Filled with 100s of classic silent movie photographs. It is a vivid depiction of negro life in the 1920s. Posts about colleen moore written by box office madness. We really dont get to know her too well during most of the film. Theatre organist don kinnier brings silent films to life. National film registry titles listed alphabetically. Ella cinders was a big hit, not only inducing first national to make the picture, but also establishing a comic strip that would run for 36 years. So here is every silent film that i could find, on bluray sorted by distributor, then year. Colleen moore was an american film actress, and one of the most fashionable stars of the silent film era. The film detective, unknown catalog number, unknown upc number. One singlesided, single layered, region 0 ntsc dvdr disc, 1. I have decided to make a list of all films based on comic books, and if i have missed any movies please let me know in the comments section.
Essays on the dynamic women of the early film industry. Lets celebrate silent sunday with colleen moore and ella cinders 1926. It not only became popular enough to warrant a film adaptation only a year later, but it ran until 1961. Colleen moore is ella cinders 1926 original music score by brian pinette noregion dvd in dvdcd sleeve, photo label. That plucky girl from the comic pagers comes to the screen as the first character from the comics to be played in a live action film.
Another long lost colleen moore movie found in holland. Based on the comic strip which itself was based on the tale of cinderella, the film tells of the putupon ella who wins a chance to go to. Download pdf copies of the entire list of registry titles sorted alphabetically or by year of release. Alas, the twocolor technicolor fashion show sequence that runs a fullreel is badly faded. As the title indicates, its the cinderella story in modern dress. Chris crusty ran above ella cinders as a topper strip from july 5, 1931 to july 6, 1941. An american silent comedy film directed by alfred e. Colleen moore in ella cinders 1926 vera lewis and colleen moore in ella. Advertising herald for colleen moore in ella cinders 1926. Mar 21, 2014 colleen moore is ella cinders 1926 original music score by brian pinette noregion dvd in dvdcd sleeve, photo label. Distributed for most of its run by united feature syndicate, the daily version was launched june 1, 1925, and a sunday page followed two years later. Ella cinders 1926 is still in complete since over 2 reels of footage was snipped from the 1928 kodascope libraries 16 millimeter show at home edition that has been the basis for all copies in any format ever since.
Light on plot, the appeal of ella cinders is solely in the performance of colleen moore, who is quite funny throughout when smoking a cigar, practicing eye exercises, imitating lillian gish, or sneaking onto a movie lot. Kinnier, an accomplished silent film accompanist, will perform friday at holy trinity lutheran church. Ella cinders 1926, public domain, hd jarred kelenic 2019 minor league highlight reel west virginia power, modesto nuts arkansas travelers duration. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of her deadend life and go to hollywood, where she is promised a job in the movies. There are complete 35 millimeter archival prints of irene 1926.
One singlesided, singlelayered, region 0 ntsc dvdr disc, 1. Green, with colleen moore, lloyd hughes, vera lewis, at turner classic movies. Colleen moore, lloyd hughes, vera lewis, doris baker, emily gerdes, jed prouty, jack duffy, alfred e. Read the full synopsis of ella cinders, 1926, directed by alfred e. Ella cinders first national, 1926, a john mccormick production, directed by alfred e. Green produced by john mccormick written by frank griffin scenario mervyn leroy scenario george marion jr. To the horror of her family she heeds a call to hollywood where she encounters corruption on every street corner. He will accompany ella cinders, a 1926 comedy starring colleen moore that riffs on the. Ella cinders 1926, a film with colleen moore considered an archetype of 1920s comedy.
Now heres some trivia about ella cindersit was actually one of the earliest liveaction film versions of a popular comic strip. Ella cinders was a modern take on the classic cinderella with colleen portraying an orphaned, putupon girl with a wicked stepmother with two dead husbands to her credit and two. Ella cinders 1926 a young woman enters a contest in spite of her wicked stepsisters and wins a trip to hollywood. First prize is a trip to hollywood and a screen test, but when ella arrives in tinseltown. Ella cinders 1926 full movie colleen moore youtube. Conselman and charles plumb, which in turn was based upon the millenniaold folk tale of cinderella. Complete national film registry listing sort films by title, year of release, and year inducted into the registry by using the up and down arrows at the top of each column. When she arrives in hollywood, she discovers that the contest was a scam and the job nonexistent.
The film is based on the syndicated comic strip of the same name by william m. Based on the comic strip which itself was based on the tale of cinderella, the film tells. Based on the comic strip which itself was based on the tale of cinderella, the film tells of the. Energetic and lively, ella has fun breaking up parties of her severe stepmother and plain sisters, standing on bridgetables and. Ella cinders tarzan ice cream premium book, bill conselman and charles. Green, is a star vehicle for colleen moore, a popular silent screen flapper of the 1920s, in one of her more notable comedies of her career that has become forgotten through the passage of time. National film registry titles selected 1989 2017, listed alphabetically year released year. Ella cinders 1926 20 the emperor jones 1933 1999 empire 1964 2004. So here is every silent film that i could find, on bluray sorted by distributor, then.
Its a complete, authentic 1917 night at the movies. Ella cinders 1926 and cinderella cinders 1920 ella cinders stars the cute as a button colleen moore in perhaps her best known picture which casts her as a modern day cinderella, toiling in a household of persnickety, demanding insufferables. May, 2011 ella cinders was a big hit, not only inducing first national to make the picture, but also establishing a comic strip that would run for 36 years. She has the love of a sweet man in town lloyd hughes and a film contest that she wins. Dec 21, 2014 ella cinders was a huge hit for colleen moore in 1926. This film is certainly long overdue for a comprehensive and loving restoration. Debut of silent film ella cinders this saturday features. Film noir 1940s film noir 1950s hitchcock films greatest westerns. Ella cinders est une comedie realisee en 1926 par alfred e. Ella cinders movie ella cinders released on june 06, 1926. Ella cinders was a huge hit for colleen moore in 1926.
Voir ella cinders 1926 en streaming complet streamvoir. Ella cinders 1926 first nationals film ella cinders 1926 with colleen moore as the title character, dramatized the dilemma still faced today of young starlets coming to hollywood with high dreams and hopes only to be dashed shortly thereafter. If you have amazon prime, this is a free silent movie, from 1926, called ella cinders. Moore, ella is a moviestruck smalltown girl who wins a talent contest purportedly sponsored by a film studio. Since i figured this list would be useful to everyone, i decided to make a complete list of all silent films on bluray.
You can watch ella cinders online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. I really liked the outdoor scenes in this film which convey a nice sense of place. The film itself has very commonly circulated for decades, although its the shortedited kodascope homeviewer version. Ella cinders the comic strip started in 1925, and was written by bill consulman and drawn by charles plumb. However when news come to her small town that hollywood is looking for new talent and a local beauty contest is being held at a gala ball to determine the winner, ella knows she must enter the contest for a chance to escape her sad prospects.
Green, starring colleen moore, produced by her husband john mccormick 18931961. But through pluck, luck, and talent, she makes it in the movies. Silent film star colleen moore and charlie plumbs comic strip character ella cinders had two basic things in common. As a personal project for myself, i decided to compile a list of all the silent films released on bluray that i still need to purchase. As part of our silent sundays series, well be screening 1926s ella cinders featuring silent film star colleen moore, a film that is full of laughs. With colleen moore, lloyd hughes, vera lewis, doris baker. Ella cinders 26, irene 26, and orchids and ermine 27 ella cinders 1926 was an adaptation of a popular comic strip of the period. Ella cinders is like a modern day well, for the 1920s cinderella story. They unfortunately dont have the same texture as the interior scenes and that is a little jarring, but that is a very minor complaint. Poor ella cinders is much abused by her evil stepmother and stepsisters. Overview of ella cinders, 1926, directed by alfred e. Ella cinders is an american syndicated comic strip created by writer bill conselman and artist charles plumb.
Complete national film registry listing film registry. Ella cinders is the putupon servant of her stepmother vera lewis and two stepsisters, lotta and prissy pill doris baker and emily gerdes. A poor girl colleen moore living in a house with her stepmother and stepsisters like a servant has only things going right for her. Green, starring colleen moore, produced by her husband john mccormick 18931961, and costarring moores most popular costar, lloyd hughes. By 1926, however, when she appeared in ella cinders, moores interpretation of the flapper had been eclipsed by the more overtly sexual version popularized by clara bow or joan crawford. I guess the one that got the whole ball rolling was colleen moores ella cinders 1926. Poor ella cinders lives a hard life, slaving away for her cruel stepmother and stepsisters.
Born kathleen morrison in port huron, michigan, moore made her first film appearance in 1918 and for the next few years appeared in small, supporting roles gradually attracting the attention of the public. Its really a little much to expect in a lowbudget film. In fact, its great for kids to see a clean twist on the cinderella story, but also to see the history of movies from two perspectives actually a movie from the early years so you watch in the way they watched movies, and a movie about being in the movies in the early years. Ella cinders was a modern take on the classic cinderella with colleen portraying an orphaned, putupon girl with a wicked stepmother with two dead husbands to her credit and two spoiled stepsisters, fittingly named lotta p. Theyre the colleeniad, the distilled essence of the appeal of this woefully neglected silent film star. Duck soup cinema, overture centers silent film series that celebrates the heritage of the capitol theater, returns on saturday, jan.
1166 288 443 1436 879 272 1497 362 852 948 649 395 169 262 943 601 152 108 1306 545 821 1394 819 1053 519 505 879 316 982 1415 1477 975