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His Picture in the Papers

19164.6 / 1062 min
Comedy

Overview

HE WRECKED AN AUTO! WAS THROWN OFF A TRAIN! PUT OUT A CHAMPION MIDDLEWEIGHT AND FOUGHT A LOSING FIGHT WITH TWO HUSKY POLICEMEN

Produced at the Reliance studio in Yonkers, New York, HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS solidly established Fairbanks as the American ideal of pop, vim, and vigor. Furthermore, the film brought him together with the two collaborators who were to play a profound role in the evolution of his screen persona: writer Anita Loos and her future husband, director John Emerson. The theme was, according to Emerson and Loos, "the great American love of publicity."

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks

Douglas Fairbanks

Pete Prindle

Clarence Handyside

Clarence Handyside

Proteus Prindle

Rene Boucicault

Rene Boucicault

Pansy Prindle

Jean Temple

Jean Temple

Pearl Prindle

Charles Butler

Charles Butler

Cassius Cadwalader

Loretta Blake

Loretta Blake

Christine Cadwalader

Homer Hunt

Homer Hunt

Melville

Helena Rupport

Helena Rupport

Olga

Terry McGovern

Terry McGovern

Referee (uncredited)

Nick Thompson

Nick Thompson

Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

One of the Weazels (uncredited)

Crew

John Emerson

John Emerson

Director

John Emerson

John Emerson

Writer

Anita Loos

Anita Loos

Writer

Emmett J. Flynn

Emmett J. Flynn

Assistant Director

George W. Hill

George W. Hill

Director of Photography

Erich von Stroheim

Erich von Stroheim

Assistant Director