THE LETTER FROM HOLLYWOOD (created in 1925 or '26)
1 reel; assembled and edited by Hamilton Ridell and lovingly preserved by the late Harold "Rusty" Casselton.
This is a collection of 1925 trailers strung together by narrative cards and presented to the viewer as a "letter from Hollywood to the folks back home" - which, indeed, it appears to have been. A number of silent feature films are represented in this 10-minute short film and much of it may be comprised of alternate takes. Additionally, this title contains the only known footage from the 1925 Carol Dempster/W.C. Fields feature "That Royle Girl."
The features showcased in this collection are:
"Go West" (Buster Keaton)
"Old Clothes" (Jackie Coogan, Joan Crawford)
"A Son of His Father" (Bessie Love)
"That Royle Girl" (Carol Dempster and W.C. Fields)
"The Vanishing American" (Richard Dix)
"The Road to Yesterday" (Jetta Goudal and Bill Boyd)
"Womanhandled" (Richard Dix)
"A Kiss for Cinderella" (Betty Bronson)
"Her Sister from Paris" (Constance Talmadge and Ronald Coleman)
"The New Commandment" (Blanche Sweet and Ben Lyon)
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