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Agustín González Gut.

@agustingonzalezgut.bsky.social

Queen Christina (1933)
#JohnGilbert #GretaGarbo

September 22, 2026 at 7:57 PM

Luke West

@lukecinemawest.bsky.social

Queen Christina (1933)

Directed by#RoubenMamoulian
Starring: #GretaGarbo #JohnGilbert

Cinematography by #WilliamHDaniels
Music by #HerbertStothart

#QueenChristina #periodmovie #perioddrama #biopic
#Precode #Precodecinema #periodDrama #Classicfilm #classiccinema #ClassicHollywood

March 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM

My Imaginary Brooklyn

@myimaginarybrklyn.bsky.social

John Gilbert, “Hymn to the Night”

#illustration #woodengraving #1850s #JohnGilbert #BrothersDalziel (Engraved by) #HenryWadsworthLongfellow

July 22, 2026 at 5:49 PM

Luke West

@lukecinemawest.bsky.social

Queen Christina (1933)

Directed by #RoubenMamoulian
Starring: #GretaGarbo #JohnGilbert

Cinematography by #WilliamHDaniels
Music by #HerbertStothart

#QueenChristina #periodmovie #perioddrama #biopic
#Precode #Precodecinema #periodDrama #Classicfilm #classiccinema #ClassicHollywood

December 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM

Tracy Lee

@tleec.bsky.social

“Incantation”
#illustration for the book
“The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest” by William Harrison Ainsworth, 1849
#JohnGilbert (1817–1897)
#witches #witchcraft #sabbath #art

September 19, 2026 at 3:42 AM

Nathan Francis

@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social

🎨 Sir #JohnGilbert, British artist, illustrator, and engraver, was #BOTD 21 July 1817. #Art #Painting

July 21, 2026 at 12:53 AM

Luke West

@lukecinemawest.bsky.social

Queen Christina (1933)

Directed by #RoubenMamoulian
Starring: #GretaGarbo #JohnGilbert

Cinematography by #WilliamHDaniels
Music by #HerbertStothart

#QueenChristina #periodmovie #perioddrama #biopic #Precode #Precodecinema #periodDrama #Classicfilm #classiccinema #ClassicHollywood

March 28, 2024 at 9:38 PM

Luke West

@lukecinemawest.bsky.social

Queen Christina (1933)

Directed by#RoubenMamoulian
Starring: #GretaGarbo #JohnGilbert

Cinematography by #WilliamHDaniels
Music by #HerbertStothart

#QueenChristina #periodmovie #perioddrama #biopic
#Precode #Precodecinema #periodDrama #Classicfilm #classiccinema #ClassicHollywood

June 16, 2024 at 8:40 PM

Jeremy Richey

@nostalgiakinky.bsky.social

Stopped by a Dollar General for some cheap candy...came out with a John Gilbert silent classic on Blu-ray. 🎉
#johngilbert #silentfilm #silentcinema

December 8, 2024 at 7:54 PM

javierguillenal2.bsky.social

@javierguillenal2.bsky.social

El conde de Montecristo (1922). #cine #cinema #silent #silentmovies #johngilbert #alexandredumas

June 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM

Nathan Francis

@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social

🎨 Sir #JohnGilbert, British artist, illustrator, and engraver, was #BOTD 21 July 1817. #Art #Painting

July 20, 2025 at 11:22 PM

Silents to Talkies

@silentstotalkies.bsky.social

In 1935, Marlene Dietrich attempted to help John Gilbert restart his career and got him a color screen test at Paramount with the hopes he would work with her in DESIRE. Sadly, it never came to be. Check out my video essay tonight.

#classicmovies #silentmovies #filmhistory #johngilbert

February 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM

Silents to Talkies

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John Gilbert was teamed with Greta Garbo for the first time in FLESH AND THE DEVIL (1926) and the result was pure romantic electricity both on screen and off. Here’s one such love scene.

#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #classichollywoodfilmstars #filmhistory #johngilbert #gretagarbo

January 24, 2025 at 12:57 PM

Silents to Talkies

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Jacqueline Gadsdon made a brief cameo in THE MERRY WIDOW (1925) as “Madonna,” a woman who gives John Gilbert’s Prince solace after his love (Mae Murray) marries another.

#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #filmhistory #oldhollywood #jacquelinegadsdon #johngilbert

May 1, 2025 at 11:59 PM

Silents to Talkies

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John Gilbert’s final film with Greta Garbo was QUEEN CHRISTINA (1933), for which she requested him to join her.

#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #classichollywoodfilmstars #filmhistory #johngilbert #gretagarbo

January 31, 2025 at 9:30 PM

Silents to Talkies

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John Gilbert supported Charles Ray in THE BUSHER (1919) as a rival for the affections of Colleen Moore!

#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #classichollywoodfilmstars #filmhistory #johngilbert #colleenmoore #charlesray

January 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM

Silents to Talkies

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John Gilbert starred with Norma Shearer and Lon Chaney in the massive MGM hit HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (1924), Gilbert played Bezano, a circus bareback rider in love with Consuelo (Shearer) who is loved afar by He (Chaney)!

#classicmovies #silentmovies #filmhistory #johngilbert #normashearer #lonchaney

January 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM

Silents to Talkies

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John Gilbert played a suitor to Mary Pickford’s Mavis in HEART O’ THE HILLS (1919), a story of romance, corruption, and revenge set in Kentucky.

#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #classichollywoodfilmstars #filmhistory #johngilbert #marypickford

January 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM

boopboopidoop.bsky.social

@boopboopidoop.bsky.social

Marlene Dietrich, John Gilbert and Mary Astor in Los Angeles, 20th July 1935.
#marlenedietrich #johngilbert #maryastor

May 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM

Silents to Talkies

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John Gilbert starred with Mae Murray in another huge hit in 1925, THE MERRY WIDOW! Here, they dance the famous “Merry Widow Waltz!”

#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #classichollywoodfilmstars #filmhistory #johngilbert #maemurray

January 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM

Silents to Talkies

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John Gilbert starred as smuggler Jerry, who ends up commandeering the home of Jane (Joan Crawford) in TWELVE MILES OUT (1927)! In this scene, Jane confronts Jerry.

#classicmovies #silentmovies #silentfilmstar #classichollywoodfilmstars #filmhistory #johngilbert #joancrawford