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.