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Post by tom on Jul 10, 2021 19:41:36 GMT -6
Obsessed as I am with Joan's earliest silents, I have been wishing to see as many as might exist. Interestingly, it seems as if a copy of this movie exists. Joan has a bit part, like most of her 1925 films. The Only Thing was written by Elinor Glyn, who seems to have been quite a firecracker back in the day! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor Glyn It is said to be based on a novel by Ms. Glyn, but I've never been able to find a hint of such online. I recently read Gloria Swanson's autobiography and it corroborates the picture of Glyn as a bawdy, party girl in the 1920s. Wiki says the Eastman museum has a copy. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Only_Thingwhich the Eastman web page confirms. There exists a review of it here by the Toronto Film Society torontofilmsociety.com/news/raiding-the-vaults-at-george-eastman-house-2015/Man, how I'd love to see this film and do some Joan spotting! |
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Post by davidmorrocco on Jul 12, 2021 12:47:17 GMT -6
Obsessed as I am with Joan's earliest silents, I have been wishing to see as many as might exist. Interestingly, it seems as if a copy of this movie exists. Joan has a bit part, like most of her 1925 films. The Only Thing was written by Elinor Glyn, who seems to have been quite a firecracker back in the day! en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elinor Glyn It is said to be based on a novel by Ms. Glyn, but I've never been able to find a hint of such online. I recently read Gloria Swanson's autobiography and it corroborates the picture of Glyn as a bawdy, party girl in the 1920s. Wiki says the Eastman museum has a copy. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Only_Thingwhich the Eastman web page confirms. There exists a review of it here by the Toronto Film Society torontofilmsociety.com/news/raiding-the-vaults-at-george-eastman-house-2015/Man, how I'd love to see this film and do some Joan spotting! Tom I have to read Gloria Swanson’s autobiography. I bet it’s good. Thanks for mentioning her and her book. I’ll check it out. |
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Post by davidmorrocco on Jul 12, 2021 14:05:20 GMT -6
Tom; I just ordered the hard cover Gloria Swanson autobiography book. You forgot to tell me is over 500 pages. All the reviews are really good so I’m looking forward to reading it. Thanks again for letting us know about it.
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Post by tom on Jul 12, 2021 14:12:06 GMT -6
Tom; I just ordered the hard cover Gloria Swanson autobiography book. You forgot to tell me is over 500 pages. All the reviews are really good so I’m looking forward to reading it. Thanks again for letting us know about it. Yeah. GS had a lot to get off her chest! From her Hollywood to post-Hollywood days. She's an interesting, multi-faceted, multi-talented person. I got through it in about 4 or 5 sittings. Let me know how you like it. In terms of The Only Thing, below is a screen grab of the holdings of the Eastman museum. I need to find out what their viewing policies are.  |
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Post by tom on Jul 12, 2021 14:27:33 GMT -6
 Per the Eastman Museum, The Only Thing is available as 35mm triacetate positive print, 35mm triacetate fine grain master and as a 35mm nitrate picture negative. |
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Post by tom on Jul 15, 2021 18:42:52 GMT -6
Saw this pic of JC in The Only Thing while watching this excellent documentary about her on YouTube.  |
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Post by davidmorrocco on Jul 30, 2021 12:27:52 GMT -6
I finally finished reading Gloria Swanson’s autobiography. She really gives her readers the true story of the behind the scenes of early Hollywood. (You know I love the behind the scenes juice.). She talks about the business aspect of Hollywood and who calls the shots and who gets the money. She talks about the studio heads and directors, actors, their contracts. She informs us how the breakthrough from silent movies to the new talking movie area. She learns who to trust and unfortunately who she thought she could trust that promised to help her career. She was a multitalented person that went far above acting. Not only did I love the book, but it taught me a lot. It’s a great summer time book to sink your teeth into.
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Post by tom on Aug 4, 2021 10:50:27 GMT -6
I finally finished reading Gloria Swanson’s autobiography. She really gives her readers the true story of the behind the scenes of early Hollywood. (You know I love the behind the scenes juice.). She talks about the business aspect of Hollywood and who calls the shots and who gets the money. She talks about the studio heads and directors, actors, their contracts. She informs us how the breakthrough from silent movies to the new talking movie area. She learns who to trust and unfortunately who she thought she could trust that promised to help her career. She was a multitalented person that went far above acting. Not only did I love the book, but it taught me a lot. It’s a great summer time book to sink your teeth into. I am glad to hear you liked the book. GS was pretty impressive, on screen and off. It seemed to me that once she was burnt as a naive young actor, she really made it her business to learn how things really worked, and then used that knowledge to her advantage. She took that philosophy into everything she took on later in life. She did her research, saw how things were, where the needs were and then dove in. I forget where I read it - maybe Swanson on Swanson? - but Gloria was Joan's role model. Joanie could not have chosen more wisely. |
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Post by tom on Aug 4, 2021 16:04:08 GMT -6
I started a Gloria Swanson thread. I thought people might be interested in her work.
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Post by davidmorrocco on Aug 6, 2021 12:20:22 GMT -6
Yes, it was Swanson on Swanson that Joan Crawford was noted that Gloria Swanson was her role model. I totally agree that Joan Crawford couldn’t have picked a better woman to aspire to. Gloria and Joan didn’t have to have a college degree. They learned as they grew their own careers. They made it a must to be smart at what they could do to make it in Hollywood. Then used what they learned to move ahead in pursuing careers outside of Hollywood. I love them both. They are my inspiration when times are hard.
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