Gaslight Follies
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Gaslight Follies

4.5 / 10 | 1h 50m | United States
1945 | Documentary
Four-part documentary (each part of which was also available as a short subject) relating to films and other customs of the 1910s and 1920s, consisting of: 1) "Stars of Yesterday", a parade of closeup shots of about 45 silent-era film stars ranging from Marie Dressler to Dolores Costello, Tom Mix and Tony (the horse) to Douglas Fairbanks; 2) "Time Marches Back", a compilation of about a dozen newsreel items ranging from the 1899 Jeffries-Fitzsimmons prize fight thru Babe Ruth's early days with the New York Yankees, and also personalities such as Teddy Roosevelt at home and the inauguration of Prince Edward; 3) a filmed Victoria stage melodrama, "The Drunkard", originally produced by Louis Weiss in the 1930s; and 4) a de-subtitled reprise, possibly edited, of the 1915 motion picture "East Lynne", with satirical narration and sound effects...

Cast List (23)

Albert Herman
Albert Herman
Director
Travers Vale
Travers Vale
Director
Charles Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Self
Dolores Costello
Dolores Costello
Self
Marion Davies
Marion Davies
Self
Marie Dressler
Marie Dressler
Self
John Gilbert
John Gilbert
Self
Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish
Self
Corinne Griffith
Corinne Griffith
Self
Laura La Plante
Laura La Plante
Self
Dorothy Mackaill
Dorothy Mackaill
Self
Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand
Self
John B. Kennedy
John B. Kennedy
Narrator, 'Time Marches Back'
Ben Grauer
Ben Grauer
Narrator, 'Stars of Yesterday'
John B. Kennedy
John B. Kennedy
Self
Mae Murray
Mae Murray
Self
Milton Cross
Milton Cross
Narrator, 'East Lynne'
William S. Hart
William S. Hart
Self
Johnny Hines
Johnny Hines
Self
Ethel Owen
Ethel Owen
Narrator, 'Time Marches Back' & 'East Lynne'
Wallace Reid
Wallace Reid
Self
Morton Friedman
Morton Friedman
Writer
Al Martin
Al Martin
Writer

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