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

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.

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.

How absolutely stunning she still was at this age!

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

What an amazing woman , these clips must never be lost

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

my relative Gareth Hughes worked with her in Hollywood

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

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

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.

What a wonderful interview! Lovely lady...❤

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

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

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.

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.

A great lady & charming!

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

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

Wonderful lady and actress.

Lovely lady

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

what an infectious laugh!

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

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.

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

Such a lively character.

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

Legend no other words need to be written

I wish I had a time machine.

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

Simply wonderful!!

I love her laugh

Enjoyed!

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

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

Lovely woman.

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

Very intresting

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.

My studio making silent films.

She was so beautiful when she was young.

A different age.

My gosh what a vital wonderful woman

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

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

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

@11:20 the ukulele

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

I love Thames

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

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