Talkieking
Here’s Norma and Chester for you. A still from The Divorcee 1930.

Here’s Norma and Chester for you. A still from The Divorcee 1930.

The fabulous Norma Shearer in Romeo & Juliet (1936)

The fabulous Norma Shearer in Romeo & Juliet (1936)

Buddy Rogers and friends in a studio still from Close Harmony (1929)

Buddy Rogers and friends in a studio still from Close Harmony (1929)

Marion Davies and Charles King in The Five O’Clock Girl (1929). One of the very first MGM musicals. The most intriguing part of the story is that it remains unreleased. Nobody seems to be able to tell whether it was completed or not. 

Marion Davies and Charles King in The Five O’Clock Girl (1929). One of the very first MGM musicals. The most intriguing part of the story is that it remains unreleased. Nobody seems to be able to tell whether it was completed or not. 

Swedish poster to Let Us Be Gay (1930). The Swedish title translates “The Art of Keeping a Husband”.

Swedish poster to Let Us Be Gay (1930). The Swedish title translates “The Art of Keeping a Husband”.

Swedish poster to The Czar of Broadway (1930). The Swedish title translates as “The Czar of New York” Well, close but no cigar!

Swedish poster to The Czar of Broadway (1930). The Swedish title translates as “The Czar of New York” Well, close but no cigar!

Swedish poster for Evangeline (1929)

Swedish poster for Evangeline (1929)

A comedy from 1930, Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown, music by Abe Lyman’s band, 100% Technicolor, what more can you ask for? Naturally it’s a lost film. Darn!

A comedy from 1930, Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown, music by Abe Lyman’s band, 100% Technicolor, what more can you ask for? Naturally it’s a lost film. Darn!

Swedish poster to Gloria’s second talkie, the sadly lost What A Widow (1930)

Swedish poster to Gloria’s second talkie, the sadly lost What A Widow (1930)

Swedish poster to “The Last of Mrs Cheyney” (1929)

Swedish poster to “The Last of Mrs Cheyney” (1929)

A third cover of a Hollywood Revue souvenir program!  

A third cover of a Hollywood Revue souvenir program!  

Here’s another less stylish souvenir program cover for The Hollywood Revue Of 1929.

Here’s another less stylish souvenir program cover for The Hollywood Revue Of 1929.

Olive Borden looking uncool because the photographer couldn’t tell the difference between a peppy ukelele and a silly mandolin. Even a child knows the mandolin has eight strings as opposed to the ukelele’s four. Lesson: Twice the amount doesn’t always make things better!

Olive Borden looking uncool because the photographer couldn’t tell the difference between a peppy ukelele and a silly mandolin. Even a child knows the mandolin has eight strings as opposed to the ukelele’s four. Lesson: Twice the amount doesn’t always make things better!

Early 1930’s, Ginger on top of a piano. Could this be one of the earliest promotional pictures of blond ginger?

Early 1930’s, Ginger on top of a piano. Could this be one of the earliest promotional pictures of blond ginger?

Joan Blondell enjoying a seaside smoke.

Joan Blondell enjoying a seaside smoke.