Clara Bow, The Fleet’s In (1928)
Compared to my “talkie” Old Movie viewing, I’m relatively new to silents. I believe it was a mere 4 years ago when I watched my first silent film, in fact. I started off with Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid and have never looked back.
My favorite silent film stars (so far) are:
- Buster Keaton
- Clara Bow
- Charlie Chaplin
- Georgia Hale
- Harold Lloyd
- Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle
- Lothar Mehnert
- Marion Davies
- Mildred Davis
- Marceline Day
- Marion Mack
- Marion Byron
- Mary Pickford
- Zasu Pitts
But I’m picking up new favorites to add along the way. Having said that, there will never (I’m certain of that) be a silent film star I enjoy any more than I do the wonderful, one-in-a-billion Clara Bow. A few I enjoy as much… but more than??… NEVER!
These great photos are from her film The Fleet’s In (1928) – a movie that is, unfortunately, considered lost. Isn’t that as criminally frustrating as it gets?!