Comments on: 10 Scandalous Stars of the Silent Screen

By: Marty

Marty — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:58:27 +0000

Enjoyed the article, but I don’t necessarily associate Harlow and Flynn with the Silent Era, per se.

And I agree with LizBlizz–Clara Bow should definitely be on here!!

By: Thelonious

Thelonious — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:15:55 +0000

It’s a shame you left out Chaplin’s famously scandalous quote – one of his wives was divorcing him, claiming mental cruelty (or whatever the equivalent was) and cited Charlie’s insistence on indulging in cunnilingus. He exclaimed, \But all married people do that!\ (which in 1920’s America was pretty scandalous!)

By: mjm

mjm — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:39:16 +0000

Thelma Todd”s clean shoes were used as a plot device by Raymond Chandler in “The Lady in the Lake”. I always wondered where he picked that up.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:36:26 +0000

I’m confused about William Desmond Taylor’s mental lapses being blamed on aphasia, which is a class of language/speech disorders. Is that supposed to be amnesia?

By: LizBlizz

LizBlizz — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:52:12 +0000

While I do give well-deserved kudos for this article, I’m disappointed that you omitted Clara Bow. Her entire life was tabloid fodder!

By: MN

MN — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:25:37 +0000

The difference between now and then is that people in the old days weren’t quite as shameless about their scandals, and if it was serious enough, it could ruin their career, like Fatty Arbuckle’s case. If only Lindsay and some of these other idiots would fade into obscurity the way he did…

By: Guardina

Guardina — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:49:32 +0000

It just goes to show you, the only thing that really changes is the playing field and the players. Somethings will never change!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:39:34 +0000

PS- I’ve been to Thelma Todd’s “death” site, it’s on PCH…or Highway 1…or maybe they’re the same thing I forget–in Malibu. I think its some kind of random production company now.

Another result of watching too many Mysteries & Scandals.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:31:09 +0000

I used to love watching Mysteries & Scandals on E!, because they featured these stories all the time.

They need to bring it back!!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 13:06:34 +0000

Awesome stuff, once again. Thank you.