23 Sunday Jul 2017
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Eric Woodard, Gloria Swanson, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Stephen Michael Shearer
It’s hard to believe that two years have passed since Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed was published. I feel immensely proud to have been part of bringing her unjustly neglected legacy back to the spotlight, and will be eternally grateful to my writing partner, Eric M. Woodard, for giving me that opportunity. Continue reading
27 Sunday Mar 2016
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Gloria Swanson, Her Cardboard Lover, Herbert Marshall, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Joseph M. Schenck, Joseph P. Kennedy, Louella Parsons, Man Woman and Sin, Rain, Raoul Walsh, Sadie Thompson, Silent Movies, United Artists, Will Hays
Gloria May Josephine Swanson was born in Chicago on March 27, 1899. Her father was in the US army, and the family moved frequently during her childhood. After an aunt took her to visit Essanay Studios in Chicago, she left school to work as an extra. She made an uncredited debut in The Song of Soul, and acted alongside Charlie Chaplin in His New Job (1915.) Continue reading
18 Thursday Jun 2015
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Bette Davis, Bride of the Sea, D.W. Griffith, Emile Chautard, Frederick Warde, Gloria Swanson, Helen Badgley, Jealousy, Jean de Limur, Jeanne Eagels, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, Joan Crawford, John Gilbert, Judith of Bethulia, Kim Novak, Man Woman and Sin, MGM, Monta Bell, Paramount, Rain, Rita Hayworth, Ruth Chatterton, Sadie Thompson, Thanhouser, The Ace of Hearts, The Cross Bearer, The Fires of Youth, The House of Fear, The Laughing Lady, The Letter, The Madonna of the Slums, The National Red Cross Pageant, The World and the Woman, Under False Colors, Will Hays
Jeanne Eagels photographed by Clarence Sinclair Bull during filming of ‘Man, Woman and Sin’ at MGM (1927)
The subject of my new book, Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed, was not just a Broadway legend, but also an important actress in silent film and the early days of talking pictures. I have written an article about Jeanne’s movie career, and an edited version is published today on the Classic Flix website. You can read the full article, illustrated with film stills from the book, right here. Continue reading
