42 Golden Age Actresses Who Died Too Young Chapter : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fA7ohaEDkc

Pickford, Swanson and Hayakawa all got Academy Award nominations for SOUND films.

Wallace Reid and Rudolph Valentino were both dead before talking pictures took over so you could not say that their careers were ended by the arrival of sound.

There were probably quite a few actors & actresses who lost their jobs when the "talkies" came out. The movie "Singing in The Rain" tells the story accurately.😊

Some of these people did just fine in talks!

Douglas Fairbanks “Jr”… His dad was the silent star…

Those who knew Valentino described his voice as deeper and husky and with a slight Italian accent. Actress Gloria Swanson said his voice was "Delicious" and Margaret Mitchell who wrote "Gone With The Wind" said she fell in love with Rudy's voice the moment she met him. So who knows, maybe he could have transitioned into talkies if he hadn't died. Rudy however, said that after acting he really wanted to go behind the camera and direct.

Clara Bow! Those laughing eyes that could a moment later break your heart; and that smile that reached right out from the screen! Sad that so many of her films (as indeed so many of the stars of the era) are lost to us now.
The silent stars weren't the only victims of talkies; musicians around the world were thrown out of work because movie theaters no longer needed 'in-house' accompaniment for films.

Harold Lloyd continued to do stunts even after he lost two fingers in a prop mishap. He was posing for a picture with a prop bomb, holding it near his face. When he dropped his hand to ask a question, it went off. He had to wear a prosthetic glove with two fake fingers whenever he acted after that.

Singin’ In The Rain is such a comedy gem! I LOVE that movie, and never get tired of it, a real treasure——especially the squeaky voice of Lina Lamont!😘😝😆🤣

Louise Brooks also was known for her bob styled hair.

Valentino doesn’t belong on the post

Add sound clips so audience can decide for themselves, please. Thank you.

There are a number of stories about Mayer's mean spirited behavior.

Most of the pictures of Douglas Fairbanks were actually Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Sloppy research.

SILENT FILM ACTORS AND ACTRESSES :

@00:31  :  JOHN GILBERT
@02:17  :  CLARA BOW
@04:15  :  VILMA BANKI
@05:57  :  NORMA TALMADGE
@06:51  :  HAROLD LLOYD
@07:50  :  KARL DANE
@08:49  :  COLLEEN MOORE
@09:55  :  GLORIA SWANSON
@11:15  :  DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS
@12:18  :  MARY PICKFORD
@13:20  :  BUSTER KEATON
@14:10  :  LILLIAN GISH
@15:15  :  SESSUE HAYAKAWA ( JAPANESE ACTOR )
@16:35  :  POLA NEGRI
@17:50  :  THEDA BARA
@19:17  :  RUDOLPH VALENTINO ( DIED BEFORE "TALKIES" )
@20:33  :  WALLACE REED ( DIED BEFORE "TALKIES" )

Sunset Boulevard is one of my favorite movies.

It would have been cool to hear their talking voices while you were discussing each actor.

Harold Lloyd did well and is a cinema legend to this day.

Somebody like Mary Pickford could retire when she retired. She was worth about $20 million so don’t feel too bad for her.