A pictorial history of the silent screen (1953)

Record Details:

Title:
A pictorial history of the silent screen
Date:
1953
Publisher:
New York : G. P. Putman's Sons
Volume:
A pictorial history of the silent screen
Leaf #:
000197
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:
June 20, 2024
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POLA NEGRI SCENES FROM ERNST LUBITSCH'S PRODUCTION "PASSION' (FIRST NATIONAL) FAIRE BINNEY (PARAMOUNT) JAMES KIRKWOOD (FIRST NATIONAL) 1Q / f| Among the preeminent attractions were J L U D. W. Griffith's film "Way Down East" and a foreign importation, "Passion," which brought Pola Negri, a Polish actress, and Ernst Lubitsch, a German director, to the attention of the American public. Doris Keane and Otis Skinner filmed their great stage successes, "Romance" and "Kismet" respectively. Florence Lawrence, after an absence of five years, made an unsuccessful return to the screen in "The Enfoldment," an independently produced film. JEAN PAIGE (VITAGRAPH) POLA NEGRI ? & ~ ■ NOAH BEERY (PARAMOUNT) EILEEN PERCY (FOX) r« MclNTOSH,' KATE BRUCE, VIVIA OGDEN, LOWELL SHERMAN, LILLIAN GISH, MARY HAY, CREIGHTON HALE, GEORGE NEVILLE, RICHARD BARTHELMESSf , EDGAR NELSON. fcVE: (left) LOWELL SHERMAN, LILLIAN GISH; (center) RICHARD BARTHELMESS, LILLIAN GISH; (right) GEORGE NEVILLE, EDGAR NELSON, KATE BRUCE, BURR MclNTObH, f HARD BARTHELMESS, LILLIAN GISH, MARY HAY, CREIGHTON HALE, VIVIA OGDEN, PORTER STRONG "| QJ SCENES FROM D. W. GRIFFITH'S "WAY DOWN EAST"