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 #:
000274
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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260 THE TALKING PICTURE M-G-M filmed Dinner at Eight, from the play by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman. George Cukor directed an all-star cast, including John and Lionel Barrymore, Marie Dressier, who was miscast, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow, Edmund Lowe, and Billie Burke. Critics were agreed that Beery and Harlow —here shown— turned in the best performances. BELOW Ernest B. Shoedsack and Merian C. Cooper, the producers of the unusual documentary picture, Grass, collaborated in 1933 to direct another that was equally spectacular, though in a very different way. This was King Kong, the story of a colossal, gorillalike creature who causes an enormous amount of trouble before he is finally cornered on top the Empire State Building. King Kong remains a masterpiece of miniature work and trick photography.