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THE TWENTIES
For 1927, Douglas Fairbanks shifted the scene of his annual chronicle of derring-do to South America, producing The Gaucho. It was a good vehicle, but no more than that. His leading lady was Eve Southern—no newcomer, for she had mad'? her -creen debut in Intolerance.
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Mary Pickford offered My Best Girl, based on Kathleen Morris' version of King Cophetua and the beggar maid— in this case, the girl who worked in the five-and-ten and fell in love with the manager's son. Nobody concerned took the story too seriously, so Miss Pickford had a chance to employ her by no means inconsiderable comic gifts. In this scene, Lucien Littlefield, on the left, is her father, and Charles "Buddy" Rogers her new husband. It might be re
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marked, in passing, that just ten years after this picture, Miss Pickford became Mrs. Buddy Rogers.
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Buster Keaton also made a war picture, a little item ■ called The General, which he released through United Artists. The point of view, the setting, and the period were somewhat different from Wings, as a glance at the accompanying photograph will reveal. The lighted fuse on the mortar should not be overlooked.
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This same Buddy Rogers also appeared as the hero of Wings-, which was to the air force approximately what The Big Parade had been to the infantry. He is shown here, taking refuge in a shell hole after escaping from his cracked-up plane.