Rediscovering John Gilbert

New York Times film critic David Kehr reviews a new collection of the work of actor John Gilbert, once a favourite of Greta Garbo, with whom he made five films and had a tragic affair.
 
Kehr discusses Bardelys the Magnificent (1926), found in a private collection in France two years ago and the last film Gilbert made with director King Vidor, as well as The Big Parade (1925) and Monte Cristo (1922), based on an Alexandre Dumas novel and directed for Fox by Emmett J. Flynn.

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In Monte Cristo (1922) and with Tom O'Brien and Karl Dane in The Big Parade (1925)

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With Greta Garbo in Flesh And The Devil (1926)

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21/07/09