The Picture Show Annual (1928)

Record Details:

Title:
The Picture Show Annual
Date:
1928
Publisher:
London, Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Volume:
The Picture Show Annual (1928)
Leaf #:
00026
Language:
English
Collection:
United Kingdom, Global Cinema, and Year Book
Format:
Annuals
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
January 01, 1000
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Picture Show Annual Dick the Idealist Richard Barthelmess is an idealist. From this it must not be inferred that he is one of the folk, who walk about with their heads in the clouds, forgetting that their feet tread mother earth. Of course, he may have plans for the uplifting of mankind, for he is a serious young man ; and what serious young man has not hugged similar plans ? But he is also intensely reserved, and the idealism mentioned above is not personal bitl refers to his screen characters. He idealises them all, from the Chink in " Broken Blossoms " to " The White Black Sheep." And he blends his idealisation with a realism that does not detract from their effectiveness. His portrayals all ring true. His Chink, for instance, was an obviously idealised Chinaman, but he wasn't just Richard Barthelmess dressed in Chinese clothes and an Oriental make-up. His Bilge Smith in " Shore Leave " was an ordinary cheery (Sailor with his good points sufficiently emphasised to make him noteworthy, but not so exaggerated that he became ridiculously heroic. And it is probably Dick's capacity for infusing all his roles with this dash of poetry and romance, and yet making them everyday, human types, that makes him the favourite he is and has been for so long.