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WILLIAM RUSSELL (left), IRVING CUMMINGS IN "THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY"
(right)
LOTTIE PICKFORD
1915
RUTH ROLAND, MOLLIE McCONNELL, HENRY
KING IN "WHO PAYS?" (PATHE')
CENTER: RUTH ROLAND
IRVING CUMMINGS
(AMERICAN-MUTUAL)
The serial, with its "continued next week" policy which took the country by storm in 1914, was at the height of its popularity in 1915. There were over a dozen serials thrilling the public. Pearl White, after her phenomenal success in "The Perils of Pauline," continued her harrowing escapes each week in "The Exploits of Elaine" for Pathe and became the greatest serial queen of all time. In her Elaine ventures she was ably assisted by Sheldon Lewis, Creighton Hale and Arnold Daly, a noted stage star. Lionel Barrymore appeared in the later episodes. Pathe also was responsible for the "Who Pays?" serial with Ruth Roland and Henry King, "Neal of The Navy" with Lillian Lorraine, an exFollies Beauty, and William Courtleigh, Jr., and "Who's Guilty?" with stage actress Emmy Wehlen and Howard Estabrook. Thanhouser's contribution was "Zudora" with Marguerite Snow and James Cruze. Universal was well represented with "The Black Box" starring Herbert Rawlinson and Anna Little, "The Broken Coin" exploiting the brave deeds of Grace Cunard and Francis Ford, and "The Master Key" with Robert Leonard and Ella Hall. Vitagraph and Lubin got into the swim with Anita Stewart and Earle Williams in "The Goddess" and Crane Wilbur and Mary Charleson in "Road O' Strife." Reliance released a popular serial, "Runaway June," starring "Our Mutual Girl" Norma Phillips and J. W. Johnston. The American Film Company tried to lure Mary Pickford away from Famous Players with an offer of $4,000 a week to star in their serial "The Diamond From The Sky," but settled for her sister Lottie. Irving Cummings, who later became a famous director, played the hero and the cast featured William Russell, Charlotte Burton, Eugenie Forde and George Periolat. The director was William Desmond Tavlor whose murder in 1921 is still an unsolved Hollywood mystery.
WILLIAM RUSSELL, IRVING CUMMINGS, LOTTIE PICKFORD IN "THE DIAMOND FROM THE SKY'
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GRACE CUNARD, HARRY MANN,
IN "THE BROKEN COIN"
FRANCIS FORD
GRACE CUNARD, FRANCIS FORD IN "THE BROKEN COIN"
(UNIVERSAL)
GRACE CUNARD IN THE BROKEN COIN"
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