Extant Neil Hamilton silents?

Darren Nemeth · Post by **Darren Nemeth** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:15 am

Most of us know him as Commissioner Gordon from the BATMAN tv show.

Some of us at the 1966batman forum want to know how many, if any Neil Hamilton silents exist and which are or were on home video to see?

Anyone know?

Thanks in advance.

"The Studio Murder Case" Paramount, 1929.

James Bazen · Post by **James Bazen** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:09 am

I've seen the following:

The White Rose(1923)
America(1924)
Isn't Life Wonderful(1925)
Beau Geste(1926)
The Love Trap(1929)-Part-talkie

The Love Trap is on DVD from Kino. It's a part-talkie. America and Isn't Life Wonderful are also available from Kino. Beau Geste was available on VHS from Grapevine. I don't think they've released it on DVD. The White Rose was available on VHS from Grapevine as well. Not sure if they've released it on DVD.

Darren Nemeth wrote:Most of us know him as Commissioner Gordon from the BATMAN tv show.

Some of us at the 1966batman forum want to know how many, if any Neil Hamilton silents exist and which are or were on home video to see?

Anyone know?

Thanks in advance.

"The Studio Murder Case" Paramount, 1929.

Jay Salsberg · Post by **Jay Salsberg** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:39 am

Late twenties early-talkies include A DANGEROUS WOMAN, THE MYSTERIOUS DR. FU MANCHU and DARKENED ROOMS. None are legally available on VHS , but all have made the rounds on grey-market video.

Henry Nicolella · Post by **Henry Nicolella** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:03 pm

SHIELD OF HONOR (1927) I bought a dvd-r of it at the last Cinefest. I doubt if it's legally available.
Henry Nicolella

Harold Aherne · Post by **Harold Aherne** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:51 pm

The various lists of surviving titles at AMS also yield the following:

The Side Show of Life (1924, Paramount)
The Street of Forgotten Men (1925, Paramount)
Diplomacy (1926, Paramount)
The Joy Girl (1927, Fox)
Mother Machree (1928, Fox)--incomplete
The Showdown (1928, Paramount)--run at Cinecon in 2007
Why Be Good? (1929, WB-FN)

Why Be Good? was discovered a few years ago; don't know if it's been preserved yet. That makes a total of 13 silent (or part-talking) Neil Hamilton films that are known to exist, out of the 32 silent features he made, which is about par for the course or a little above.

-Harold

Darren Nemeth · Post by **Darren Nemeth** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:05 pm

Thank you, everyone, for the list of films.

I just posted it over at the 1966Batman.com forum.

Hopefully, this will convert a few caped crusaders to liking silents.

Gumlegs · Post by **Gumlegs** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:37 pm

He was also one of J. C. Leyendecker's models for the Arrow Collar Man.

FrankFay · Post by **FrankFay** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:57 pm

Harold Aherne wrote:The various lists of surviving titles at AMS also yield the following:

The Side Show of Life (1924, Paramount)

-Harold

You mean this one survives? I would love to see it. I'm very fond of the novel it's based on (The Montebank, by William J Locke) and would like to see how they handled (mangled) the plot. It actually stars Ernest Torrence in a rare sympathetic leading role- and in the stills he looks quite impressive in a WWI uniform, making love to Anna Q. Nillson.

Harold Aherne · Post by **Harold Aherne** » Sun Jan 04, 2009 9:10 pm

FrankFay wrote:
Harold Aherne wrote:The various lists of surviving titles at AMS also yield the following:

The Side Show of Life (1924, Paramount)

-Harold
You mean this one survives? I would love to see it. I'm very fond of the novel it's based on (The Montebank, by William J Locke) and would like to see how they handled (mangled) the plot. It actually stars Ernest Torrence in a rare sympathetic leading role- and in the stills he looks quite impressive in a WWI uniform, making love to Anna Q. Nillson.

This is the thread whence I gleaned the information on The Side Show of Life; go to the 5th message and click on 'show quoted text' and it's there under the FP-L listings. I don't know anything more specific--which archive, preservation status, completeness, &c. so anyone with FIAF data or the like is encouraged to confirm or deny!

-Harold

Darren Nemeth · Post by **Darren Nemeth** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 2:08 am

Harold Aherne wrote:The Joy Girl (1927, Fox)

This is listed as part color.

Does the color survive?

earlytalkiebuffRob · Post by **earlytalkiebuffRob** » Sun Feb 14, 2021 1:50 pm

...and Hamilton appears to sing the title song in MOTHER MACHREE (1928)...

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