It's marvelous that they were able to reappear some 60 years after the end of the silent film era.

What Bernadette said was THANK YOU FOR HANGING AROUND TILL SOUND CAME ALONG AND HANDING US A FULL BLOWN INDUSTRY...it was a compliment...in other words, those ladies are owed a debt of gratitude for the creation and development of the movies. And none more than Lillian Gish, in my opinion. Now she is, was, and will forever be the epitome of a STAR.

Beautiful graceful elegant and classy ladies. We don't have this in Hollywood today

May the all rest in peace !

When they say Billie Dove was the prettiest lady in the world... it was true.

Sadly, Leatrice Joy, who seems so energetic and joyful here, died within two months of the airing of the show. The other wonderful ladies lived another 8 to 12 years, would you believe.

Colleen Moore and Vilma Banky were still alive in 1985. It would have been wonderful to have seen them here too.

How GRACIOUS they all were. Grace seems to be lacking in today's so called stars.

Bernadette played famed silent movie actress Mabel Norman in the Jerry Herman musical "Mack & Mabel" which I suspect is why they had her do this introduction.

So happy I discovered this gem of a video! I'm a real admirer of Lillian Gish.

These ladies, whether they were young or at the age they were when this was broadcast, had class. There is a certain elegance and class that just sets these actresses of the silent film era apart. I love watching them in the classic films made prior to the 'talkies'.

Motion Picture/ Silent Film pioneers. Paved the way for todays stars in a new industry. I love them all….. They were classy, elegant & beloved by their fans in that era as well as today.

How wonderful seeing these women being paid tribute! They were still beautiful too. I only wish this had been longer than just a couple of minutes. I could have watched hundreds of them coming out...

Wow Leatrice Joy looked really happy, and so energetic for a woman of 92 years of age.

Clara Bow would have been in there, too, had she not passed away in 1965 at age 60. She is my all time fave silent screen star.

@astralagosto Did you know that Leatrice Joy passed away only two months after this special aired? It was wonderful that they were able to give her a finally tribute before she passed on.

For a woman who was about 92 at the time, I think she looked quite good. You're not implying that she should look like she did in the 20s are you? Billie Dove doesn't look the same either but I think all the ladies looked lovely that night. This was a once in a lifetime event and it was fabulous to see them all. :o)

Those beautiful elderly ladies managed to stay in great shape! This video is wonderful.

How wonderful they were and still So glamorous many years later.

These beautiful glamorous dolls don't exist anymore.....Hollywood in its supreme hey day..... now we're stuck with not talent ....grab the money and run trash!

incredible tribute, so happy to see them in their old days !

Thank you for posting this! I grew up watching silent films, and I loved watching the development of their careers, as trailblazers of early film. Lillian Gish is one of my heroines!

This is truly a magical Hollywood moment. Thank you so much for sharing.

Beautiful ladies.

This video is a treasure, most of them had vanished for decades before this night.

Hi ladyvee7110, Thank you for putting this Night of 100 Stars special featuring these silent film actresses. it's great to see Leatrice Joy since she's hardly mentioned when silent films are brought up. A fact: Leatrice Joy influenced Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis to become actresses. They were fans of Leatrice when they were teenagers. Leatrice Joy, one of the best actresses of the silent era and one of the most beautiful. RIP 1893 - 1985

Beautiful, beautiful ❤️❤️❤️❤️

The 1985 version of Night of 100 Stars premiered on television on March 10, 1985 so I would think that it would've been taped a few weeks to a month or so prior to that. Leatrice Joy died May 13, 1985. The special may have been one of her last public appearances.

What a fantastic video! One of the great things about the internet is that we are able to share things like this that would be lost or hidden away. I only hope more and more interviews with greats like these are posted for all of us!

They all dressed so nice. They remind me of a older lady I know. No matter the day or the weather she’s always dressed so nice with her hair done.

Hard to believe that the one who looked sick, Laura LaPlante lived until 1996 and Leatrice Joy died not long after. Both Billie Dove and Lillian Gish also lived into the 1990's.

That was beautiful.Film gives us a chance to relive life together.

This is extremely moving. I loved it!

I downloaded this film right after I first saw it, and it STILL gives me goosebumps and tears seeing this classic grande dames of the silent screen! The great 13-part documentary series by David Gill & Kevin Brownlow, "Hollywood: A Celebration of the Silent Screen" (1980) is where I first "met" Leatrice Joy and Billie Dove, plus many other silent actors, directors, stunt men, etc., in their twilight years. It's PRICELESS; most of those interviewed died just a few years after its 1980 release.

Grand old ladies from the silent movies. I love them

Gish was 92 here, not 100. She was born in 1893 (though she lied about here age for many years)

They all looked great.

@ladyvee7110 These "Nights of100 Stars Plus" were a new creation in 1982. Money was usually raised every year for the Actor's Fund with each show on the Street doing/donating one performance's profits to the Fund. Alexander Cohen came up with the idea of celebrating the 100th Anniv. of the Fund on TV/Hildy writing the show. Started out asking less than 100 people to donate time, got such a HUGE response- they called it 100Stars Plus-I'm REALLY old, I was there. That's what I meant.

Back when actors could ACT!

@ladyvee7110 Hi ladyvee, You're welcome. I found out this info about Leatrice in a book about silent stars by William M. Drew. It has profiles of 10 silent film stars that they public does not know about as much, like Leatrice. It was published in 1989 and it a valuable historical record of the silent era. In it, it reveals Leatrice knew Katharine Hepburn because they live in Hartford, Connecticut. How like comes back in a full circle: Katharine living in the same town as her idol Leatrice.

Brilliant that Bernadette introduced them as she played Mabel Norman on stage

This is great! Thanks for putting this online.

These women were the original Golden Girls of the 1920s.

What a shame Louise Brooks was not available to attend!!!🙏💝😥

Well done ladies !

Good clip! thanks for sharing this

Fantastic clip!

The numbers by all the actresses name were not there age. That was their number on the list of 100 Plus Stars.

Wow this is awesome 🌹

Esto es de 1985 y ellas ya estaban veteranas de eso ya pasaron 28 años. mi favoritas actrices del Cine mudo son Clara Bow, Louise Brooks y Dolores del Rio.

@Messylin Well, you're correct but Garbo had always been a recluse. She would've been honored countless times but she didn't care for stuff like that. But then again, her reclusion and mysteriousness added to her mystique as well.

I wish this show existed 40 years before so we could see more of Theda bara’s face even tho she was quite private during the after the end of her career.

We didn't need words. We had FACES!! We are big. It's the movies that became small. (and I'm typing this while watching it on a small little screen on my computer.) Billy Wilder must have been psychic.

@PlaceForAnEcho Who's to say Bernadette Peters didn't? She may have not been the best presenter ever but I think she did a good job but we're all entitled to our own opinion. But I'm glad that you appreciate this segment of the show for what it was which was a means to honor these mostly forgotten actresses. I'm glad that Hollywood gave them that time to shine again. Did you know that, for example, Leatrice Joy passed away only a few months after she appeared in this special?

WUNDERBAR ... Real class .

When actresses had class

@mmbr01rrf You were there? Wow. :) Thanks for the fantastic info about this show. I really appreciate it ;). This was an awesome special. Literally a once in a lifetime event.

Quando lo guardo mi viene la pelle d'oca....

Gloria Swanson passed away two years earlier.

Word was that a singer named Eleanora Fagen renamed herself Billie Holiday after her favorite actress Billie Dove.

Great

and Mary Pickford

Hubba hubba! 🤠

@ladyvee7110 This wasn't an awards show- it was a benefit for the Actor's Fund. It had started in 1982, with the 100th Anniversary of th Actor's Fund and the benefit show done then. Stage actors have ALWAYS done yearly benefit peformances of current shows for the Fund. They almost fought to be included in these.

When is the studio going to release on Blu-ray or DVD, a properly remastered/restored ''The Wind'', in which Lilian Gish stars? Warner Archives has 3 or so Billie Dove early talkies movies on DVD-R. Her silent films released are quite scant, best known is prob ''Black Pirate''.

Very understandable, I agree.

i wish barbara la marr were alive to be there along with lone bright and dorothy gish 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Godesses!

I wish they would've included Louise Brooks.

they should bring a program like this back to television in place of some of the reality programs...

@myrnaloysboy I had no idea that at some point Fay Wray had lost her marbles. And why her out of all people? LOL. Since she was somewhat of a contemporary of the actresses featured, I doubt she would've been a good choice. The goal of this segment was for new Hollywood to honor actresses of the silent era and to reintroduce them to present day audiences. Possibly a current Hollywood actress of the time(consider this special was done in 1985) would've been a good choice.

@astralagosto ...You're quite welcome and thanks for the great info!

Florence Lawrence never got the recognition as the America's "first movie star"

Glad you enjoyed it.

Laura LaPlante and Lilian Gish hardly changed. Leatrice Joy, on the other hand, is glammed up beyond recognition.

I think she did! ROFLOL ( i actually did roll on the floor but only cause i was on fire temporarily.... then i laughed out loud but only because i was able to save my life)

What were the numbers after the actresses names representing?

Leatrice Joy died only one month after this show :-/

@mimzy84 Actually, she was 92 at the time.

They are the main focus, I think they're stunning and regal women, though most have passed now, but they did so much that cinema is indebted to them. I would have suggested a presenter who appreciates film film preservation and film history. A historian or even Martin Scorsese would have been a good pick. I feel a disconnect with the woman. I'm not bent out of shape by it, but I have a BA in cinema and I adore the silent era. Lillian Gish has a space in my heart.

What are those 158 etc numbers appearing next to their legendary names?

Oh, I never said she looked bad, but she was quite done up. In her Kevin Brownlow interview she's more recognizable. Now on the other hand, as I said I don't think Laura LaPlante's features altered a bit- they ages but she looks remarkably the same. It was great to see them, and I doubt that Hollywood would bother doing the same to (for example) the remaining 1930's actresses.

"industries" lol

Unfortunately, Bernadette Peters didn't enunciate better and speak louder. I couldn't understand what she said about Leatrice Joy.

It would be nice if they did but Hollywood's standards of entertainment have changed drastically unfortunately. Getting legends of the silver screen while they are alive and paying homage is not important beside the occasion Kennedy Center Honor or Memoriam in the middle of an Oscar telecast. Check out(if you haven't already) "Happy Birthday Hollywood Part 1 1987", there is also Part 2 and Part 3. These are the kinds of programs I miss.

Why is this so short?

I noticed that Leatrice Joy died in May 1985 and this special was shot in 1985. When in 1985 was this shot?

Laura La Plante is from Croatia🇭🇷🇺🇸

Do the numbers that appear on the screen of each actress represent their age ? 😂😂😂 JK !!!!

hehe, it would have been interesting had she said that

@PlaceForAnEcho Like I said, I don't think she was. But that's neither here nor there. Maybe the fact that I cared more about who was being presented than who was doing the presenting made me not get all offended by what she was saying. If there was anything to even take offense of. All I cared about were these great actresses on the stage. But I guess some people care more about other things. I was just thrilled to see them.

BIKE LIFE IN PHILLY

Pena que faltou Greta Garbo A Divina

Where's Gloria?

@mmbr01rrf Yeah...I already know that...I had this on an old VHS tape. I don't think I said it was an award show...lol. Check the description. I put the title of the special and everything...lol. I'm not sure about your last sentence. Where did you get that info?

Just watched a clip of Laura LaPlante on Groucho Marx Very sweet and charming

They were too late for louise brooks

Where was Mary Pickford?

@PlaceForAnEcho I'm giving you the same question I gave to myrnaloysboy, who would you have suggested? I don't think she meant to be rude. All she was trying to say was that she was glad they were still with us because many actors and actress of the silent era had since passed on. No need to get all bent out of shape. This program was made like 25 years ago. Anyway, I was more interested in these legendary actresses than who was presenting them. Why aren't they the main focus here?

@myrnaloysboy Who would you have liked to introduce them?