Bessie Love | Silent Films | Good Afternoon | 1970's

[@namj8145]

Never saw an interview with her, and she seems so current and delightful. She talks of events about 50 years earlier, and now this interview is about 50 years old. But so sharp, quick, and wonderful. Makes the silent era seem so real, not just a flickering dream.

[@tinakover385]

How absolutely stunning she still was at this age!

[@jubalcalif9100]

I was thinking the same thing !

[@larrydirtybird]

What a wonderful, friendly, charming energy she had. So cheerful and engaging. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a star leaning forward like during an interview. She looked so eager and open.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I heartily concur ! Delightful interview with one delightful & lovely lady !

[@davidnelson3757]

What an amazing woman , these clips must never be lost

[@toff358]

What a charming, delightful and unassuming woman! Also a most attractive cultured American accent. Most interesting!

[@maryjocolombo9305]

toff358 )

[@jubalcalif9100]

Totally agree !

[@jasonday9286]

She’s wonderful! So indefatigable and full of laughter. Such a shame the interview isn’t longer. She had a very long career as well, 68 years in film.

[@Joeharv100]

She was nominated for the Oscar for best actress for the Broadway Melody

[@michaelmcallister4813]

She is lovely. I’m agree with the comment below, if only I had a time machine. She was breathtakingly beautiful when she was young.

[@greasylimpet5357]

Yes you're right, breathtakingly is a fine description.

[@mariaboletsis3188]

She was a sweetie!!! And she did her own make-up!!! Awesome!!! And I love her infectious laugh!!! Always smiling!

[@carolcraig2580]

What a wonderful interview! Lovely lady...❤

[@jeffreyk5734]

This is wonderful. So many of Bessie's films are lost. But the ones we have left we must preserve and restore.

[@jubalcalif9100]

As I do when I take off my hat, you make a good point !

[@theresaholguin699]

Bessie Loce was a terrific lovely actress. Very grateful and elegant woman

[@jubalcalif9100]

I agree 100 per cent !

[@CarmarthenbayfilmfestivalCoUk]

my relative Gareth Hughes worked with her in Hollywood

[@alwaysblake148]

Bessie Love was one of the success stories of the silent era. A great star, she managed her own career and changed with the times. She worked steadily for her entire life--an eight decade career.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indeed. Quite an admirable lady.

[@ysgol3]

Wow - what a great interview - she's so lovely and articulate.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Very very true !

[@eileen1820]

Beautiful lady now and in your younger days, just wow!

[@kh23797]

What an utterly charming lady. Given time, I think she could have told a lot of great stories. I'm amazed she never made it to Parkey's show on the Beeb in the seventies as she is surely a chat show host's dream guest. Nice to see a younger Judith Chalmers, too.

[@mikepeterson7175]

According to Wikipedia, this is from 1977, and she moved to the UK in 1935 when she was about 37 years old.

[@allenmurray7893]

Wonderful lady and actress.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Right On !!

[@Eurafrican]

Bessie Love is a lively, pleasant charming and engaging interviewee. I love her transatlantic accent as well :)

[@TakersMissy]

Indeed she was! Thank you to ThamesTV for sharing this priceless footage with us! :-)

[@jubalcalif9100]

So true. I could listen to this charming & still lovely lady all day long !

[@rasmus1ist]

A great lady & charming!

[@jubalcalif9100]

Yes !

[@attentionspans-c2w]

so beautiful younger..and still..charming,sharp,interesting to listen too!!

[@less3117]

Lovely lady

[@rkomgm3932]

Legend no other words need to be written

[@uselessjoe]

she lost her Midland, Texas accent .... what a beauty she was.. and still is in the interview

[@honey_bee65]

I know, right??? I was surprised to hear that terribly snooty sounding English accent instead of her naturally cute NORMAL voice. _"Roh-thuh"_ 😣

[@DeanMk1]

Sounds like she's been living in England for so long, she's picked up a British accent.

[@ljmcdonald2703]

@@DeanMk1 She moved there in 1935

[@DeanMk1]

@@ljmcdonald2703 ...and that explains her accent.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indubitably !

[@englefilms]

Fascinating to see her, so gracious and charming. As a young actress, she was also known as a rule breaker! Lovely!

[@jubalcalif9100]

You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !

[@shelovezcandy2852]

Such a lively character.

[@jubalcalif9100]

That's for sure !!

[@bigfolkie5418]

what an infectious laugh!

[@jubalcalif9100]

I could not agree more !

[@lisalasoya2898]

Born Juanita Horton in Texas at the turn of the century, Bessie Love began her career in 1915 in the film studio of D.W. Griffen. She possessed an extraordinary beauty and an acting ability which rapidly established her as a major star of the silent era. When I was younger I loved the silent movies, it put me in a time warp, the etiquette of being in that place & time gave me an euphoria. Compared to today, that era seemed more irresistible

[@greasylimpet5357]

The most beautiful actress of all time, and a perfect lady as well.

[@jubalcalif9100]

She was no Marie Dressler, but the delightful Ms Love was indeed one lovely lady !

[@steplumpkin5432]

LOVED IT, BIG TIME!!!!!!!

[@michaelmcgee8543]

Enjoyed!

[@emilys3458]

Simply wonderful!!

[@Patrick3183]

I love her laugh

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indubitably !

[@ric60100]

I wish I had a time machine.

[@frankburrows9850]

Lovely woman.

[@ramonfuentes9506]

Very intresting

[@josephharnett5075]

Been a fan of her's for years have a board of over 80 pins of her ckeck it out on Pinterest

[@kelboyce762]

A somewhat nervous laugh. Bessie made all the right moves, unlike some Hollywooders. Never left England, after 1935, and still rests under a tree in Ruislip Cemetery.

[@geoffjoffy]

A different age.

[@humbertoluiz1975]

Wonderful!

[@CinemaGatesPictures]

My studio making silent films.

[@Myplop]

My gosh what a vital wonderful woman

[@amberelizabeth-o2s]

So classy !

[@eu5952]

she's quite articulate for her age not like those other stars!

[@antoniod]

They don't forget you in England the way they do in the US.

[@noumine]

@11:20 the ukulele

[@huntingthekaiser6490]

Good 'ol Bessie was from Midland, Texas. She sure acquired a veddy proper English accent.

[@therealfronzilla]

She was born and raised in Midland, Texas. Father was an actual cowboy that worked on ranches. It's crazy. Her first name is Juanita. Sounds got bitten by the UK accent

[@ravenbaa7989]

I love Thames

[@jeffpagan1517]

The accent, it's like they beat the Texas out of her.

[@graham8683]

Bessie Love was a stunner in her heyday and even in old age she still looked good and had a great personality. What a lovely woman and a fabulous actress