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His Picture in the Papers

Film191662 min4.6/10 on TMDB

Directed by John Emerson

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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."Read moreLess

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."

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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."

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Cast & crew

Douglas FairbanksDouglas FairbanksPete Prindle
Clarence HandysideClarence HandysideProteus Prindle
Charles ButlerCharles ButlerCassius Cadwalader
Loretta BlakeLoretta BlakeChristine Cadwalader
Terry McGovern
Terry McGovern
Referee (uncredited)
Nick Thompson
Nick Thompson
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Erich von StroheimErich von StroheimOne of the Weazels (uncredited)
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Director
John Emerson
Director of Photography
George W. Hill