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 #:
000123
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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JES' CALL ME JIM (1920) 109 Charles Ray had been with Thomas Ince since 1909, and within ten years his portrayals of likable young bumpkins and the average fumbling young man made him a popular star. Here he is in An Old Fashioned Boy, made in 1920. The other man is Wade Boteler. BELOW Will Rogers began his stage career doing a straight rope-throwing act in The Ziegfeld Follies. The wisecracks that made him famous were an afterthought, thrown in to add variety to a turn that wasn't doing very well. His first important film roles were of the Honest John homespun variety, such as the one he plays with Irene Rich, in Jes' Call Me Jim, made in 1920. Not until the talkies arrived, to exploit his drawl and comic delivery, did he rise to his greatest fame.