Gloria Swanson rarities -1931 Gloria in Color! & Gloria Sings! in The Trespasser 1929

For Gloria Swanson fans!
Famous 1920s actress, Gloria Swanson in a rare Hollywood short filmed in" Mutilcolor" in 1931, The Frank Capra premiere of "Dirigible," is seen with Swanson and other stars pausing for a breif but glorious moment before the movie cameras! Gloria is heard to say,: Fascinating. This opening of the picture is something I shall never forget!"
Gloria Sings!
Rare glimpses of her first talkie, seen from a palacial 1920's movie theater,. the Roosevelt.
Impressive movie palace theater organ prelude by an organist that played for her screening of Queen Kelly, her 1928 silent film disaster directed and ruined by Stroheim.
A reprise chorus of her 1929 talkie hit, "Love, your Magic Spell is Everywhere", by Ben Selvin
Interiors of the famous1927 luxury theater, the ROXY, built at a cost of $12 milion dollars and seating over 5800, opened to the public showing Swanson's picture, "The Love of Sunya".
Other noteworthy 1920s picture palaces seen include the Roosevelt and Avalon in Chicago, the Detroit Fox and the Alabama. The grand Roxy was demolished in Oct. 1960. The Roosevelt also destroyed.

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[watertown59]

Marble arch christie organ

[2reeler]

@watertown59 Thanks for this valuable information! The grandest Christie Cinema organ and Cinema in London! I'm happy to learn that Richard Hills has saved the organ in 2009. I have seen him and enjoyed his organ concerts many times! He is a young genius at the monstrous cinema organs! Perhaps the best in the world right now!

[stjn00]

What a swell collage of goodies! Brilliant!

[2reeler]

@stjn00 Look folks! Its the Talkie King himself driving up with that Swedish starlet "Tutti" in her new Willys Knight roadster, arriving at my big talkie Premeire for Miss Swanson! Thanks a million for your swell comment! The microphone picked your voice up perfectly! Please sign my autograph book, right under Ernst Rolfs name! He just arrived in the shiny black Paramount limo. What a publicity stunt! The Swedish celebs will make the headlines in tomorrows papers! What Price Stockholm?! :-)

[roybo1930]

GOD! Biffage "I SAW STARS" Watching this AWESOME video! (7:13 looks like the outside of My garage : D)!!! I LOVE this video indeed.

[2reeler]

@roybo1930 Hi Beef! You say the cleverest things ever! Thanks for coming to my new Swanson talkie premiere! Since you are the big jazz king of 78 collectors, Id like your autograph too, please! One of youtubes most admired celebs and swellest guys! Thanks a million!

[JukeJointHop]

That's Barbara Stanwyck with Frank Fay, when they were married. Swanson was a class act, wasn't she?

[pfefferrucken]

Biff, what a great re-creation you made. Wish I couldvisit the original 20s cinema myself ike in the old days. Thaqnks for sharing.

Greetings and musical joy!

André.