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Prudence, the Pirate (1916) Status: Unknown Gladys Hulette gets another adorable vehicle in the form of Prudence, the Pirate. The plot involves a pirate-obsessed young lady who gets out of an arranged marriage by hiring a ship (complete with crew) and proclaiming herself a pirate captain. She then read more

The Shine Girl (1916) Status: Missing and presumed lost This is a Pollyanna-esque tale of a little shoeshine girl who brightens the lives of all she meets. For the record, Mary Pickford and I feel exactly the same way about Pollyanna (she annoys us) but I rather like Gladys Hulette, who plays the read more

by Frank Reighter Betty Leonarda McMahan was born April 14, 1913 in Blaine, Washington. Her parents were James McMahan ( b. CA.), a Securities salesman, and Betty Leonarda Hegbom (b. IL. Feb. 28, 1890; died May 4, 1955 in Los Angeles, CA.). Betty is listed in 15 films from 1934 to 1960, with her read more

by Ryan Fay For awhile, who played "Junior" in the 1952 Joe Besser solo short Caught on the Bounce was a mystery. The part was sometimes credited in filmographies to Edward Coch, but that never made sense as that actor was in his forties at the time Caught on the Bounce was filmed. The person we w read more

Comet Over Hollywood is doing a mini-series of “Classics in the Carolinas.” I’ll be spotlighting classic movie related topics in South Carolina (my home state) and North Carolina (where I currently live and work). Elkin, North Carolina is a small town of roughly 4,000 people. It also is the setting read more

by Ryan Fay When it came to finding Gay and Elaine Waters, it was two for the price of one. For years, those two players were on our looking for list. The breakthrough occurred when Elaine was found in the 1940 census shortly after it was publicly released last year. (Census records are sealed by read more

Cinephiles the world over heave a collective sigh at the startling number of lost films. What exactly are lost films anyway? A film is considered lost if it isn’t known to exist in any studio, public archive or private collection. Roughly between 70-90% of silent era films and almost 50% of sound read more

Fuss and Feathers (1918) Status: Missing and presumed lost Enid Bennett is not well-remembered today but she was a popular actress who reached the height of her fame during the late teens and early twenties. Married to director Fred Niblo, the pair often teamed up to create popular films. Fuss and read more

The Amateur Gentleman (1926) Status: Missing and presumed lost This Richard Barthelmess vehicle was based on the 1913 novel of the same name by Jeffery Farnol. The novel told the tale of the son of a prizefighter who tries to break into English society in the Regency era. The silent era was not ov read more

by Ryan Fay A long-standing cast error has been identified and corrected. For decades, it was widely published that one of the women on the golf course in Three Little Beers (1935) was played by Nanette Crawford (1893-1975), a stage actress and wife of actor Harry Hollingsworth (1888-194 read more

Far From the Madding Crowd (1915) Status: Missing and presumed lost If ever there was a tale to showcase leading men, this is it. Thomas Hardy’s 1874 novel features three juicy parts for the boys: The flashy playboy, the mature stalker and the solid (and stolid!) suitor-in-waiting. There is a read more

We've lost another star ... RIP Esther Williams 1921 - 2013 Written by Vanessa Buttino at 8:51 AM Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook Labels: actor: esther williams read more

by Ryan Fay Harriet DeBusman was just a girl with a dream. "When DeBusman sent her picture in to the judges of the national contest to discover new screen talent, conducted by Agfa and Monogram, she could not imagine what the Fates had in store for her," one 1935 report read. Her snapshot wa read more

The Dragon’s Claw (1915) Status: Missing and presumed lost This odd revenge tale marked the screen debut of Broadway star Walter Hampden. He would make one more picture in 1917 and then not return to the movies until the 1930′s. He had supporting parts is several classics, including 19 read more

Gang War (1928) Status: Missing and presumed lost Jack Pickford (little brother of Mary) stars with Olive Borden in this gangster film, his final motion picture appearance. With the success of Underworld, all things gangland were popular and profitable. The demand for the genre would, of course, o read more

Danny Thomas' stepdaughter on The Danny Thomas Show, Penny Robinson in Lost in Space, and Brigitta von Trapp in The Sound of Music--Angela Cartwright may have been the most successful young actor of the 1960s. Born in Cheshire, England, but raised in Los Angeles, Angela and her sister Veronica enter read more

Vintage ad offering Walsh’s pictures either silent or synchronized. Raoul Walsh. You may know him as the director of gangster classics White Heat, The Roaring Twenties and High Sierra. What you may not know is that Walsh’s career had been linked with crime pictures since the very beginn read more

by Ryan Fay Along the way, we have solved tons of lost player cases. Not surprisingly, most we solve are deceased, but not all. One exception is Kathryn Keys, a name not immediately recognizable to most Stooge fans. She co-starred with Shemp Howard and El Brendel in the 1944 Columbia short Pi read more

Are you daft, man? The number of lost films from the silent era is enough to make a film fan weep. If you have been reading my Lost Film Files series, you will see that the missing films are not just small, obscure productions. No, the missing films include works from top stars, directors and studi read more

Dry Martini (1928) Status: Missing and presumed lost Mary Astor signed on with Fox and her first effort was Dry Martini, which co-starred Matt Moore. From descriptions, this film sounds like a last gasp of the 1920′s style. A wild father and his equally wild daughter (Mary Astor) are trying t read more