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Screen Stories and Star Paths Across Adventurous Careers
A summary of actors Emil Jannings Rudolph Valentino Harold Lloyd John Barrymore Syd Chaplin and others. It traces Jannings early stage struggles and rise to leading roles in The Last Laugh Deception and other Master Pictures. It notes Valentino’s sea voyage to fame, Lloyd’s hot reception of Hot Water, Barrymore’s The Sea Beast and Chaplin’s Oh What a Nurse. It previews Australia’s The Pioneers and Longford’s influence with The Sentimental Bloke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Jannings
Peter the Great
Pharoah
Rudolph Valentino
Italy
America
Rio di Janiero
South American
Board of Censors of
Pasadena
Harold Lloyd
Lloyd
New England
New B&b: Ord
John Barrymore
John Drew
Sydney Drew
Sydney
Charlie Chaplin
Sydney Chaplin
Syd Chaplin
Katherine Susannah Prichard
Hodder & Stroughton
Australis
New York
Bookview
Union Master Pictures
N.S.W
Longford
Jameson Thomas
Australia
Betty Blythe
Chu Chin Chow
Scotland