John Gilbert (1895-1936), silent film star Product:Framed picture Christmas advert for Columbia Gramophones

Christmas advert for Columbia Gramophones

An ice house or conduit in Greenwich Park

Henry Segrave eventually won the race in a Sunbeam

Plate 13 from the book Zoologischer Atlas

Plate 38 from Journal of a voyage to New South Wales

John Gilbert (1895-1936), silent film star Product:Framed picture Christmas advert for Columbia GramophonesJohn Gilbert (1895 1936), silent film star, early 20th century. Real hand coloured photograph. Known as the great lover, Gilbert rivalled even the great Rudolph Valentino as a box office draw. Though he was often cited as one of the high profile examples of an actor who was unsuccessful in making the transition to talkies, his decline as a star in fact had as much to do with studio politics and money as did the sound of his screen voice.