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Dec 4, 2023 · From the womanizing nature of his personal life to his name sounding suspiciously similar to his original screen name (Jack Gilbert), the specter of John Gilbert is all over Jack Conrad, and...
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Dec 23, 2022 · Damien Chazelle's film stars Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie as silent-film actors in the Roaring Twenties. Learn how the movie captures the era's party, violence, and diversity, and how it differs from the historical record.
Jul 19, 2023 · Brad Pitt's Jack Conrad isn't a real actor, but he was based on popular actors of the 1920s like John Gilbert, Douglas Fairbanks, and Rudolph Valentino, some of whom had to overcome career setbacks after talkies took over.
- Kayleena Pierce-Bohen
Manny meets and befriends Jack Conrad, a benevolent but troubled, oft-married film star, and drives the drunken Jack home. Jack helps Manny secure assistant jobs at Kinoscope. When a director needs a new camera to film Jack in an outdoors love scene before nightfall, Manny saves the day by finding one and getting it to the set at the last moment.
Dec 20, 2022 · Brad Pitt dives deeper into his character Jack Conrad, a silver screen icon navigating the tumultuous transformation of cinema in #BabylonMovie. #12NightsOfB...
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Dec 23, 2022 · Jack Conrad is a character played by Brad Pitt in Babylon, a comedy drama set in 1920s Hollywood. The film also features Margot Robbie, Jean Smart, Olivia Wilde and others in an ensemble cast.
Dec 23, 2022 · Damien Chazelle's new Hollywood epic tells the story of a debaucherous Tinseltown during the transition from silent films to talking pictures.
