Star-dust in Hollywood (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
Star-dust in Hollywood
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London : George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.
Volume:
Star-dust in Hollywood
Leaf #:
000162
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:
March 28, 2024
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Star-dust in Hollywood admirers of his beauty. The lucky photographer who had taken this picture was able to live in comfort on the proceeds of this one photo alone. Greta Garbo, however, receives some 90,000 letters a month, 80 per cent, of which are from women. Two other stars were character-heroes, the one relying on his charm and agility, the other on his smooth cynicism. Another was the bluff type of hero, the American he-man, who reveals the tender side of his character in the last reel. The sixth was a comic hero. All of these six worked under THE PASSING OF AGILITY the constant threat of time. There is a character in a tale by Conan Doyle who continually calls out : " Youth will be served, my masters." The very lamp-posts of Hollywood often shout advertising matter through loud-speakers, but surely over every studio gate should be set a trumpet intoning this most pregnant sentence. Already the famous agile star showed visible signs of Time's fatal advance. In normal dress he was fuller in the face than we had anticipated, and when made up for acting a close examination revealed a subtle reddish tint covering the area between the chin and the throat. This red was less photographic than the rest of the make-up and thus camouflaged the slight bulge which was already beginning to coarsen his profile. He was clearly not the man he had been ; the amazing feats of strength and skill which had so delighted [154]