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GRIFFITH TURNS A PAGE
Gloria Swanson, having served her apprenticeship as extra and bit player with Essanay in Chicago, went to Hollywood, where she started up the ladder of fame and fortune on the rather wobbly rungs of the Keystone Comedies. Here she is, with Bobbie Vernon, in a 1915 Mack Sennett opus.
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One of the best-remembered serial queens was Ruth Roland, shown here with Marshall Neilan. You will see more of her. Neilan, born in Los Angeles, ran away from home at fourteen and, returning, worked as a chauffeur. He joined the Kalem Company, and his acting ability won him leading roles with Ruth Roland and Mary Pickford. You will hear from him again, too— as a director.
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Another sequel of The Million Dollar Mystery was The Diamond from the Sky. Its scenario, written by Roy McCardell, won a $10,000 prize contest sponsored by the Chicago Tribune. The producers offered Mary Pickford $4000 a week to play the lead, but her contract with Famous Players prevented her acceptance. So they compromised by signing up her sister, Lottie. Opposite her they cast Irving Cummings, today a successful director. William Desmond Taylor, whom you surely remember as the victim of a still unsolved murder in 1921, directed the serial. Here is the company. In the first row, left to right, are: Charlotte Burton, William Russell, Oral Humphries ( on the floor ) , Eugenie Forde, Desmond Taylor (on the arm of the chair), Charles Watt (sitting next to Taylor), Lottie Pickford (at the piano), and Irving Cummings (leaning on the piano).