A pictorial history of the silent screen (1953)

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CLAUDE COOPER, FLORENCE LaBADIE, JUSTUS D. BARNES, CAREY L. HASTINGS IN "THE COUNTRY GIRL" (THANHOUSER) ALAN HALE J. FORBESROBERTSON TRUE BOARDMAN IN "STINGAREE" (KALEM) 1Q 1 C Other independent releases included stage star Walter Hamp W I U den with film favorite Marion Leonard in "The Dragon': Claw," Francine Larrimore in "The Devil's Darling," Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Castle in "The Whirl of Life," Walker Whiteside in "The Melting Pot," Richard Bennett in his stage success, "Damaged Goods," and Mabel Taliaferro in "The Three of Us." W. C. Fields, a comedian who was tasting his first success in the "Ziegfeld Follies," made his first film for Gaumont, a one-reeler called "Pool Sharks." Harold Lloyd, who had worked as an extra in "Samson" at Universal, met Hal Roach, a young man with ambition to direct. Roach inherited $3,000, and with it produced a one-reel comedy, "Just Nuts," with Lloyd in the lead. It was the beginning of a profitable film assocation, the Rolin Film Company and Harold Lloyd's characterization "Lonesome Luke." FORTUNES LOUISE VALE, ALAN HALE IN "JANE EYRE" (BIOGRAPH) WILL BE. MADE BY THE State-Right-Buyers who insist on getting The Big Surprise of The Picture -World MR. and IVfRS. VERNON CASTLE In a thnllinE new Photo-Drama-Roraanee in six parts, entitled "THE WHIRL OF LIFE" VALENTINE GRANT IN "THE BRUTE" (KALEM) VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE IN "THE WHIRL OF LIFE" MAX FIGMAN, BURR MclNTOSH, LOLITA ROBERTSON IN "ADVENTURES OF WALLINGFORD" (PATHE') 77