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The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) A Silent Film Review
Gary, Ronald, Gary, Ronald… Vilma Banky takes on the title role of this Western-set tale of settlers, dams, floods and legal shenanigans. Banky is the prettiest girl in Imperial county. Ronald Colman...
View ArticleHer Sister from Paris (1925) A Silent Film Review
onstance Talmadge is married to Ronald Colman. While some women would kill for that problem, Connie is all set to run home to mother. She changes her mind when she has a chance meeting with her...
View ArticleFun Size Review: Her Sister from Paris (1925)
Constance Talmadge and Ronald Colman star as an unhappily married couple on the verge of a breakup. What he doesn’t know, though, is that his mousy wife has a sexy identical twin. I know a lot of...
View ArticleLady Windermere’s Fan (1925) A Silent Film Review
Oscar Wilde meets Ernst Lubitsch in this witty society comedy. Lubitsch’s decision to jettison Wilde’s dialogue may raise some eyebrows but the Wilde spirit is intact and smart performances from Irene...
View ArticleHer Night of Romance (1924) A Silent Film Review
Constance Talmadge is a lovely American heiress who travels to England disguised as a frump in order to ward off fortune-hunting men. Ronald Colman is a penniless aristocrat who falls for Constance and...
View ArticleKiki (1926) A Silent Film Review
Norma Talmadge changed things up by playing a wild French showgirl who will do anything to land Ronald Colman. This is a slapstick rom-com with plenty of laughs. I am also reviewing the 1931 version...
View ArticleFun Size Review: The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926)
Well, you can’t do better than this cast: Ronald Colman, Vilma Banky and newcomer Gary Cooper. Very, very nice. This is the story of how water was brought to the Imperial Valley and it also concerns...
View ArticleFun Size Review: Her Night of Romance (1924)
Constance Talmadge is an heiress who means to evade fortune hunters. Ronald Colman is a penniless aristocrat in need of a rich marriage. I think we all know where there is going. They end up having to...
View ArticleFun Size Review: Lady Windermere’s Fan (1925)
Sassy and sophisticated, Oscar Wilde has never been better than in the hands of Ernst Lubitsch. While the plot of the play was left intact, Lubitsch modernized it, included some witty title cards and...
View ArticleFun Size Review: Kiki (1926)
The Talmadge sisters are usually divided into Drama = Norma and Comedy = Constance but this romantic comedy proves that Norma could be every bit as funny as her little sister. She plays the title...
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