THIS SHARP PHOTO IS A PART OF AN ARCHIVE OF PHOTOS THAT ONCE BELONGED TO ACTOR HARRY LA VERNE / LAVERNE, BORN HARRY SWISHER (ALSO KNOWN AS H. L. SWISHER), WHO WAS AN ACTOR IN EARLY HOLLYWOOD SILENT MOVIES, SUCH AS ROBIN HOOD (DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS), THE LEGION OF DEATH (1918) RIDERS OF THE DESERT (1923, UNLISTED FILM) AND MORE.

THOUGH UNFORTUNATELY HARRY REPORTEDLY COMMITTED SUICIDE (1925) AT THE AGE OF 39, HIS PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE PROVIDES A WONDERFUL GLIMPSE BEHIND THE SCENES OF EARLY HOLLYWOOD FILM INDUSTRY.

IN THIS PHOTO LAVERNE (LISTED AS H.L. SWISHER) IS THE ACTOR PLAYING SERENSKY SECOND FROM LEFT.

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EDITH STOREY IN THE LEGION OF DEATH

THESE PICTURES ALL ARE STILLS TAKEN IN OCT + NOV, 1917 DURING LEGION OF DEATH - YOU CAN SEE ME IN ALL THE STILLS - I PLAY PART OF PREMIER TO RUSSIA "SERENSKY" THE PICTURE HAS NOT BEEN SHOWN YET. ? IT WILL BE SOON. H.L.S.

HARRY LA VERNE, EDITH STOREY, PHILO MCCULLOUGH, FRED MALATESTA, CHARLES K. GERRARD, METRO PICTURES CORPORATION