Scott Lord on Silent Film

Scott Lord on Silent Film
Gendered spectatorship notwithstanding, in a way, the girl coming down the stairs is symbolic of the lost film itself, the unattainable She, idealized beauty antiquated (albeit it being the beginning of Modernism), with the film detective catching a glimpse of the extratextural discourse of periodicals and publicity stills concerning Lost Films, Found Magazines

Monday, December 22, 2025

Scott Lord Silent Film: Constance Talmadge in The Duchess of Buffalo (Sidney Franklin, 1926)





Directed by Sidney Franklin and photographed by Oliver T. Marsh, "The Duchess of Buffalo" (seven reels, 1926) starred actress Constance Talmadge. with Rose Dione, the photoplay having been penned by Hans Kraly. The periodical Motion Picture World announced Constance Talmadge having started the film, "Miss Talmadge will have another light comedy role of the type in which she excels." The periodical Picture Play Magazine left it to a photcaption, "Quite typical of Constance Talmadge was her recent whirlwind marriage to Captain Alastair Macintosh, which did not prevent her from starting work at once on 'The Duchess of Buffalo'."

Sidney Franklin had directed Costance Talmadge in 1923 in the seven reel lost silent film "Dulcy". There are no surviving copies of the film exisiting, film detectives relying upon the extratextual discourse of fan magazines and publicity stills.

Constance Talmadge Constance Talmadge

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