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 #:
00068
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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54 GRIFFITH TURNS A PAGE Came the time for the renewal of Charlie Chaplin's contract with Keystone, which had been for one year only. G. M. Anderson ("Broncho Billy"), acting for Essanay, offered him $1250 a week. Charlie took it, and arrived on die Essanay lot in Chicago amid a hailstorm of publicity. Essanay now had a gold mine in its triple-threat combination: Francis X. Bushman (left), heart throbs; Chaplin (center), belly laughs; and Anderson (right), Western thrills. BELOW Mack Sennett, though he had lost his blue-ribbon comedian, had plenty of others in his stable. This close-harmony group, for instance, mercifully made in the silent days, reveals: (left to right) Phyllis Haver, Jimmie Finlayson, Louise Fazenda, Ben Turpin, Heinie Conklin, and Paddy McQuire, with an unidentified songster at the end. The choir leader is Chester Conklin.