Eve golden john gilbert biography
Charming and classically handsome, John Gilbert () was among the world's most recognizable actors during the silent era.
John (“Jack”) Gilbert was one of silent film's success stories but also one of Hollywood's great cautionary tales..
It’s only in recent years that I’ve developed an appreciation for silent film, much less for the people who made up of the world of early Hollywood.
John (“Jack”) Gilbert was one of silent film’s success stories but also one of Hollywood’s great cautionary tales.
He was a real star. But not the kind affixed in the firmament.
Eve Golden's biography of the much-maligned and talented silent screen matinee idol John Gilbert honors his talent and legacy.Gilbert was more like a shooting star; a man who toiled unnoticed for years, slowly climbing his way up, until he flashed brilliantly across the screen for a handful of years before experiencing a sad descent.
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“He was always an enigma…Jack Gilbert was mercury, you’d touch him and he’d vanish.” Leatrice Joy
John Gilbert’s life was one of tragedy, both by circumstance and of the self-destructive variety.
He was the only son of John Pringle and Ida Apperly, both actors. His parents divorced when he was young and his mother was at best neglectful, before dying while Ja
