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 #:
000207
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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UNDERWORLD ( 1927 ) 193 Give Brook had been on the stage and screen in England before going to Hollywood, to become a favorite leading man. He and Florence Vidor were a popular pair on the Paramount lot and were costarred. They are shown here in a scene from Afraid to Love, made in 1927. ABOVE RIGHT Brook appeared with Evelyn Brent in Underworld, a crook melodrama that Ben Hecht wrote for Paramount in 1927. Miss Brent, seen here, began as an extra in 1914, then went to England and became a star. A good actress, she had her greatest success in talking pictures. BELOW LEFT Everything about Underworld was successful. Hecht's script was good, and Brook and Miss Brent were widely praised. The picture also made a featured player of George Bancroft (seen here) and added greatly to Josef von Sternberg's rapidly growing reputation as a director. BELOW RIGHT "The world's greatest actor as the greatest lover of all ages" is the way the press department diffidently described it. In other words, John— pardon— Mr. (as the studio always billed him) John Barrymore made Don Juan in 1926.