Greta Garbo and Louise Brooks in the match to determine favorite silent actress is underway

Catherine has got the final match in the favorite silent actress tourney underway. Greta Garbo against Louise Brooks. Winner gets the crown. Here's the link to go cast your vote: http://obscurecinemamagic.wordpress.com/

It will be Greta Garbo and Louise Brooks for the crown of Favorite Silent Actress

In the semi-final matches, it was Louise Brooks crushing Clara Bow 30-18 and Greta Garbo doubling up over Norma Shearer 16-8. Setting up a championship match between Louise and Greta to decide the favorite silent actress. Catherine will host that epic match beginning on Sunday. Here's the link to her page to go vote when the time comes: http://obscurecinemamagic.wordpress.com/

THE FINAL FOUR for the Favorite Silent Actress Tourney begins now

Four legendary silent actresses have made it to the final four of the Favorite Silent Actress Tourney. Clara Bow. Louise Brooks. Norma Shearer and Greta Garbo. Two matches over two blogs. The match between Clara and Louise will take place here while my friend Catherine hosts the match between Greta and Norma. The poll is on the right hand side bar. Matches will run through Thursday to decide who will compete in the final match to decide the favorite silent actress. Here's the link to Catherine's blog to go vote on that match which will be up later on: http://obscurecinemamagic.wordpress.com/
Good luck to these four wonderful women!

A dream Final Four to take place this weekend in The Favorite Silent Actress Tourney

We started with 32 top actresses of the silent era and have made our way to the final four. And it's a dream final four. Greta Garbo. Norma Shearer. Clara Bow. Louise Brooks. You couldn't ask for a better finale. Greta outlasted Janet Gaynor 11-6. Norma Shearer edged out Gloria Swanson 10-7. Louise Brooks defeated Bebe Daniels 21-7. And Clara Bow handled top seed and perennial favorite Mary Pickford 21-8. So now as we head into this weekend the two semi-final matches set up like this. Clara Bow will take on Louise Brooks here on All Good Things while Greta and Norma will duke it out on Catherine's blog, Plucked From Obscurity. Matches begin Saturday nights and run through Thursday evening. Here's the link to Catherine's blog: http://obscurecinemamagic.wordpress.com/

Round 3 of the Favorite Silent Actress Tourney begins now...

Here we go with round 3 of the favorite silent actress tourney. 4 matches with 8 remaining women. And it looks to be some top tier matches for sure. I'll start my two matches here on All Good Things now and Catherine will start her two matches tomorrow morning. Here's the link to her blog:http://obscurecinemamagic.wordpress.com/

THE DESIREE BRACKET

MARY PICKFORD

VS

CLARA BOW

THE STEPHEN BRACKET

LOUISE BROOKS

VS

BEBE DANIELS

And then over at Catherine's blog, these two matches

THE JOSIE BRACKET

GRETA GARBO

VS

JANET GAYNOR

THE MARIA BRACKET

NORMA SHEARER

VS

GLORIA SWANSON

Matches will run through Thursday evening. Good luck to all the women who

have made it this far!

Round 2 of the Favorite Silent Actress Tourney is in the books

8 matches wrapped up the 2nd round of the Favorite Silent Actress Tourney and half of them were blow-outs. Here are the results from all 8 matches.

DESIREE BRACKET
Clara Bow defeated Alla Nazimova 15-5
Mary Pickford defeated Dolores Costello 12-10

STEPHEN BRACKET
Louise Brooks defeated Lillian Gish 14-8
Bebe Daniels defeated Edna Purviance 12-9

JOSIE BRACKET
Greta Garbo defeated Colleen Moore 12-2
Janet Gaynor defeated Pola Negri 9-5

MARIA BRACKET
Norma Shearer defeated Olive Borden 13-2
Gloria Swanson defeated Marion Davies 8-6

Norma Shearer, Greta Garbo, Louise Brooks and Clara Bow all flexed their muscles and won quite easily.
Three of the matches were double digits wins for the respective ladies. Meanwhile the other four matches were quite close, with two of them being decided by only 2 votes. Mary Pickford, the tourney's top seed squeaked by for the second week in a row by edging out Dolores Costello 12-10. It won't get any easier for Mary as she faces the It Girl, Clara Bow in round 3. I will have the complete match-ups posted by tomorrow.

Round 2 of The Favorite Silent Actress Tourney begins tonight

Things get tougher as we begin round 2 of the favorite silent actress tourney hosted by me and my friend Catherine. This round features 8 matches, four of them taking place here and four more taking place over at Catherine's blog Plucked From Obscurity. Here are the matches below for the All Good Things portion:

Stephen Bracket:

3 LILLIAN GISH

VS

10 LOUISE BROOKS

13 BEBE DANIELS

VS

26 EDNA PURVIANCE

Desiree Bracket:

1 MARY PICKFORD

VS

25 DOLORES COSTELLO

6 CLARA BOW

VS

11 ALLA NAZIMOVA

The polls are on the right hand sidebar and will run through Thursday. Go here to see the matches taking place on Catherine's blog...http://obscurecinemamagic.wordpress.com/

The 2013 Lombard Cup: Week 3 Matches

The action moves back over to Kristen's blog, Journeys In Classic Film, with the next five matches. And there are some choice ones plus one of the biggest matches ever to take place. I will save that one for last....

ESTHER WILLIAMS (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

GINGER ROGERS (TEAM VERONICA)

*****************

LOUISE BROOKS (TEAM CAROLE)

VS 

JOAN BLONDELL (TEAM VERONICA)

**********************

GRACE KELLY (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

LAUREN BACALL (TEAM VERONICA)

****************

MARLENE DIETRICH (TEAM CAROLE)

VS

INGRID BERGMAN (TEAM VERONICA)

*********************

and lastly...the big one...

NATALIE WOOD (TEAM CAROLE)

VS



MYRNA LOY (TEAM VERONICA)

Matches begin on Sunday and will run through Friday. Here's the link to go vote for your favorites..http://journeysinclassicfilm.com/

The FALL SERIES: LOUISE BROOKS

Louise doing a little light reading

Banners for 2012 Favorite Classic Movie Actress Tournament

Hi everyone! I just made some banners for the upcoming favorite classic movie actress tournament. I made four with each one representing a specific era. And I added them to my sidebar. So when the tourney starts, all you have to do is click on the picture and the link will take you to the other three sites where the matches are being held. I posted the banner photos below for everyone to see what they look like. Can't wait for this tourney to get started!

SILENT/1930'S ERA

1940'S ERA

1950'S ERA

1960'S ERA



Tea Anyone?... Louise Brooks and her sister June

Louise Brooks and her younger sister June enjoying some tea in their garden

Happy Birthday Louise Brooks! (1906 - 1985)

Forever remembered as Lulu from Pandora's Box (1929), let's all say Happy Birthday to Louise Brooks!

Happy Birthdays

Several birthdays today including:

VERONICA LAKE (Known films: THE GLASS KEY, SULLIVAN'S TRAVELS, SO PROUDLY WE HAIL, THE BLUE DAHLIA, and I MARRIED A WITCH)


LOUISE BROOKS (Known films: A GIRL IN EVERY PORT, PANDORA'S BOX, THE CANARY MURDER CASE)

DICK POWELL (Known films: 42ND STREET, FOOTLIGHT PARADE, MURDER MY SWEET, and the GOLD DIGGERS film series with co-star Ruby Keeler- pic below)


VIRGINIA FIELD (Known films: WATERLOO BRIDGE, THE MERRY WIDOW, AND LLOYDS OF LONDON- which is the pic below)