The blue book of the screen (1923)

RICHARD BARTHELMESS |OT only is Richard Barthelmess a student of D. W. Griffith, but he has spent the greater part of his screen career under the master director's instruction. It is only recently that Mr. Barthelmess has gone over to his own producing company. Mr. Barthelmess was born in 1895 in New York City and was educated at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. The first pictures that he played in opposite Dorothy Gish immediately brought him fame and a following that has increased rapidly. Those first productions were "The Hope Chest," "I'll Get Him Yet" "Boots," and "Peppy Polly." Although during that time he had been under the supervision of Griffith, he had not yet worked under his personal direction until Griffith made "Broken Blossoms." "The Girl Who Stayed Home," "Scarlet Days," "The Idol Dancer," "The Love Flower" and "Way Down East." In all these Barthelmess played the leading roles. He played in various other features after leaving the Griffith organization. One of these was "Experience" for Famous Players. Then Barthelmess made the production of his career. It is two years old at this writing and still talked of and run in big theaters. That picture was "Tolerable David." Since then he has made "The Bond Boy," "Sonny," "Fury" and his latest feature is "The Scarlet Shawl." By a strange twist of fate, Dorothy Gish is to be seen playing opposite this star in the last two films mentioned. Barthelmess is five feet seven inches tall, has dark hair and brown eyes, and weighs 135 pounds. He is married to Mary Hay, who was a Broadway star before her marriage, and they have a little daughter. 10