northernsky
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i just had to post this short characterisation of alice joyce. 
Neither a flapper, an innocent, nor a daredevil, Alice Joyce was an original. A tall, dark-haired women with an unusual beauty, she had an unforced dignity and reserve. Quiet and serene, she had a certain inner strength, and seemed mature for her years. She was gracious and charming, but undemonstrative. She seldom smiled, seldom contorted her features. Instead, when things were going badly as they were wont to do in dramas, she carried a slightly tense or worried expression. Such reticence would seem a disadvantage for an actress, particularly one who relied on silence, but she learned to make her natural demeanor work for her as a performer. When she had to break down and cry, she would often cover her face or turn away, and when an outburst was called for it was short and sudden--and all the more effective for it. But her eyes always spoke volumes and she used her hands with grace. Her style was the polar opposite of an actress like Norma Talmadge, whose animated expressions harmonized with her high-spirited personality. As far as "acting" is concerned, nobody did more with seemingly less than Alice Joyce. [from unsung divas of the silent screen]
griffith apparently didn't like her looks.
Neither a flapper, an innocent, nor a daredevil, Alice Joyce was an original. A tall, dark-haired women with an unusual beauty, she had an unforced dignity and reserve. Quiet and serene, she had a certain inner strength, and seemed mature for her years. She was gracious and charming, but undemonstrative. She seldom smiled, seldom contorted her features. Instead, when things were going badly as they were wont to do in dramas, she carried a slightly tense or worried expression. Such reticence would seem a disadvantage for an actress, particularly one who relied on silence, but she learned to make her natural demeanor work for her as a performer. When she had to break down and cry, she would often cover her face or turn away, and when an outburst was called for it was short and sudden--and all the more effective for it. But her eyes always spoke volumes and she used her hands with grace. Her style was the polar opposite of an actress like Norma Talmadge, whose animated expressions harmonized with her high-spirited personality. As far as "acting" is concerned, nobody did more with seemingly less than Alice Joyce. [from unsung divas of the silent screen]
griffith apparently didn't like her looks.
.) And they're about to start work on a multi-plex! 
. It's really insane, but it does have it's advantages. For instance I can buy loads of dvds for little or no money. Just recently I bought It Happened One Night. I've also bought Citizen Kane, The Women, All About Eve and loads more. You can find just about anything, except silent movies 
) It Happened One Night DVD:
