For the Love of Film - Film Preservation Blogathon - Thanks

What would we be missing if there were no film archives, no preservationists? We'd be missing a beautiful art form, an art we all can share and delight in, argue over, wonder at.

Without the National Film Preservation Foundation, UCLA, Eastman House, David Shepard, Flicker Alley, Lobster Films, KINO International, Milestone Films, we would not have these:

The Great Train Robbery (1903)


Ella Cinders (1926)


The Narrow Road (1912)


The Son of the Sheik (1926)


It (1927)


Sunrise (1927)


Foolish Wives (1921)


A Trip to the Moon (1902)


This is an arbitrary look, a sampling, a glimpse of what we have and what is risked by apathy and lack of intrest in preserving and saving the art form of the 20th century, and beyond. Even films as recent as 20 years back are being lost.

Thanks to Marilyn (Ferdy on Films) and The Self Styled Siren for putting this blogathon together and helping in raising of funds to preserve a film. I understand that enough monies has been raised to work on something. Please, please, please, do your part and save a little piece of film.

Please do your bit and donate $5, $10, $15 or $20 to the National Film Preservation Foundation. Even in these economically challenging times a few dimes will save something we can't easily replace. We can't save every single precious frame of the nitrate, but we can try. I'm a glass half full person, please help!

Nitrate Can't Wait! Please Donate Here.

Fundraising blogathon hosted by Ferdy on Films, etc., and The Self-Styled Siren to benefit the National Film Preservation Foundation.

Man Designer Sneaker: Lanvin 2010 Spring/Summer Collection

Some new styles out of Lanvin have hit select retailers for the high-fashion house’s 2010 spring/summer collection.

Leading the way are two sneaker-based offerings, a high-top featuring a patterned silk upper and a more subtle low-top with a texturized captoe design.

Now you can find all these latest footwear collection at Lanvin

Salvation Army

Vogue Paris March 2010

(fashiongonerogue)

For the Love of Film - Film Preservation Blogathon - What's Left if the Film is Lost?

It is a very sad, sad, SAD fact that over 90% of films made in the silent era are lost forever. There are so many forgotten faces and forgotten films from this rich period of film history. Many stars have a good rate of survival while others have nothing left but some stills, lobby cards and posters to chronicle a career. This is what is left of a film that is lost for the ages. A glimpse, a few stills, a stone litho poster, a couple of frames with ripped sprocket holes.

Offered for your pleasure are some stills,

posters and lobby cards for films that are lost.

Just for fun and so this is not so completely depressing,

I've included a few that are still with us including links where to get them on DVD.

Thanks to archivists and collectors from around the world for the few that do survive.

Red Hair (1928) - status LOST

A window card from Red Hair, only a few fragments remain.
The color snippets are tantalizingly wonderful of the incandescent Clara Bow.

The Impossible Mrs. Bellew (1922) - status LOST

Gloria Swanson would be well remembered for nothing else but Sunset Blvd., true it's a magnificent film. She was one of the biggest and most popular stars of the silent era. Many of her De Mille films survive, but little remain of her major starring period for Paramount from 1921 to 1925. You can't tell me this dramatic card (and fabulous gown) does not make you want to see this film. It does me! It's with great joy that I can report that Swanson's 1925 film Stage Struck does exist at Eastman House and if you get a chance to see it, do not miss it.

The Rose of Blood (1918) - status LOST

Theda Bara, one the biggest stars in the teens. The survival rate of her films is pathetically small. The 1915 breakthrough film A Fool There Was survives, but her lost 1917 film Cleopatra is among the most desired of all films from the era.

Flaming Youth (1923) - status LOST

As Colleen Moore quoted F. Scott Fitzgerald, "I was the spark and Colleen Moore was the torch that lit Flaming Youth." Sadly, it appears we shall never know as only tiny fragments remain of this film.

An American Venus (1926) - status LOST

Publicity portrait of the divine Louise Brooks.

Arizona (1916) - status LOST

On average, Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. has a fabulous survival rate.

Arizona is not among them.

The Sea Hawk (1924) - status available on DVD

A gorgeous one-sheet poster.
This film is true to Sabatini's novel, unlike the Errol Flynn talkie which only retained the title. Milton Sills is not well known today, and he should be, he was a real hunk and a darn good actor, too.

Marc McDermott and Milton Sills in The Sea Hawk.

The Claw (1918) - status LOST

Clara Kimball Young
If you want to read more about Clara Kimball Young and some other wonderful
Unsung Divas of the Silent Screen, you must visit
Greta de Groat's excellent website devoted to these fine ladies.

In the Palace of the King (1923) - status LOST

A gorgeously costumed Blanche Sweet.

Uncharted Seas (1921) - status LOST

Alice Lake and Rudolph Valentino.

Yes, I know my previous posting was all about this film,
this is merely an excuse to use another still from the film. Sue me!

Camille (1927) - status LOST
An unbearably handsome Gilbert Roland as Armand and Norma Talmadge as Camille
in this 1927 modern adaptation. Maddeningly lost for the ages, for now.

In a bit of happy news, a couple of Norma Talmadge films (and two films with sister Connie) are soon to be released on DVD by our friends at KINO. We must thank the terrific Joe Yranski for these. I can hardly wait!

Hollywood (1923) - status LOST

Virtually every star on the Paramount lot had a cameo in this film.
All that remains are stills and this fantastic poster image.

Tiptoes (1927) - status LOST

Dorothy Gish and Will Rogers are pictured on the UK lobby card. Dorothy was noted as being a delightful comedienne and made many light and fun films, very few of which survive. Dorothy is less well known than her more dramatic sister Lillian and this is a real shame.

Dorothy can be seen in a charming 1916 film called Gretchen the Greenhorn, thanks to our friends at the National Film Preservation Foundation. This film is included on the More Treasures From American Film Archives and well worth a viewing for Dorothy and the many other fabulous treats on the DVD set.

We film fans are fortunate, thanks to companies like Milestone Films, Flicker Alley, KINO and Warner Archive, more and more obscure films are being rediscovered and released on DVD. This benefits us so we can see these rare films, own them in our home libraries and share them with friends and spread the gospel that CGI does not always a great film make. Unfamiliar performers become familiar, we can judge and critique their work, we can bask again in the magic of film from an earlier time.

The tireless work of the archivists, the film collectors who donate material and the film fans who donate money to aid in preservation of our cinematic legacy are all to be applauded. Our friends at KINO, Milestone and Flicker Alley are in business, to be sure, but they are also great lovers of film. This shows in the material they release and make available for film buffs, like me. They work with the Library of Congress, the George Eastman House and UCLA Film and Television Archive to name but a few.

Several of the stills I've used are from Bruce Calvert's terrific site The Silent Film Still Archive. Thanks Bruce for allowing me to pick and choose for this blogathon.

Please do your bit and donate $5, $10, $15 or $20 to the National Film Preservation Foundation. Even in these economically challenging times a few dimes will save something we can't easily replace. We can't save every single precious frame of the nitrate, but we can try. I'm a glass half full person, please help!

Nitrate Can't Wait! Please Donate Here.

Fundraising blogathon hosted by Ferdy on Films, etc., and The Self-Styled Siren to benefit the National Film Preservation Foundation.

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Thanks for your time and I'll see you later,

Nathalie

The Always Inspiring Annie Leibovitz

Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the Vanity Fair Portraits exhibition that was held at the ROM a couple months ago. Luckily however, through my daily Internet browsing, I was able to stumble upon these inspiring and beautiful shots by who else but, Annie Leibovitz.

The legendary photographer took some of these photos a couple of years ago and took inspiration from classic Disney films. My favourite Disney movie, The Little Mermaid is recaptured by the amazing Julianne Moore and the visually stimulating film, Marie Antoinette is captured in still life. Bon appetite!

Amanda

Review of Teddys Pride Probiotic Product

Good morning my dearest readers.

Today I'll be reviewing a wonderful product from Oragenics a bioparmaceutical company, that I've tried and tested on my 

4 dogs for bad breath.  And we all know that a lot of

our adorable pooches that we love to cuddle and smooch, tend to have 

bad breath  as soon as they get to be 2-3 years old,and sometimes before that, that's from my own experience,

I'm a shelter family for dogs  who have been abused.

I own 4 right now and they all have this problem.

So when I was offered to try the Teddys Pride  oral care product I was very excited.

As soon as the package arrived, I opened it and noticed that here were 2 containers

of Teddys Pride to work with.  So I was able to test the product on my 4 dogs for almost 2 months.

Once scoop full, once a day on their wet food at night.

Before I go to the result let me tell you about this Teddys Pride product.

First of all Teddys Pride has:

a key ingredient which is called ProBiora3, specially formulated for that special oral care needs

of cats and dogs. It combats destructive bacteria, keeping teeth white and freshens breath.

By binding to the teeth ProBiora3's beneficial bacteria leave no room or nutrients for the 

destructive bacteria to inhabit a healthy oral cavity.  The result is a reduction in the volatile sulfur compounds responsible for bad breath.

A by-product of the ProBiora3™ probiotics featured in Teddy’s Pride™ Oral Care is a low-dose, natural hydrogen peroxide. As these good bacteria are replenished daily, they create a gradual whitening effect with the full benefits of long contact times, delivering 24 hour per day coverage of balancing and brightening. Daily use of Teddy’s Pride™ Oral Care is the best solution for gently removing stains from pets’ teeth while naturally whitening them.

These studies took  more then 25 years. 

So as I was saying, about the results,

mine were very positive.

On 4 dogs I've had 3 dogs on which it worked great .

But I've got a very old dog that is 12 years old and I tell you her breath smells like 

something crawled in and died in there.  And to be honest the Teddys Pride did not seem to work on my old dog.  Maybe because she's too old and her teeth are really too far gone with plaque.

But as a finishing note I would say that this product would be perfect 

when started  early or until 7 years old, because for my dogs it worked great right up to 

that age. 

It is with confidence that I tell you to buy this Teddys Pride Product.

I am certain you will also enjoy it's effects on your dogs or cats.

You love hugging up to them after they have used Teddys Pride.

I also have something great for you.

A Teddys Pride Giveaway.

You can win yourself a 60 day supply of Teddys Pride

All you have to do is visit  http://www.teddyspride.com

And tell me the name of the doctor that began studying probiotics at he Harvard-affiliated Forsyth Intitute in Boston, prior to joining the staff at the University of Florida.

Just leave the answer in a comment. This is mandatory

This contest runs till  March 2nd 2010 midnight.

Only Canadian and USA residents.

Must be 18 years old.

Read giveaway rules 

Good luck to all

If you need anything please let me know.

Nathalie

Seneca = The Roman Tarantino

After Medea vs. Medea a few weeks ago, I was chatting with one of the actors. Like me, he definitely preferred Euripides' version to Seneca's.

I said, "I got the feeling that Seneca was less concerned with moving the action forward, and more with writing speeches that made allusions to all of these other myths, so that he could show off how smart he was."

"Yeah, he was basically the Quentin Tarantino of Ancient Rome," said my friend. "Sorry, I don't like Tarantino."

"Oh, I don't know, I really enjoyed Inglourious Basterds," I said. My friend hadn't seen it, but maybe he should check it out. It seems that what he objects to is Tarantino's random riffs about pop-culture oddities, but Tarantino naturally had to tone that down for Basterds, because it takes place in the '40s. (And I thought that the riff on King Kong was brilliant!)

But anyway, my friend's comparison of Seneca and Tarantino was especially apt because not only are they both known for elaborate, rhetorical, allusion-filled dialogue... they are also really fond of outrageous bloody violence. In Euripides' play (as is typical of Greek tragedy) Medea kills her children offstage, but in Seneca's, she does it right in front of the audience. Seneca, not the Greek playwrights, was the inspiration for Elizabethan and Jacobean revenge tragedy. And after Cutting Ball's staged reading of the Jacobean revenge tragedy Women Beware Women, in the finale of which nearly every character dies in a bizarrely violent way, the post-show discussion compared it to...Quentin Tarantino! It's like there's a direct through-line from the ancient Roman dramatist to the Italian-American auteur.

I always used to have trouble remembering why I should care about Seneca or what his stylistic hallmarks were, but now that I know to think of him as "the Roman Tarantino," I won't forget!

Naomi Campbell for Haiti

NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 12: Naomi Campbell walks the runway at Naomi Campbell's Fashion For Relief Haiti NYC 2010 Fashion Show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at The Tent at Bryant Park on February 12, 2010 in New York City.

These gray days

(theones2watch)