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December 21, 2020
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The
Humming Bird released in Finland and Brazil but
not in France  Between the beginning of 1923 and the end of 1925, the diva was in thirteen films. Here is the list with the dates of their American and French releases:
  Of the thirteen films, two were not released in France: "The Wages of Virtue" by Allan Dwan, Gloria Swanson's favorite director, and "The Humming Bird", directed by Sidney Olcott. The first one he shot for Paramount with whom he has just signed a contract. The latter was presented in London on February 25, 1925; it crosses the Channel but does not stop in Paris. However, it will be screened in Belgium and Switzerland under the title "Les Loups de Montmartre" (The Wolves of Montmartre). It is all the more incomprehensible that the action takes place in the Paris of the Apache; that the French actor, Jacques d'Auray who is part of the cast, served as a special adviser to avoid mistakes concerning France. What's up? In French newspapers and professional magazines, I have found nothing on the reasons that pushed Paramount to skip the hexagonal screens. Just these two - murderous - opinions of Robert Florey, the future director, at the time Cinémagazine's private correspondent in America: "Attracted by the enormous publicity given to Gloria Swanson's recent film (...), I paid 1 dollar (24 francs) to see this tape... and I deeply regret it!" (April 11, 1924, p. 82); "(...) one of the most deplorable turnips of the season. (...) It is to be hoped that they {Florey quotes other films} will not be shown in Paris." (June 13, 1924, p. 460). The explanation can probably be found in the Paramount archives in the United States or in Paris. I have yet to consult them. Not distributed in France, "The Humming Bird" on the other hand was released in Finland under the title "Lockfageln". The film received a one-page review in Filmrevyn, a Finnish weekly in Swedish language, in its issue dated May 1, 1925. It was also released in Brazil under the title "O Beija Flôr", a literal translation of hummingbird.  Sorry for my English Complementary articles |
Archives Olcott uses James Tissot's Bible as a storyboard Olcott : "I can
be reached at Hollywood Athletic Club" Stan Laurel parodies Rudolph Valentino in Monsieur Don't Care A sequence of Monsieur Beaucaire in the biopic Valentino (1951) "The Paymaster" the first role of Gene Gauntier at the movies Sidney Olcott working in the studio sets Behind « Singing in the Rain », «Monsieur Beaucaire » Sidney Olcott directs cartoons In Los Angeles, Gene Gauntier meets her old Kalem friends Films directed by Sidney Olcott still extant Two Olcott among the fifty favorite movies of DW Griffith In Hollywood, Sidney Olcott is the king of the move Anthony Slide writes a new chapter on the O'Kalems Malcolm Lowry, Robert Desnos and Sidney Olcott In the set of Monsieur Beaucaire, speak French please ! The Death certificate of Gene Gauntier in Cuernavaca Dead in Mexico, Gene Gauntier is buried in Sweden "Egypt as it Was in the Time of Moses" on YouTube Olcott shoots " The Amateur Gentleman " in a lawyer house A picture of Valentine Grant, girl On RTE Radio, Tony Tracy tells the story of The O'Kalems In the Archives of RTE, the epic of the O'Kalems Robert Vignola tells the circumstances of Olcott's death On the trail of Olcott in Egypt and Palestine Henderson-Bland,
Olcott's
Christ is not who one thinks Philly, le domestique d'Olcott disparaît en Egypte. Assassiné ? Finally, Sidney Olcott's grave is in Toronto ! I saw its still Gene Gauntier is the stepsister of one of the richest men Happy Birthday, Miss Valentine Grant In Olcott's Building, the
Heiress of a Newfound Oild Tycoon Strangled |
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