The Age of Ballyhoo

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1973
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1h

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Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaA documentary about the film industry, narrated by 'Gloria Swanson', in the period between World War I and World War II. Included are clips from a variety of films of that period.A documentary about the film industry, narrated by 'Gloria Swanson', in the period between World War I and World War II. Included are clips from a variety of films of that period.A documentary about the film industry, narrated by 'Gloria Swanson', in the period between World War I and World War II. Included are clips from a variety of films of that period.

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Gloria Swanson

Self - Narrator
(voce)

Clara Bow

Self (clip from "It")
(filmato d'archivio)

Calvin Coolidge

Self
(filmato d'archivio)

Grace Coolidge

Self
(filmato d'archivio)

Douglas Fairbanks

Self
(filmato d'archivio)

Florence Kling Harding

Self
(filmato d'archivio)

Warren G. Harding

Self
(filmato d'archivio)

Lou Henry Hoover

Self
(filmato d'archivio)

Charles A. Lindbergh

Self
(filmato d'archivio)

Antonio Moreno

Self (clip from "It")
(filmato d'archivio)

Richard Nixon

Self
(filmato d'archivio)

Mary Pickford

Self
(filmato d'archivio)

Nicola Sacco

Self
(filmato d'archivio)

Bessie Smith

Self
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Thelma Todd

Self
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Raquel Torres

Self
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Bartolomeo Vanzetti

Self
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Woodrow Wilson

Self
(filmato d'archivio)

Regia
- David Shepard
Sceneggiatura
- David Thaxton
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Uninspiring

This is a documentary about the era following WWI and was included on a DVD with the silent film, THE CLINGING VINE. TGHE AGE OF BALLYHOO was narrated by Gloria Swanson and this is odd, as she wasn't even in THE CLINGING VINE, so the tie-in between the two films seems a bit tenuous. It would have seemed to have made a lot more sense to have this documentary bundled with one of Swanson's silent films.

The film is made up of lots of clips from newsreels as well as movies. This didn't work out completely well, as the films were often in terrible shape--grainy and washed out. This could be corrected, to an extent, today but back in 1973 it could not--though I do wonder why they didn't look for better quality film. Additionally, while I have enjoyed some of Ms. Swanson's films, here she is all wrong--with absolutely no energy in the narration--none. Frankly, the script she read and her narration together made me long for the film to end.