A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

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66 GRIFFITH TURNS A PAGE The most spectacular Fox production of 1916 was Daughter of the Gods, which exploited the talents and figure of the swimming champion, Annette Kellerman. The picture was filmed in Jamaica, where Director Herbert Brenon practically rebuilt one end of the island, imported a troupe of camels, and restored a Spanish ruin. Word of these goings-on leaked out to the press, and the director was given far more publicity than the producer relished. When Brenon resigned, Fox ordered his name kept off the screen, whereupon Brenon brought injunction proceedings. The injunction was denied, Fox relented and put back the screen credits, the picture made a lot of money, and everybody was happy. Fox presented a starlet in the person of Shirley Mason, sister of a reigning favorite, Viola Dana. Miss Mason is shown above in a scene from Merely Mary Ann, in which she appeared in 1916. Lewis J. Selznick brought another stage star to the screen in his production of War Brides— Alia Nazimo.va, who repeated her success in the theater. Herbert Brenon directed the picture. Not shown in this scene is a young actor who played his first role in this film— Richard Barthelmess.