John Gilbert tries to stay awake in The Big Parade (1925)
On this day in 1897, a screen legend was born….celebrating one of the most dashing and talented of leading men, Mr. John Gilbert! (July 10, 1897 - January 9, 1936)
I have grown up in a great man’s shadow. All my life, I’ve been a symbol. A symbol is eternal, changeless… an abstraction. A human being is mortal and changeable, with desires and impulses, hopes and despairs. I’m tired of being a symbol, Chancellor. I long to be a human being! This longing I cannot suppress.
Queen Christina, 1933 | Rouben Mamoulian.
My boy, when the devil cannot reach us through the spirit… he creates a woman beautiful enough to reach us through the flesh
The Flesh and the Devil (1926) is one of the most beautiful films I have ever seen. Like, it epitomizes old hollywood glamour and romance and dramatics. Greta GarboxJohn Gilbert was such a combination
Greta Garbo in The Flesh and the Devil
John Gilbert in The Big Parade, 1925
John Gilbert in Love (1927)
Can I have him please?
~~sigh~~would’ve liked to have seen john gilbert on that tcm august summer under the stars list
this! ^
Flesh and the Devil, 1926
John Gilbert, silent movie star (roaring 20s)
John Gilbert has a sudden realisation in Flesh and the Devil (1926)
John Gilbert in Flesh and the Devil (1926)