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 #:
000236
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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222 THE TALKING PICTURE Of all the important stars, Garbo alone persisted in appearing in a silent film. Though praetieing English, she felt that her speech was not yet good enough to risk in a talkie. In 1929 she starred in A Woman of Affairs, a screen version of Michael Aden's popular novel, The Green Hat. John Gilbert (on the right) was again her leading man. BELOW The year 1930 saw the production of what most agree is one of the greatest war pictures of all time, All Quiet on the Western Front. It brought fresh laurels to virtually everyone connected with its making—to the author, Erich Maria Remarque; to Carl Laemmle, of Universal, for his courage in producing a picture dealing with the German side of the World War; above all, to Lewis Milestone, whose handling of the story put him in the first rank of motion-picture directors. Louis Wolheim was magnificent, and Lew Ayres, as Paul, the protagonist of the drama, gave a performance that made him a star. Seen here are (left to right): Ayres, Russell Gleason, Wolheim, William Blakewell, and Ben Alexander (whom we saw in so many pictures as a youngster).