Very different style back then, very much detached from the actual words as if she were reading a foreign language - terrible from a modern point of view. I’d rather listen to Florence Foster Jenkins sing.

Brava.

She was beautiful, so graceful, elegant....and I love her voice..❤

Love her work!!!

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He was a beautiful man!

I've been a fan of Maude Adams for a long time. She was so lovely. It is a thrill to finally hear her delightful voice.

Oh, wow, beautiful voice! This woman had Valentino all over her in Camille, WHEW! 🥵🔥

Lovely voice 🌹

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I'd guess there was a lot of over-acting in them days, but this is what audiences expected and even wanted. Nowadays, we'd giggle.

Ramon Navarro?

John Gilbert!🤍

You think this recording of this soliloquy is amazing! There is an even better one by a better actor. That actor is, of course, John Barrymore. This recording was from a series of radio broadcasts of excerpts from Shakespeare plays Barrymore did in the 1930s. In 1928, much closer to the time he did Hamlet on Broadway and in London, he recorded this soliloquy for Victor and it makes this version pale in comparison (and it doesn't have that annoying background music). Unfortunately the only clip of it I could find on You Tube is barely audible above a hiss. You can find a better copy at www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/playhamlet.html.

What’s wrong with his voice? People said that his voice were feminine and too high-pitched? I don’t think so.

Such a treat, thanks

Katherine Cornell was one of the two greatest actresses of the American stage. The other was Helen Hayes.

Thank you so much for posting this gem a of a clip. Very very lovely hearing Maude Adam's voice.

Don't forget Harold Lloyd!

How do we know which character’s voice is Maude Adams?

Very handsome Actor and very nice tribute to him.

i am amazed. i didn't think i would ever hear her voice.

Absolute awesome that we can actually hear her voice

Crying...... no words.

Thank you for sharing this is my great aunt on my Fathers side. Wished I had meet her, she died before I was Born

This is my Great Aunt on my fathers side.

Just shows the different world in acting..This now would b comical even for amdram

There is nothing like a trained voice--today's Hollywood mumblers and vocal-fry babies could take note.

What marvelous voices.

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Louis B. Mayer bribed one of the sound technicians to doctor his voice, as he and Gilbert had many fallings out over Gilbert's drinking and wild lifestyle which was bad for MGM's Reputation. There is nothing wrong with his voice: it's deep and he has wonderful elocution. LB Mayer was a very wicked and corrupt man, as we know from what he did to Judy Garland, Joan Crawford and many other stars. He was a vengeful, spiteful, manipulative tyrant and egomaniac. In 2019 (almost 2020) we need to correct these false histories about certain stars and place the blame squarely back upon the heads of these vulgar beasts like Mayer, who these days - like Harvey Weinstein (the Mayer of his day) would be humiliated and thrown into prison for the wickedness he unleashed upon many of his employees. Despite the great success of MGM Studios - The descendants of the Mayer family should be ashamed today of their patriarch for the wickedness and evil he committed against generations of stars and their families because of his assaults, child molestations, rapes, Harris's meant, child trafficking, misogyny, homophobia, a litany of corrupt betrayals, and drug-peddling. The Mayers are a shameful family and the family estate should be forced to pay millions in compensation to the families of the various stars they mistreated and abused over the decades.

How he inflames the role! Just from this taste, one can understand why this performance stood out....and still does. I'm thinking Shakespeare himself noticed from heaven! Wow

Love the combo of voice and photos. Thank you!

Love this, thank you!💗

I wish someone would publish her unfinished autobiography, I'd really like to read it

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The time to read is too short.

dead for nearly a hundred years, and cooler than, you'll ever be!

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Do you know the citation information for this recording? When it was recorded and by whom?

Thank You for uploading these Great Photo, He was my Grandmothers Cousin. My Grandmothers name was Mildred Barthelmess, on my Fathers side.

Thanks for this. Fascinating woman. One of my friends, who died in 2007 at the age of 102, had known Nazimova when she was young and was friendly with her and her lover, the actress Glesca Marshall, for many years, and saw Alla both in her legendary "Hedda Gabler" and as Mrs Alving in "Ghosts." What an amazing voice.

The incredible voice of one of the most fascinating actresses and women ever.

There are many more that need recognition.All great actors

Glad they featured some here that probably didn't get as much recognition as they should of. True cinema pioneers! I recommend the book too! A great read.

Do you know what year this was recorded?

I am big. It's the pictures that got small.

I am a fan of old radio.

Interesting to hear certain lines cut from the text. Did the director feel those lines were repetitive? Did Barrymore suggest the cuts? Or are five full acts of "Hamlet" simply too taxing for a modern audience? Either way, it's probably a good idea. Classical actors are fearful of being considered lowbrow for criticizing the Bard, yet I say, as a Shakespearian actor myself, the one thing ole' Bill could be faulted for is laying it on too thick at times, using a trowel instead of a knife, gilding the lily., fashioning five metaphors where three would do nicely, putting an extra curl on Mona Lisa's forehead, jumping the steeplechase horse once too often--sorry, I'm channeling Shakespeare. Must be the cannabis talking. He knew pot, too, you know. Early in my acting career I learned that the 17th thru 19th centuries saw productions where they cut whole speeches and scenes out of "Romeo and Juliet", "King Lear" "Hamlet" and other popular Elizabethan plays. I lumped those decisions with the theaters that made up happy endings for these tragedies--namely that they were all wrong. But remember the theatre was all the English masses had then, even as modern India's masses have Bollywood films and soap operas and not much else in their harsh existence. The Mumbai production companies throw the kitchen sink into the frothing, dancing pot and keep it simmering for 3 to 5 hours. By my troth, thou'st can cut Shakespeare a more modern visage and have him look better for the shave. Better, because more approachable. And after all, he did write for the masses. You and me.

Love his voice!