# Eve- you(and other silent fans) might be interested in this **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 7, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-you-and-other-silent-fans-might-be-interested-in-this/608687 "2012-01-07T01:39:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-you-and-other-silent-fans-might-be-interested-in-this/608687/1 "2012-01-07T01:39:34Z")
Eve, I remember you said you had a biography of John Gilbert you were working on. I mentioned to you, in a previous thread, the upcoming silent film festival here in Kansas. I’ve got a link here: > **[Kansas Silent Film Festival, Welcome page](http://www.kssilentfilmfest.org/)** > > Program and notes, with archives and wrap-ups, for the Kansas Silent Film Festival, held annually at White Concert Hall, Washburn University. This festival is free and open to the public. Live music is presented at this free event. Film history... Too bad you can’t come, it sounds as if there will be a great lineup this year, and John Gilbert will be featured in “Monte Cristo” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-you-and-other-silent-fans-might-be-interested-in-this/608687/2 "2012-01-07T01:48:00Z")
Oh heck, I put this in the wrong forum. Can a mod move this to Cafe Society? ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-you-and-other-silent-fans-might-be-interested-in-this/608687/3 "2012-01-07T01:48:06Z")
Just wondering if this should be in another forum… and I thought you were going to mention the movie “The Artist”. BTW, that looks like one cool festival, and free! ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-you-and-other-silent-fans-might-be-interested-in-this/608687/4 "2012-01-07T06:32:09Z")
Moved from Game Room to Café Society. - Gukumatz, Game Room & IMHO Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-you-and-other-silent-fans-might-be-interested-in-this/608687/5 "2012-01-07T17:30:36Z")
Thank you, darling–I wish I had the time and money to go there! I have seen _Monte Cristo_, thank goodness–I have to go to the Library of Congress soon to see four of his films only they have. Book is about 85% done (whether it is any \*good \*or not, I have no idea), due for May 2013 publication, and I have scads of \*fab \*photos for it (which will cost me a fortune). \*God \*Jack Gilbert was gorgeous, I have such a crush. I talked to the Warner Home Video folks about doing a John Gilbert Box Set and after they finished laughing themselves into a coughing fit, they said, “Oh, honey, that is not going to happen.” ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-you-and-other-silent-fans-might-be-interested-in-this/608687/6 "2012-01-07T22:11:51Z")
Have you seen _Bardelys the Magnificent_? P.S. Why is a box set out of the question? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-you-and-other-silent-fans-might-be-interested-in-this/608687/7 "2012-01-08T00:00:06Z")
Yes, I have seen _Bardelys_–it’s cute, a nice little swashbuckler. I think my favorite John Gilbert silents (still extant, of course) are _The Big Parade_ (his personal favorite), _The Show_, and \*Love \*(the best of the Garbo/Gilbert films, in my opinion). His best talkie was certainly _Downstairs_–kind of a male version of _Red-Headed Woman_ or _Baby Face_–and _The Phantom of Paris_. I am just giving the book–what there is of it–a first edit as we speak–well, I \*should \*be, and not goofing off, but we know how \*that \*goes. I am at the “oh, this book sucks, no one will ever read it” stage. A John Gilbert Box Set would cost a fortune to produce–the films have to be cleaned up digitally, the silents re-scored; and even I, his biographer, have to admit they would probably not earn back that money. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-you-and-other-silent-fans-might-be-interested-in-this/608687/8 "2012-01-08T00:48:41Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Yes, I have seen _Bardelys_–it’s cute, a nice little swashbuckler. I think my favorite John Gilbert silents (still extant, of course) are _The Big Parade_ (his personal favorite), _The Show_, and \*Love \*(the best of the Garbo/Gilbert films, in my opinion). > > His best talkie was certainly _Downstairs_–kind of a male version of _Red-Headed Woman_ or _Baby Face_–and _The Phantom of Paris_. > > I am just giving the book–what there is of it–a first edit as we speak–well, I \*should \*be, and not goofing off, but we know how \*that \*goes. I am at the “oh, this book sucks, no one will ever read it” stage. > > A John Gilbert Box Set would cost a fortune to produce–the films have to be cleaned up digitally, the silents re-scored; and even I, his biographer, have to admit they would probably not earn back that money. When the book comes out, I will buy a copy!!! I’ll still be on the Dope, contact me. What about getting a copy signed by the author?😛 ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-you-and-other-silent-fans-might-be-interested-in-this/608687/9 "2012-01-08T01:02:24Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > What about getting a copy signed by the author?😛 Hell, for an extra ten bucks, I’ll read it to you over the phone. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eve-you-and-other-silent-fans-might-be-interested-in-this/608687/10 "2012-01-08T01:34:19Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Hell, for an extra ten bucks, I’ll read it to you over the phone. Done! I’ll start saving up now!