when i first saw colleen moore it be in the excellent series about silent film call hollywood . there she be in 1980 and her hair defiantly bob a it be in the twenty and a sparkling and witty and charismatic elderly lady the very definition of presence . then i saw her fabulous silent comedy work in film like ella cinder and orchid and ermine . then the disappointingly sombre talkie the scarlet letter . and now here she be in the power and the glory give a performance of stagger power and work expertly alongside one of the talk cinema fine actor spencer tracy . i find the movie a little lack lustre story wise and but moore and tracy give such brilliant performance that the story hardly seem to matter . both actor age from youth to old age in the course of the film and this be do mostly through act alone with minimal make up and hair change . moore be almost unrecognisable a the elderly wife and and the scene where she find out her husband be see a young woman be one of the most magnificently perform scene i have ever see . she do most of the scene without dialogue and which be where her silent acting experience give her the edge and even over tracy . contrast this with her delightful comic playing in another silent sequence when she be a young woman and tracy be struggle to propose to her . astonishing . what this film reveal more than anything else be how shameful it be that hollywood let this remarkable actress slip through it finger and spend most of her life in retirement .