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 #:
000197
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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THE BLACK PIRATE (1926) 183 Since The Glorious Adventure (see page 128) there had been various sporadic attempts to make pictures in color. None of them turned out well until Douglas Fairbanks made The Black Pirate, in 1926, in technicolor. It was not perfect, but it was away ahead of its predecessors. Aside from the color, it was a typical Fairbanks vehicle, full of love, adventure, and "How's he going to get out of it?" situations— of which this one is a good example. In 1926 M-G-M filmed Brown of Harvard, featuring Jack Pickford. Also in the cast was a youngster named William Haines. In the role of a flip, wisecracking collegian, he ran away with the picture so completely that he was immediately assigned to a series of juvenile leads. He continued to play these roles, with great success, until his retirement to become an equally successful interior decorator. In this scene Haines is in the fur coat. The man in bed is Jack Pickford. Between them is Mary Brian.