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 #:
000172
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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158 THE TWENTIES The Covered Wagons success showed that there was money in films about American pioneer days, and the producers quickly took the hint. Another of these pageant films was The Iron Horse, produced by Fox and directed by John Ford in 1924. BELOW Josef von Sternberg, later Marlene Dietrich's direc tor, began his Hollywood career with a water-front story that he produced independently and released through United Artists in 1925. It was called The Salvation Hunters and established him as a young producer worth watching. The figure on the left in this scene is George K. Arthur, and the girl in the doorway is Georgia Hale.