A pictorial history of the silent screen (1953)

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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 #:
000265
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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^S 924 MARY PICKFORD IN 'DOROTHY VERNON OF HADDON HALL' (UNITED ARTISTS) LON CHANEY IN "HE WHO GETS SLAPPED' (METRO) The motion picture industry was approaching a climax. By public demand everyone was going in for bigger pictures. Among the large-scale efforts were "Romola," filmed in Italy and starring the Gish sisters; Douglas Fairbanks' "The Thief of Bagdad"; Mary Pickford's "Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall"; Paramount's version of "Monsieur Beaucaire" starring Valentino; two Marion Davies elaborate costume pictures, "Yolanda" and "Janice Meredith"; Fox's productions "The Iron Horse" and "Dante's Inferno"; D. W. Griffith's "America," and First National's "The Sea Hawk." It was a case of the survival of the "biggest." Producers were again inveighing against the high salaries of the players but they had onlv themselves to blame. With few exceptions, they were afraid to take a chance on a newcomer. They engaged players by their fame —a fame that in many instances was fictional. MAE MURRAY IN "CIRCE" (METRO) DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS IN "THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (UNITED ARTISTS) ihihb RUDOLPH VALENTINO IN "MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE' (PARAMOUNT) JOHN BARRYMORE IN "BEAU BRUMMEL" (WARNER BROS.) 255