That voice! Perhaps THE finest narration I've ever heard. Thank-you, Mr. Mason

Wow Louise Brooks was absolutely stunning here. Like the most beautiful grandmother in the world.

You know you're something special when Louise Brooks has nice things to say about you.

Clara Bow, wow, what a beautiful and enchanting woman, she most certainly had " It " .

Dame Mae Fishman, a rising star in the silent film era, was a force to be reckoned with. Born at the turn of the 20th century, she was one of the earliest female figures to dominate the silver screen. Her talent caught the eye of Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, who became her close friends. They spent countless hours together, sharing laughs and refining their craft. Her performances were so compelling that she was honored in both Germany and the United States. She even earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Despite the hurdles, Dame Mae Fishman refused to fade into oblivion. She pushed through, making her last film in 1939 before retiring from the big screen. Unfortunately, only seven of her silent films have survived the test of time. But those that remain serve as a reminder of her exceptional talent.

Thank you for posting this video. It's a treat to hear from those who were there, who experienced this time in the film/movie industry.

Clara Bow was actually good in sound films it was her secretary who ruined her reputation so that's why she left Hollywood.

Clara Bow should be a Hollywood Goddess. Even after all this time and everything she went through.

An informative and entertaining series. It evokes nostalgia in me even though I never knew of most of these people until I began reading histories of film. I've always regretted not becoming a film historian (I figured Civil Engineering offered better chances at employment). As of now, at four-score years of age, it's too late for anything but admiration. One thing I have gleaned from all my reading and viewing is that the studio heads were cruel, petty people.

25:45 I love how Leatrice Joy shares this story ❤️.

The fabulous incandescent Clara Bow!!! I've loved all her movies! Alas I've only seen about 5 of John Gilbert's movies, but when Hollywood wants to get rid of you they can. It's ironic though, Louis B. Mayer was eventually ousted just as he engineered Gilbert's predicament.

Very interesting documentary. John Gilbert was always my favourite... very handsome man with a good voice sadly mistreated.

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This series is simply amazing. But, about the time I get swept up in the magic and brilliance of those early years, I’m struck yet again by the cruelty of it all...how you could be built up and then torn down. So sad.

John Gilbert’s story screams for a movie or docuseries. The rise and fall of a tragic, self destructive figure. The personification of Hollywood’s darker side.

Love seeing Eleanor Boardman. One of the greats of silent cinema.

I felt a bit disturbed that Gilbert’s daughter talked about him by name (Gilbert/Jack) rather than by affiliation (dad/my father), and with such detachment ... his ex wife had such gleams in her eyes when she talked about the past, which was lovely to see.

Great episode from a great series

Thanks so much for uploading this, I've been looking for this particular episode for ages. Brilliant documentary series.

Fabulous! Love this series! Thanks for posting

That was cruel of Greta to stand him up on their wedding day. She should have ended the engagement.

love this series, sooo good 👍

Its really the circle of life. Both were the top of professional hierarchy when the rules of the game were in their favour. But when the rules changed, they were unable or powerless to keep up. Also, by the 30s, the public has had enough of the old stars and were enamored with the new ones. I think we've seen it happen in any industry, especially one as capricious as the movie business. No one stays at the top forever, not even the biggest stars.

Amazing, how many actors check out early, or become unknowable recluses. Just from this series, Clara Bow, Garbo, Pickford, can be counted among the recluses. I think Bow passed away in a small house in Culver City, under constant care for mental illness, living off an estate worth half a million dollars (1965 dollars, the year she died). Victims of a perfect storm, like Arbuckle and Gilbert, end up dead or exiled. Gilbert's near-instant collapse is shocking. I wonder if his self-destructiveness was the result of just being sick of life. But that's not the entire story. I also think the "talkies" were the convenient excuse for the studio heads to ice out "problem stars".

Greta is one of my favorite silent girl. My favorite movie of her was THE GRAND HOTEL.plus i have my other ones.

It seems the original upload on jamon2112's channel is unavailable in the United States due to copyrighted footage, so thanks for this upload.

So very lovely and touching and magic this show is

Fantastic documentary. So love this

My favorite documentary series! John Gilbert did make some really good precode films including Redemption (1930) Phantom of Paris (1931) West of Broadway (1931) and Downstairs (1932). It’s just that dirtbag Mayer was out to ruin his career. And Clara 💕 retired to marry western star Rex Bell.

In "His Glorious Night" Gilbert used an upper class English accent that was strange to American audiences at the time; It was 'posh' to the point of campness eg he pronounces the world cruel as...'crew..ell' This is what the teenage girls, who were probably in love with him, were shocked to hear. The pitch & tone of his voice were quite normal if somewhat nasal. If he had played a similar character to the one in "The Big Parade" he, being an able actor, would have spoken the way that the people expected him to talk.

I cannot fathom why this series has not been released on DVD/blu-ray? Too many rights issues? Won't the more widespread availability of clips increase the market for the full-length features?

I remember watching this.

I wonder how Garbo explained standing him up, or apologized? Hopefully she did. It seems he forgave her, and they remained friends.

I would agree that John Gilbert got a raw deal. His later sound films prove his voice was fine.

So interesting that Elinor Glynn thought more highly of John Gilbert than Valentino...also the comments about Valentino probably falling by the wayside with sound....(sic)..."not able to match the image with the voice"....it does sound to be the most likely scenario for Valentino, who may, himself, "willed himself to die." What a poignant episode...

I guess back in the twenties and thirties Garbo's navel-gazing and aloofness held the audience's attention as being artistic, but after a hundred years of film history she has been, in my very humble opinion, been eclipsed by scores of superior actresses. We always have to remind ourselves that these individuals were acting. Indeed sometimes at a very high and even gifted level, but still acting.

Why when I think of Garbo does the word 'overwrought' immediately spring to mind? With Bow the word is vivacious.

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How did paramount not realize most of the public would love a woman like Clara who was like them and talked like them? So foolish

Today we call IT the "manic pixie dream girl".

Garbo was a self centered who cared for no one but herself

Dam movie business. They make"you then use you up..then abandons you

There was nothing whatsoever wrong with John Gilbert's voice. That is a myth. There was also nothing wrong with his acting. The proof of the pudding is in the films.

The main characters in Babylon the film from this year is about these two greats

Rewatching by chance...and the comment about Gibert not being able to live with himself without having a character to play. After some years researching Valentino, I'm thinking he had the same issue...in fact, his going to talk to HL Mencken about a week before the culmination of his illnesses indicates that he really was confused and felt his life was not his own. A sad way to end...

Eleanor Boardman was so beautiful...

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I could very well fall in love with a girl like Clara.I would merrily fall in love with a girl like Clara. Forgive me, I’m about to swoon

I love Clara Bow...for her sheer zest for life, her ebullience, her contact with you, me, everyone, through the lens of the camera.... John Gilbert is very attractive, but.... Greta Garbo I fell in love with....fall in love with her, every time I see her

Maybe garbo saw early in life the hypocrisy of most people and decided never to marry or let anyone break her heart.

Segment on John Giilbert at 18:24.

Awe, Clara... Hollywood chewed her up & spit her out. She glowed on screen. After her horrendous childhood & we won't mention what her father did to her...she just followed her dream to what she thought would make her happy. It did in the beginning, but then a different type of abuse set in.

I really feel sorry for John Gilbert . Those talkie love scenes were not his fault. That was bad script writing

I never knew what anyone saw in Garbo or Gilbert.

The soundtrack neutralized their "It". Alot of our Hollywood phonys today would be better silent.

I wonder if Marilyn Monroe was influenced by Clara Bow.

Clara Bow is wonderful.

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Garbo was so ever rated, her face wass always lit up to make her look something.

Clara Bow made several 'talkies', so to say that she 'didn't make it' is simply not true. Just Googled it.....she made 11 talkies.

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Original release 1980.

I think Clara Bow became Betty Boop.

Did the writer of Babylon watch this documentary and decided to make a movie out of these two? Both Clara Bow and John Gilbert sound similar to Margot Robbie and Brad Pitts characters in the movie.

The music is too loud

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Who is the girl who dances next to the man with the hat at minute 0:55

He had a squeaky voice.

at 28 minutes what is the name of that musical piece?

Garbo is plain and simpliy selfish and mean reguardless of her acting

Wrong about both

What was the point in making silent movies? Why be incomplete!

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Sorry, but Louise Brooks is perhaps some sort of feminist heroine for today's Gen Z/Millennials but not very truthful or accurate here. Bow was not the biggest star, period. Ever hear of Mary Pickford, Garbo, Swanson, and many others I could name in the silent era. I left out the male stars only because none of the women in that period came close to their box office power.

Can't stand Garbo.