Stars of the photoplay : over one hundred art portraits of famous film favorites with short biographical sketches (1924)

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Title:
Stars of the photoplay : over one hundred art portraits of famous film favorites with short biographical sketches
Date:
1924
Publisher:
Chicago : Photoplay Magazine
Volume:
Stars of the photoplay
Leaf #:
00034
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 29, 2024
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Hobart Bosworth, producer, actor and playwright, has had a varied experience. One of the first big theatrical men to see possibilities in the film r_r i industry, he became one of the chief directors with the Selig Company. He was born in Marietta, Ohio, and began his stage career in 1885 with the Daly Bosworth. Stock Company. He has played leads with such actresses as Mrs. Fiske, Julia Marlowe and Henrietta Crosman. May 8, 1909, he made his camera debut, appearing in "In the Power of the Sultan," the first picture to be made in Los Angeles. He is six feet tall, weighs 200 pounds, has grey hair and blue eyes.