A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the movies
Date:
1943
Publisher:
New York : Simon and Schuster
Volume:
A pictorial history of the movies
Leaf #:
00038
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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24 BIRTH AND INFANCY Famous Players was the first company to lay particular stress on acting ability and, in pursuit of this policy, induced many stage stars to appear in pictures. James K. Hackett was one of its early recruits,, shown here in a 1913 production of The Prisoner of Zenda, with Beatrice Becklev. The picture was directed by Daniel Frohman and our old friend, the producer of The Great Train Robbery, Edwin S. Porter. Incidentally, motion-picture sets were obviouslv becoming more realistic. Essanay, meanwhile, was building up its own stars from the ranks of picture players. One of these was G. M. Anderson, who, starting from a small part in The Great Train Robbery, became a great favorite in Westerns as "Broncho Billy." He is shown here, taking it lying down in an Essanay epic of 1912. BELOW Or were the sets improving? The bread and cot are convincing enough, but the dungeon wouldn't fool anybody— except, perhaps, the prisoner, Edmond Dantes, played here by James O'Neill (father of Eugene) in a 1913 Famous Players production of The Count of Monte Cristo.