Favorite photos of silent stars

[Kitty]

It does look modern! I think it's the lighting and casual style of her hair.

[donnie]

All three were great in this film.

[Kitty]

John Aasen looks like he's worried.

[donnie]

One of my favorite shorts is Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916), in which Fatty and Mabel's house floats out into the ocean. Someone posted a great behind-the-scenes photo on Marilyn Slater's Mabel page. Here is a screenshot I made from the film—followed by the behind-the-scenes look.

[Kitty]

That's cool to see those side by side.

[donnie]

A scene from Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913). Mack Sennett and Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle watch Mabel's screen performance from the audience.

[Kitty]

Fantastic!

[donnie]

I’ve probably said this before, but I’ve always found those photos or films of the inside of a theatre of the period to be interesting. We’re watching them watching them—and it’s almost like you can experience what it was like to be there.

[Kitty]

I feel exactly the same way. It's a pretty warm feeling.

[Kitty]

Lillian Gish in a publicity photo for The White Sister (1923)