, distributed by Goodwill Pictures Inc. (:08). Title card: This week we will visit the United Studios (:37). Parking outside of the United Studio (:45). Maurice Tourneaur forgot his pass and tried to get in anyway but security wouldn’t allow it (1:10). Another man speaks to security and takes Maurice in with him (1:56). The men share a drink (2:38). Colleen Moore, an actress, is a charming host to people at the studio (3:06). Actor Ben Lyon informs Colleen that it’s time to go to work, he grabs her by the hand (4:00). Actor/Director George Siegmann smokes a cigarette and then plays a board game with actress Carmelita Geraghty (4:36). George distracts Carmelita so he can move game pieces around but is caught and grabbed by Carmelita (5:29). Actor/Producer Gaston Glass and actor Kenneth Harlan have at it with boxing gloves in front of some spectators (5:45). Two women rush in to break up the fracas (6:15). This results in the two women putting on the boxing gloves and having a go at it; boxing seems to get heated between the two women (6:28). Actor Herbert Rawlinson and actress Grace Darmond (7:24). Film comedian Lloyd Hamilton -- in blackface -- goes to Educational Studios and isn’t recognized; he starts to sweep acting as a janitor (8:15). Hamilton wanders the lot sweeping (8:53). Hamilton knocks on a door and starts reciting lines from a script but the man slams the door on him (9:43). Hamilton removes the disguise and is recognized after knocking on the same studio door (10:14). Actress Ruth Hyatt shakes hands with Hamilton (10:38). Two men bring in a heavy safe for another man but Al St. John, film comedian, lifts it with ease (10:58). End credit (12:03).
George A. Siegmann (1882 - 1928) was an American actor and film director in the silent film era. His work includes roles in notable productions such as The Birth of a Nation (1915), Intolerance (1916), The Three Musketeers (1921), Oliver Twist (1922), The Cat and the Canary (1927), and The Man Who Laughs (1928).
Lloyd Vernon Hamilton (1891 - 1935) was an American film comedian, best remembered for his work in the silent era.
Grace Darmond (1893 - 1963) was a Canadian-American actress.
Ben Lyon (1901 - 1979) was an American film actor and a studio executive at 20th Century Fox, who later acted in British radio, films and TV.
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Seeing Colleen Moore 💕 is my favorite part of this video.
This footage is from 1924 or even late 1923. Not 1927. Colleen and Ben Lyon are in costume for PAINTED PEOPLE which I believe was released in February of 1924. So you have to think that it was shot in the fall or early winter of 1923. A lost film in which Colleen played a Tomboy character and was part of a Baseball team.
Oh, hahaha, I love these glimpses back into early Hollywood. It is so interesting to see these people moving around. So many of their films are gone now, & they look so different in motion, as compared with the still photos of them that remain. Thanks for the post! 🤷♀️🥂
Totally priceless that these have survived. Great to see Al St John and Carmelita Geraghty was always a cutie.
Who are the two boxing Sweethearts? One I'm pretty sure is Clara Bow. She was on the First National lot at the time. The other one with the longer hair I'm not sure about? But man, she had some great legs and was a real looker!
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And the black janitor didn't even care. Do you know why?
Because he's an American and knows who he is and loves himself and trusts the goodness and lighthearted ribbing and acting Americans do. It's no big deal. Maybe the janitor can dress up in whiteface? I would laugh. It's funny! America would laugh.
No one would get butt-hurt about it. But Black Americans were not Democrats back then. They were Lincoln Republicans.
Nobody got "butt-hurt" about it because as soon as Black people tried to voice their rights, they'd get lynched, fired, ostracized. That man could probably lose his job if he so much as looked funny at a famous, white actor. Just because it is not a big deal to you does not mean that it isn't a big deal for other people, especially if you consider the *context* of the situation. I wonder how funny you'd think white-face would be if you and me and all other white people had been enslaved for centuries based on race, and in the fifty years since the Emancipation you still didn't have voting rights, were still barred from holding office or getting a good job, and your children were barred from good schools because they just happened to be white, and on top of that, you're told that you being poor (without a good job or education, go figure) is your *own* fault, and that you should "pull yourself up by your bootstraps".
I don't think you would laugh about it then. It's salt in existing wounds. But be thankful you don't ever have to experience all that to find out for yourself.
Are you mad , he would have got all types of trouble if he told the truth . And I am saying this as a white woman not that it matters
That's pretty clueless.
A guy in black face and look how happily the women do the housework . Definitely a Hollywood story .
LOL....Thanks
Ruth "Hyatt" , aka , "Hiatt" . Al St John ; quit a ways from Arbuckle comedies !
Music is simply dreadful. Sounds like a funeral march. Followed by 70's Mood music. UHG! The music should be bright and snappy and indicative of the era for this footage. Colleen Moore and Ben Lyon are both in costume for the feature PAINTED PEOPLE which was released in early 1924. So how that footage ended up in a 1927 short I have no idea? Since PAINTED PEOPLE also known as THE SWAMP ANGEL is a long-lost film it is good to have this footage. However, this short would appear to be from 1924 and not 1927.