The Picture Show Annual (1931)

Record Details:

Title:
The Picture Show Annual
Date:
1931
Author:
Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Publisher:
London, Amalgamated Press, Ltd.
Volume:
The Picture Show Annual (1931)
Leaf #:
00016
Language:
English
Collection:
Global Cinema, Year Book, and United Kingdom
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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10 Picture Show Annual Lillian Gish and Jack Bromhead in one of the star's earliest pictures, " The House Built upon Sand." l ong before Corinne Griffith be- came famous for her fragile beauty, she was one of the many plump, pretty actresses without a name. Here she is seen in one of her earliest films. Adolphe Menjou in his first film, " The Blue Envelope," with Lilian Walker. A few weeks later Charlie was " known," and cut-outs in wood, showing the great little comedian at full length, were to be seen outside the biggest West End cinemas. The Good-Bad Man of the Screen The photograph of Godfrey Tearle and Marie Doro, in " The Sinless Sinner," is a delight to look at. How fond of alliterative titles they were in those days ! I don't remember much about the film, though I have a recollection of seeing it, but Mr. Tearle does look perfectly sinless. That picture was made in the days when heroes had to be perfect, and villains bad throughout. To have had a villain with a single redeeming quality would have been fatal. There was one exception—Bill Hart. Bill introduced the good-bad man to the screen, and for a long time he was one of the most popular of all screen players. I mean popular with the public, for Bill is still one of the best-loved and most highly respected men in Hollywood. It was a great idea, this good-bad-man or