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 #:
000185
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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THE BIG PARADE (1925) 171 Much of Pola Negri's success in American pictures is undoubtedly due to the shrewd direction of Ernst Lubitsch, who made the most of her exotic, Continental personality. In 1925 she appeared in AWoman of the World, seen here. fice. Mae Murray, she of the bee-stung lip, was Sonia, while Prince Danilo was played by John Gilbert— who thereby took another step to his ultimate position as the screen's great lover. In the group shown here, Roy d'Arcy is the one on the left. BELOW Franz Lehar's operetta, The Merry Widow, first came to the screen in 1925 through Erich von Stroheim's agencies. He directed a screen version of The Merry Widow that brought standees to the box of ABOVE RIGHT Then, in that same year, Gilbert temporarily abandoned the glamour-boy roles and gave the performance for which he is still remembered, as Jim Apperson in The Big Parade.