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 #:
000136
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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122 THE TWENTIES Remember that young extra in The Goat, back in 1919? Time passed, and by 1922 Ramon Samaniegos, the extra, had become Ramon Novarro, the clashing young figure of Metro's The Prisoner of Zenda. Rex Ingram directed, with a skill and confidence born of his triumph with The Four Horsemen. Novarro is on the left, with Stuart Holmes on the right. The girl is Barbara La Marr. That costume is a hobble skirt. BELOW Griffith had a not-too-prosperous year. His One Exciting Night, a mystery melodrama, fared mildly well. Audiences seemed to be growing tired of the helpless bit of innocent femininity who aroused the beast in men. Here is winsome Carol Dempster arousing.