A pictorial history of the movies (1943)

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156 THE TWENTIES Then there was the boy who never grew up. He came to the screen in 1924, when Herbert Brenon directed Peter Pan lor Paramount, casting Betty Bronson (above) in the role made famous by Maude Adams. The picture also served to launch Mary Brian and to boost Esther Ralston on their careers. BELOW The pictures were growing up a bit, no doubt of it. They even ventured to kid themselves by producing Harry Leon Wilson's Merton of the Movies, with Viola Dana as the flapper and Glenn Hunter, who had created the role on die stage, as Merton.