The Picture Show Annual (1929)

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Picture Show Annual 119 Karl Dane, who gained fame as the funny soldier in “ The Big Parade,” and who has since become one of the most-sought-after actors. We can leave Karl’s face to tell its own story. The face of Sammy Cohen (so often associated with the late Ted McNamara in Fox films) tells his race without the aid of his name. Sammy is a wonderfully clever dancer, but you can’t watch his feet for looking at his nose. One of the finest character faces among character screen actors is that of Cesare Gravina, who has probably appeared in as many pictures as any screen actor. Not any of the big stars can register tenderness, pity, or despair better than this fine old man, and most of them cannot portray these emotions nearly so well. What a fine face for a showman or a genisJ old reprobate heis Otis Harlan, and what a subtle face is that of Edgar Norton. The screen's ideal of a typical old Irishwoman—Aggie Herring, who was seen in “ McFadden's Flats," “ Sweet Daddies," and “ Lady Be Good." Centre below : Louis Wolheim, who carmot do what he likes with his own nose because of violating his film contract. He appears in “ Tempest." On the right is A. Bromley Davenport, a clever British character actor who plays anything from Chinese agitator to absent-minded professor, and plays it well. Snitz Edwards, whom you may remember in two of Buster Keatons films, "The General" and “ Battling Butler," Left below : Raymond Turner, a comedian of the darkest dye, who appeared in “The Love Mart." Sammy Cohen, amusing Yiddish rist of "The Gay Retreat." ^