A pictorial history of the silent screen (1953)

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MARY FULLER (EDISON) KING BAGGOT (IMP) DROTHY BERNARD, CHARLES WEST "THE GODDESS OF SAGEBRUSH GULCH" (BIOGRAPH) 1Q 1 0 Meanwhile companies were exploiting and contracting stars. Vitagraph, u I L. where Lillian Walker and Earle Williams were favorites, signed Clara Kimball Young, a stock company actress, and her husband, James Young. Her first film was "Anne Boleyn." Mary Pickford, a big box office draw, had returned to Biograph bringing with her two young actress friends, Lillian and Dorothy Gish, who had appeared with her in road companies. Their first important film appearance was in "The Unseen Enemy." Alice Joyce and Carlyle Blackwell were Kalem's top stars. Kathlyn Williams and Tom Mix headed Selig's ^ stars, while J. Warren Kerrigan was America's best bet. King Baggot was Imp's attraction. Florence Lawrence, still popular, had left Lubin for the newly formed Victor Company. Edison released "What Happened to Mary?" starring favorite Mary Fuller. It was a series of pictures and a forerunner of the serial. Each of the series was independent and complete, and one was released each month. G. M. Anderson and his Broncho Billy pictures were gaining in popularity and so was Francis X. Bushman at Essanay. Beverly Bayne, a Minneapolis society girl, became Bushman's leading lady and soon they were the most popular team in films. Essanay also starred "Baby Parsons," little daughter of Louella O. Parsons, who later as Harriet Parsons became the top woman producer in the industry. LILLIAN GISH, WALTER MILLER IN "THE MUSKETEERS OF PIG ALLEY" (BIOGRAPH) GENE GAUNTIER, JACK CLARK IN 'FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS" (KALEM) MARSHALL NEILAN, J. WARREN KERRIGAN, PAULINE BUSH IN "THE STRANGER AT COYOTE" (AMERICAN) PEARL WHITE, HAL FORDE, IN "MAYBLOSSOM" (PATHE) 33