Rudolph Valentino and Nita Naldi in Cobra. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Logo I created for the Twilight Saga Wiki (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
To read my endorsement of silent films, see my post “The Twilight Saga: To Stare or Not to Stare?”
This photo of John Gilbert was taken by MGM photographer Ruth Harriet Louise.
Is it any wonder that the protagonist in THE PRINCE IN THE TOWER: A Modern Gothic Romance is a John Gilbert look-alike? John Gilbert should replace Fabio on the cover of romance novels.
This is the dust jacket of a small copy of THE MERRY WIDOW novel, which was made into a film, starring John Gilbert and Mae Murray in 1925. The fly leaf reads “THE MERRY WIDOW; A NOVEL FOUNDED ON FRANZ LEHAR’S OPERA AS PRODUCED BY HENRY W. SAVAGE.”
The book was published by The Readers Library Publishing Company LTD. in London, England. The “Editor’s Note” includes a brief history of THE MERRY WIDOW as an on-stage musical comedy and pays homage to the 1925 film version. The novel does not include movie stills. It is old and fragile and probably dates to 1925.
However, I have a larger photoplay edition (A. L. Burt Company in New York) that’s missing a dust jacket but includes four movie stills.
JOHN GILBERT, ST. ELMO, & ME 