Archive Watch

" Life in Hollywood " Film Studios & Silent Movie Stars Ben Lyon George Siegmann Xd14414 (1927)

1927 · Silent film · 12 min

Watch now On the Internet Archive

Synopsis

This black & white silent film, one of an obscure series by L.M. Be Dell entitled "Life in Hollywood", shows motion picture stars and studios. Copyright 1927 and released in April of that year, and shown in theaters before features as a short attraction. It features many stars of the silent film era including Grace Darmond (herself), Carmelita Geraghty (herself), Gaston Glass (himself), Lloyd Hamilton(himself), Ruth Hiatt (herself),Ben Lyon (himself), Colleen Moore (herself), Herbert Rawlinson (himself), George Siegmann (himself), Al St. John(himself), Maurice Tourneur(himself). Opening titles: L.M. Be Dell presents Life in Hollywood, distributed by Goodwill Pictures Inc. (:08). Title card: This week we will visit the United Studios (:37). Parking outside of the United Studio (:45). Maurice Tourneaur forgot his pass and tried to get in anyway but security wouldn’t allow it (1:10). Another man speaks to security and takes Maurice in with him (1:56). The men share a drink (2:38). Colleen Moore, an actress, is a charming host to people at the studio (3:06). Actor Ben Lyon informs Colleen that it’s time to go to work, he grabs her by the hand (4:00). Actor/Director George Siegmann smokes a cigarette and then plays a board game of chess with actress Carmelita Geraghty (4:36). George distracts Carmelita so he can move game pieces around but is caught and grabbed by Carmelita (5:29). Actor/Producer Gaston Glass and actor Kenneth Harlan have at it with boxing gloves in front of some…

Uploader's description on archive.org

Details

Running time
12 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

Subjects on the Internet Archive

More like this