Booklet of 1916 players

[drednm]

http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture ... 2/mode/2up" target="_blank

Might help ID some old-time players.....

[greta de groat]

Interesting, Norma Talmadge got left out of the listing, even though there's a picture of her on page 9. Constance is listed, though.

greta

[poul]

Love these old booklets, thank you.

It states that Chaplin was born in Paris, France!

Vraiment?

[David Pierce]

http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture ... 2/mode/2up" target="_blank

Might help ID some old-time players.....

Posted by the Media History Digital Library from a copy held by the Museum of Modern Art Library.

We also posted the 1917, 1918 and 1920 editions:

https://archive.org/stream/moctu00moti#page/n7/mode/2up" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

https://archive.org/stream/motrestu00mo ... 7/mode/2up" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

https://archive.org/stream/motionpictur ... 0/mode/2up" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

David Pierce
Founder, Media History Digital Library
http://www.mediahistoryproject.org" target="_blank" target="_blank

[drednm]

http://archive.org/stream/motionpicture ... 2/mode/2up" target="_blank

Might help ID some old-time players.....

Posted by the Media History Digital Library from a copy held by the Museum of Modern Art Library.

We also posted the 1917, 1918 and 1920 editions:

https://archive.org/stream/moctu00moti#page/n7/mode/2up" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

https://archive.org/stream/motrestu00mo ... 7/mode/2up" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

https://archive.org/stream/motionpictur ... 0/mode/2up" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

David Pierce
Founder, Media History Digital Library
http://www.mediahistoryproject.org" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

Love these old compendia.... Still astonishes me how many of these people I've never heard of.

[R Michael Pyle]

Fascinating compendia: the 1917, e.g. - notice that Priscilla Dean is listed as a comedienne. Think what she's famous for, some very hard heavies... One lady named Kelly was listed as "Star". Just makes you think about how much silent film IS lost. Of course, was Miss Kelly ever a "star"? Ed, you and I together have probably seen as much older film as anybody on this board with only fifteen, twenty exceptions, perhaps. Your comment about how many of the people you've never heard of is exactly mine. There were as many wannabes then as there are now, if not more. Did you notice how popular Robert Warwick was? Just saw him last night in 1937's "The Life of Emile Zola", twenty years past this book. Remember him in Bogie's "In A Lonely Place"? Ever seen "The Heart of a Hero" or "A Girl's Folly"?

Fifteen minutes is a lot of fame when you consider things...

[drednm]

Fascinating compendia: the 1917, e.g. - notice that Priscilla Dean is listed as a comedienne. Think what she's famous for, some very hard heavies... One lady named Kelly was listed as "Star". Just makes you think about how much silent film IS lost. Of course, was Miss Kelly ever a "star"? Ed, you and I together have probably seen as much older film as anybody on this board with only fifteen, twenty exceptions, perhaps. Your comment about how many of the people you've never heard of is exactly mine. There were as many wannabes then as there are now, if not more. Did you notice how popular Robert Warwick was? Just saw him last night in 1937's "The Life of Emile Zola", twenty years past this book. Remember him in Bogie's "In A Lonely Place"? Ever seen "The Heart of a Hero" or "A Girl's Folly"?

Fifteen minutes is a lot of fame when you consider things...

To make it in these kinds of listings, I assume all included were well know at the time, either on stage or in film (or both).... fame is fleeting