A pictorial history of the silent screen (1953)

1 INDEX Aasen, John, 251 Abbe, Charles, 70 Abeles, Edward, 53, 54, 115 "Abie's Irish Rose," 316, 318 Abrams, Hiram, 185 "Abysmal Brute, The," 253 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, 309 Acker. Jean, 182 Acord, Art, 54, 109, 214, 228 "Acquitted," 117 "Across The Plains," 21, 25 "Action," 203 Actophone Studio, 13 "Actress, The," 318 "Adam and Eva." 218 "Adam's Rib," 239 Adams, Claire. 178, 244, 291 Adams, Jimmy, 230, 300 Adams, Kathryn, 148, 192 Adams, Maude, 27 Adams, Stella, 109 Adler, Jacob, 55, 64 Adoree, Renee, 192, 274, 277, 282, 293 "Adventurer, The," 140, 193 "Adventures of Dolly, The," 10 "Adventures of Kathlyn, The," 45 "Adventures of Terrence O'Rope, The, 92 "Adventures of Walhngford, 77 "Affair of The Follies, An," 303 "Affairs of Anatole, The," 210 "Afraid To Fight," 228 "After Midnight," 315 "After The Ball," 55, 59 "Age of Innocence, The," 266 Agnew, Robert, 237 Ahern, George, 139 "Aida," 21, 25 Ainley, Henry, 69 Ainsworth, Sydney, 42, 83 Aitken, Harry E., 31 Aitkin, Spottiswoode, 23. 67 "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp," 144 "Aladdin From Broadway," 138 "Alaskan, The," 261 Alco Film Corp., 54 Alden, Mary, 67, 83, 88, 117, 181, 216, 250 Alexander, Ben, 153, 167, 231, 245 Alexander, Edward, 41 Ali, George, 279 "Alias Jimmy Valentine," 190. 191 "Alias The Deacon," 314 "Alice Adams," 245 "Alien, The," 74, 75 "Alien Souls," 107 "Alimony," 264 "Alkali Ike's Motorcycle," 30 "All Night," 157 "All of A Sudden Peggy," 199 "All Woman," 161 Allen, Diana, 269 Allen, Hugh, 305 Allen, Joseph, 29 Allen. Phyllis, 89 Allen, Viola, 83 Allison, May, 89, 90, 95, 105, 106, 139, 141, 155, 181, 282, 291 "Almost A Husband," 178, 194 "Aloha Oe," 118 "Aloma of The South Seas," 293 "Altar Steps, The," 215 Alvarado, Don, 304, 307, 317, 318 "Amateur Gentleman, The," 286, 287 "Amazons, The," 127 "America," 255, 267 "American Beauty," 309 American Beauty Comedy, 88 "American Citizen, An," 49 American Film Co., 31, 33, 81, 120 "American Manners," 264 American Mutoscope and Biograph Co., 8 "American Pluck," 279 "An American Widow," 140 "Americano, The," 118 Ames, Robert, 290, 300 "Among Those Present," 209 Anderson, Erville, 267 Anderson, G. M., 9, 10, 21, 29, 33, 95 Anderson, Mary, 42, 138 Anderson, Mignon, 27 "Angel in The Studio, The," 19 "Anna Christie," 238, 241 Annabelle, 7, 8 "Anne Boleyn," 33 "Anne of Green Gables," 173 "Annie Laurie," 31 1 "Anselo Lee," 84 "Antics of Ann, The," 129 "Antony and Cleopatra," 10. 11 Aoki, Tsuru, 53, 64, 107, 128 Apfel, Oscar, 54 "Arab, The," 73, 266 Arbuckle, Andrew, 226 Arbuckle, Maclyn, 68, 69, 229, 268 Arbuckle, Roscoe "Fatty," 41, 42, 43, 58, 89, 109, 132, 135, 166, 188, 193, 198, 210 "Arcadian Maid, An," 17 "Are You a Mason?" 70 Arlen. Richard, 243, 246, 282, 283, 303, 306, 310, 313, 320 Arliss, George, 27, 205, 208, 224, 246 Armat, Thomas, 8 Armstrong, Marguerite, 229 Armstrong, Robert, 317 Arnold, Edward, 100, 110 Arnold. Helen, 112 "Around The Town," 248 "Arsene Lupin," 138 Artcraft Pictures, 105, 125. 163 "Artist's Madonna, The," 38 Arthur. George K., 271, 284, 286, 297, 312, 321, 322 Arthur, Jean, 231, 235, 236, 238, 288, 307 Arthur, Johnny, 237, 301 Arthur. Julia, 153 Arvidson, Linda, 10, 14, 18, 20, 25 "Aryan, The," 117 "As The Sun Went Down," 182 "As You Like It," 28 Asher, Max, 36 "Ashes of Embers," 102 "Ashes of Vengeance," 240 Ashley, Arthur, 112 Ashton, Sylvia, 168, 170 Asther, Nils, 305, 317, 318, 322, 323 Astor, Gertrude, 228, 236, 307 Astor, Mary, 237, 256, 259, 269, 271, 275, 289, 309, 314 "At The Crossroads of Life," 10 "Atom, The," 162 Aubrey, Jimmy, 203 "Auction Block, The," 148, 149 Auen, Signe, 98 Auer, Florence, 10 Auer, Mischa, 316 August, Edwin, 16, 30, 32, 49, 50, 51, 112, 128, 130, 157 August, Hal, 51, 53 Austin, Jere, 55 Austin, William, 236, 284 "Avalanche, The," 171 "Avenging Conscience, The," 62, 65 Ayers, Cleo, 138 Ayers, Sydney, 40, 42 Ayres, Agnes, 159, 196, 199, 210, 217, 218, 219, 222, 224, 249, 261 Ayres, Lew, 322, 323 B "Babe Comes Home," 304 "Bab's Burglar," 127 "Baby," 63 "Baby Mine," 148, 312 Baby Parsons, 33 Baby Peggy, 265, 267, 268, 269 "Bachelor Buttons," 24 "Back To The Primitive," 23 "Backbone," 237 Baclanova, Olga, 309, 318 Bacon, Frank, 93 "Bad Boy, The," 145 "Bad Man, The," 237 Badgely, Helen, 63, 83 Badger, Clarence, 294 Baggot, King, 20, 30, 33, 36, 41, 49, 56, 91, 92, 269 Bailey, William, 29, 42 Baird, Leah, 28, 36, 49, 55, 84, 141 Bakewell, William, 316, 320 Ballin, Mabel, 207. 216, 231 "Balloonatic, The," 250 Balshofer, Fred, 13 Bancroft, George, 294, 301, 304, 309, 310, 321 "Bank, The," 86 Banktaead, Tallulah, 160, 161, 165 Banks, Monty, 202, 275 Banky. Vilma, 276, 290, 291, 292, 297, 301, 311, 320 Bara, Theda, 78, 79, 105, 142, 143, 144, 160, 171, 174, 199 "Barbara Frietchie," 93, 265 "Barbary Sheep,'1 131 Barbat, Percy, 279 "Barbed Wire," 313 Barclay, Lola, 68 "Bardelys The Magnificent," 297 "Baree, Son of Kazan," 274 "Barefoot Boy, The," 62 Barker, Bradley, 173 Barker, Reginald, 63. 195 Barleon, Amelia, 18 Barnes, Justus D., 77 Barnes, T. Roy, 218, 226 Barnett, Charles, 95 B*«tfJt, Chester, 94, 112, 128 "Barney Oldfield's Race For a Life," 31 Barraud, George, 238 Barrie, Eddie, 109 Barrie, James, 211, 271, 297 Barrie, Nigel, 129, 147, 166, 170, 177. 227, 251 "Barrier, The," 148, 291 Barriscale, Bessie, 41, 53, 54, 117, 118, 123, 145, 157, 173 Barry, Wesley, 181, 191, 218 Barrymore, Ethel, 55, 59, 92, 93, 105, 107. 139, 140, 154, 181, 182 Barrymore, John, 27, 49, 52, 69, 70, 101, 102, 115, 129, 136, 155, 163, 171, 192, 197, 199, 203, 208, 255, 256, 260, 271, 276, 282, 284, 286, 289, 291, 306, 307, 320, 322 Barrymore, Lionel, 20, 25, 27, 32, 80, 81, 92, 105, 106, 122, 139, 198, 208, 238, 242, 249, 267, 291, 318 Barthelmess, Richard, 111, 112, 127, 147, 163, 165, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175, 187, 192, 193, 201, 207, 208, 210, 238, 241, 243, 258, 274, 276, 280, 286, 287, 309, 311, 317 Barton, Grace, 102 Bary, Leon, 120, 190, 206 Basquette, Lina, 305 Bassett, Russell, 23. 69, 103, 163 "Bat, The," 292 Bates, Blanche, 171, 174 Battista, Miriam, 199 "Battle Cry of Peace, The," 83. 84 "Battle of The Sexes, The," 62, 65, 320 "Battling Butler," 301 Bauer, Harry, 36 Bauman, Charles, 13, 31 Baxter, Warner, 161, 218, 236, 264, 291, 293, 294, 317 Bayliss, Blanche, 7, 8 Bayne, Beverly, 29, 33, 42, 56, 60, 83, 85, 104, 105. 120, 121, 139, 140, 154, 164, 199, 266 Beach, Rex, 49, 149 Beal, S, 24 "Bearcat, The," 228 "Beast, The," 105 "Beast of Berlin, The," 153 "Beatrice Fairfax," 121 "Beau Brummel," 255, 256 "Beau Geste," 286, 287, 295, 301 "Beau Sabreur," 312 Beaudet, Louise, 84 Beaumont, Harry, 108 "Beautiful Adventure, The," 139 "Beautiful and The Damned, The," 229 "Beautiful Liar, The," 205 "Beauty Shop, The," 216 Beban, George, 74, 75, 116, 123, 129 Beck, Cornish, 154 Beckley, Beatrice, 37 Bedford, Barbara, 189, 202, 226 Beery, Noah, 56, 187, 199, 231, 253, 283, 294, 295, 309 Beery, Wallace, 56, 189, 219, 221, 229, 235 236, 240, 250, 260, 277, 278, 281, 292^ 300 Beery, William, 56 "Beggar of Cawnpore, The," 117 Belasco, David, 35 Belasco, Jay, 135 "Believe Me, Xantippe," 155, 167 "Bell of Pennance, A," 30 Bell, Digby, 59 Bell, Rex, 317 "Bella Donna," 69, 234, 235 Bellamy, Madge, 217, 264, 265, 279, 300 Belle, Tula, 165 Bellew, Kyrle, 9 "Bells, The," 157, 291 Belmore, Lionel, 228, 297 "Beloved Adventure, The," 90 "Beloved Brute. The," 264 "Beloved Rogue, The," 289 "Beloved Traitor, The," 161 "Ben Hur," 9, 297, 298, 299 Benedict, Kingsley, 119 Benham, Dorothy, 40 Benham, Ethyle, 40 Benham. Harry, 27, 78, 80, 190 Bennett, Alma, 265 Bennett, Belle, 101, 144, 146, 162, 271, 272, 273, 320 Bennett, Constance, 215, 229, 258, 261, 276, 282, 291 Bennett, Enid, 115, 144, 146, 171, 198, 205, 221, 237, 240, 259, 267 Bennett, Joan, 321, 322 Bennett, Mickey. 293 Bennett, Richard, 76. 77 Bennett, Wilda, 52 Beranger, Clara, 265 Bergere, Ouida, 265 Beringer, J. A., 67 Berkeley, Gertrude, 112 Bernard, Barney, 111, 114, 230 Bernard. Dorothy, 12. 14, 32, 33, 107, 156, 160, 167 Bernard, Sam, 69, 97 Bemardi, Nerio, 238 Bernarr MacFadden Physical Culture Play, 157 Bernhardt, Sarah, 26, 27, 92, 137, 153 Bertholdi, Mine., 7 Besserer, Eugene, 31, 100 "Best Man Wins, The," 23 "Best of Enemies, The," 97 "Betsy Ross," 147 "Better Times," 181 "Betty in Search of a Thrill," 75 "Betty Makes Up," 158 "Betty of Graystone," 117 "Betty Takes A Hand," 146 "Between Showers," 58 "Beware of Blondes," 158 "Beyers, Clara, 95 "Beyond The Rainbow," 215 "Beyond The Rocks," 218 Biancini, Ferrucio, 204 "Big Parade, The," 271, 274, 277 "Big Timber," 128 "Big Tremaine," 141 Bill, Buffalo, Jr., 290 Billings, Billie, 114, 138 Billington, Francelia, 88, 90 "Billy The Kid," 9 Binnev, Constance, 164, 169, 173, 198, 199, 207, 208 Binney, Faire, 164, 187 Biograph Company, 14, 21, 25, 31, 33, 35, 63, 78, 95, 107. 137 "Biograph Girl, The," 10, 14, 17 "Birth of a Nation, The," 62, 66, 67, 98 "Bishop's Carriage, The," 36 "Bishop's Emeralds, The," 179 Bison Films, 13, 31 Bitzer, G. W. "Billy," 62 Black, Alexander, 7 "Black Box, The," 80, 81 "Black Butterfly, The," 104 "Black Maria, The," 7 "Black Oxen," 230, 243 "Black Pirate. The," 288, 297 "Black Secret, The," 179 "Blacksmith, The," 227 Blackton, J. Stuart, 8 Blackwell. Carlyle, 17, 30, 33, 38, 52, 56, 64, 72, 73, 112, 144, 147, 154, 156, 179, 197, 214, 244, 298 Blake, A. D., 119 Blanchard, Eleanore, 29 Blane, Sallv, 304, 315 "Blind Bargain, A," 231 "Blind Fiddler, The," 82 "Blind Husbands," 180, 181 "Blind Wives," 203, 229 "Blindness of Virtue, The," 85 Blinn, Holbrook, 94, 95, 112, 237, 247, 250, 268, 280, 291 "Blonde Saint, The," 286 "Blood and Sand," 217 "Blood Ship, The," 306 "Blood Will Tell," 56 Bloomer, Ray, 265 "Blot, The," 209 Blue, Monte, 98, 163, 166, 171, 172, 216, 246, 248, 266, 267, 269, 274, 304, 309, 321 "Blue Bird, The," 165 "Blue Danube, The," 317 "Blue Envelope, The," 114 "Blue Flame, The," 171 "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife," 233 "Bluebeard's Seven Wives," 287 Blvthe, Betty, 157, 177, 200, 236, 258, 282, 293, 298 Boardman, Eleanor, 231, 245, 266, 280, 297. 307, 314, 318 Boardman, True, 77, 83, 120, 159 "Boat, The," 227 "Bobbed Hair," 274 "Bohemian Girl, The," 244 Bohn, Jack, 261 Boland, Marv, 96, 97, 107, 118 "Bold Bad Night, A," 137 Boles, John, 306, 316, 318 "Bonanza Buckaroo, The," 290 Bond, Brenda, 265 Bonomo, Joe, 273 Booth, Elmer, 52 Borden, Olive, 300, 301, 306, 307 "Border Legion, The," 171, 174, 263 "Born Rich," 263 "Borrowed Clothes," 157 Borzage, Frank, 39, 88, 119, 269, 309 "Boss, The," 94 Boss, Yale, 49, 82 Bosworth, Hobart, 10, 31, 40, 54, 62, 75, 83, 100, 101, 109, 174, 269, 306 "Bottle Imp, The," 126 Bottomley, Roland, 82, 120 "Bought and Paid For." 218 Boulden. Edward, 82 "Bound and Gagged," 179 "Bound In Morocco," 164 Bow. Clara, 235, 250, 274, 293, 297, 302, 303, 305, 310, 312, 313, 321 Bowers, John, 103, 116, 166, 207, 209, 226, 249, 282, 293 "Boy of Flanders, A," 267 Boyd. William, 208, 260, 269, 284, 293, 305, 314, 315, 321 Boyle, John, 137 Bracy. Sydney, 51 Bradford, Virginia, 307 Brady, Alice. 94, 95, 112, 136, 144, 147, 156, 169, 173, 199 Brady, Edwin J., 81, 249 Brady, William A., 95 "Brand, The," 55, 178 "Brand of Cowardice, The," 106 "Branding Iron, The," 195 Brandt, Charles, 63. 83 Branioni, Antonio, 53 Branscombe, Lily, 29, 42 "Brass," 248 "Brat. The," 182 "Brave Heart," 297 "Brawn of The North," 229 "Breakfast at Sunrise," 304 Breamer. Sylvia, 163, 188, 205, 208 Breese, Edmund, 123 Brendel, El, 294, 309 Brennan, Johnny, 30 Brenon, Herbert, 36, 39, 78. 79, 129, 269, 279 Brent, Evelyn, 249, 267, 269, 279, 304, 311, 316, 317 "Brewster's Millions," 53 Brian, Donald, 72, 73, 103 Brian, Mary, 279, 283, 297 Brice, Rosetta, 63, 115 "Bride of The Storm," 291 "Bright Shawl, The," 241 Briscoe, Lottie, 35, 62, 90 325 j