A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

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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 #:
000130
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:
June 20, 2024
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116 THE TWENTIES In 1921 Richard Barthelmess left the Griffith lot to work for First National. They put him in an adaptation of Joseph Hergesheimer's Tol'able David, which turned out to be one of the best pictures of the vear and, in the opinion of some, the best picture Barthelmess ever made. But the picture that really made the year 1921 memorable to millions of movie fans was The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Richard Rowland, president of Metro Pictures, conceived the idea of turning Blasco Ibanez' best-selling novel into a picture. Against the advice of virtually the entire staff, who argued that the public didn't want war pictures, he bought the rights to the book and engaged June Mathis to adapt it. She turned out a script that was a masterpiece of its kind. On her advice, Rowland engaged a little-known director, Rex Ingram, and an even less-known actor, Rudolph Valentino, to star in it. The rest everyone knows. The public may or may not have wanted war pictures, but they certainly wanted Valentino. Below are Valentino and Alice Terrv in a scene from the film.