this is a terrific silent movie item.

it’s a motion picture studio trade annual from 1920.

loaded w imagery/info pertaining to silent films. 

person who owned the book wrote a lovely inscription inside - 

'old hollywood is my life

and love from the silents through to 1950.’

1st pg & last pg have a columbia theatre stamp. 

highlights - 

 

1 pg portrait photos of such stars as - 

marion davies

mae murray

elsie ferguson

ethel clayton

katherine macdonald

norma talmadge

constance talmadge

mildred harris chaplin

anita stewart

dorothy phillips

louise huff

marjorie daw

pauline frederick

peggy hyland

sydney chaplin

e k lincoln (elmo lincoln who starred as tarzan)

gene pollar, pictured as tarzan

king baggott 

max linder

harold lloyd

j warren kerrigan

lloyd hamilton, starring as ham

eddie cline

hope hampton

ruth dwyer

agnes ayres

1 pg portraits of directors including - 

mack sennett

rex ingram

al christie

alice guy blache w herbert blache

1/2 portraits of such stars as - 

buck jones

hoot gibson

art acord

ruth stonehouse

may mcavoy

betty blythe

helen ferguson

1/4 pg portraits of such stars as - 

vivian rich

wanda hawley

anna q nilsson.

some pages promote such studios as - 

famous players-lasky

mack sennett comedies

thomas h ince

fatty arbuckle

other important studio info - 

vitagraph pictures w head shots of such stars as larry semon

vitagraph big v comedies w head shots of such stars as babe hardy (oliver hardy)

emerson-loos productions w head shots of anita loos & john emerson

palmer photoplay corporation w head shots of such stars as cecil b demille, lois weber

very small blurb about harry houdini & another pg offers line promoting the grim game. 

book is quite displayable.

contents in very nice condition.

1 pg has a bottom edge bite

some minor pencil writing in margins on some pgs - minor. 

mailing label & name plate label on 1st 2 (blank) pgs w the owner’s name. 

covers have damage including - 

gray tape over spine - goes onto the front & back covers.

both covers have a heavy central vertical crease from top to bottom & other creases. 

leather uplifting on front cover on bottom rt corner.

inside covers have clear tape over the vertical crease & along upper edge.

but, as mentioned, the contents are in very nice condition. 

terrific reference.