Motion Picture Classic (May 1921 - Dec 1927)

Page scan 000361 from Motion Picture Classic

Record Details:

Title:
Motion Picture Classic
Date:
May 1921 - Dec 1927
Author:
Brewster Publications, Inc.
Volume:
Motion Picture Classic (1921-1927)
Leaf #:
000361
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System, Fan Magazines, and Early Cinema
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
First issue in 1915; absorbed Shadowland in November 1923; became Movie Classic in September 1931. -- Anne Helen Petersen, 2013. Secondary sources consulted: Inside the Hollywood Fan Magazine by Anthony Slide and MovieMags.com.
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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Holmes Herbert has played many parts in his movie career: from the rather stupid overfed English husband to the gay, the rollicking, the debonair Prince of Wales in “A Stage Romance”; from the handsome movie hero to the typical “heavy” villain; from the straight lead to the pronounced character part. Finesse, skill and conviction are the chief components of his portrayals A Man of Parts By SUSAN ELIZABETH BRADY I WAS tempted to call this interview “And What Came After,” because I waylaid Mr. Herbert as he was about to step aboard his train, and as we commute to the same Long Island port, I just interviewed him on the way home. vmmmmmmmmmMmmmtm&toamRS. & It was not quite fair, because when one talks for publication, one wants a little warning. Naturally, Mr. Herbert had none. Not that he needs any; for he is a man of wide experience and extensive traveling, and he is a not inconsiderable unit in a profession which conduces to variety and charm and assurance, and all that should go to make a successful conversationalist. But he only talked of the movies. Pleasantly and intelligently, in his not too English accent, he discussed its limitations and its possibilities, its many phases and characteristic difficulties its peculiar technique presents to a stage-trained aspirant. ( Continued on page 86) ( Fifty-nine )