Rudolph Valentino in an advertisement for The Married Virgin (USA,1918) in which he portrays a villain

Rudolph Valentino in an advertisement for The Married Virgin (1918) in which he portrays a villain.

Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual, 1918.

Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d’Antonguella (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926), known professionally as Rudolph Valentino, was an Italian actor based in the United States who starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand, The Eagle, and The Son of the Sheik. Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_Valentino#The_Sheik

The Married Virgin (USA, 1918). IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0009356/

American silent film actor Ed Genung signed by the Thanhouser company – The Moving Pictures News (June 1911)

American silent film actor Ed Genung signed by the Thanhouser company – The Moving Pictures News (June 1911).

Ed Genung was an American actor of the silent era notable for being the first actor to play David Copperfield on film – in David Copperfield (1911) and one of the earliest to play Ferdinand on film – in The Tempest (1911). Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Genung

Romaine Fielding (May 22, 1867 – December 15, 1927), was an American actor, screenwriter and film director

Romaine Fielding (May 22, 1867 – December 15, 1927), was an American actor, screenwriter and film director.

Motion Picture Magazine (August, 1915) Vol. X No.7, New York.

Romaine Fielding (born William Grant Blandin, May 22, 1867 – December 15, 1927) was an American actor, screenwriter, and silent film director known for his dramatic westerns. He was also known as Royal A. Blandin. Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romaine_Fielding

Promotional photo of actor Harry Myers as the Yankee in the film A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (USA,1921)

Promotional photo of actor Harry Myers as the Yankee in the American silent film A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1921).

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (USA,1921) 

IMDB link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012067/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

Harry C. Myers (September 5, 1882 – December 25, 1938) was an American film actor and director, sometimes credited as Henry Myers. He performed in many short comedy films with his wife Rosemary Theby. Myers appeared in 330 films between 1908 and 1938, and directed 54 films between 1913 and 1917. Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_C._Myers

Advertisement (1916), unknown author

Advertisement (1916), unknown author.

The Vim Comedy Company was a short-lived movie studio in Jacksonville, Florida and New York City. Vim bought out Siegmund Lubin’s Lubin Manufacturing Company Jacksonville, Florida facilities at 750 Riverside Avenue in 1915 after that company went bankrupt. It was founded by Louis Burstein and Mark Dintenfass. Vim specialized in two-reel comedies, producing hundreds of them in the short time it existed. Notable Vim actors were Oliver Hardy, Ethel Marie Burton, Walter Stull, Billy Ruge, Rosemary Theby, Billy Bletcher and his wife Arline Roberts, and Kate Price. At its peak Vim had a workforce of nearly 50 people. The Vim Comedy Company went out of business in 1917 after Oliver Hardy discovered that both Burstein and Dintenfass were stealing from the payroll. Vim was bought out by the King-Bee Films studio started by Burstein. Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_Comedy_Company

Harry C. Myers (September 5, 1882 – December 25, 1938) was an American film actor and director, sometimes credited as Henry Myers. He performed in many short comedy films with his wife Rosemary Theby. Myers appeared in 330 films between 1908 and 1938, and directed 54 films between 1913 and 1917. Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_C._Myers

Rosemary Theresa Theby (born Rose Masing, April 8, 1892 – November 10, 1973) was an American film actress. She appeared in some 250 films between 1911 and 1940. Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary_Theby

Movie Souvenir Card Co., Cincinnati, Ohio – M.J. Moriarty Playing Cards, 1910s

Movie Souvenir Card Co., Cincinnati, Ohio – M.J. Moriarty Playing Cards.

Katherine Duffy (February 13, 1872 – January 4, 1943), known professionally as Kate Price, was an Irish-American actress. She is known for playing the role of Mrs. Kelly in the comedy series The Cohens and Kellys, made by Universal Pictures between 1926 and 1932. Price appeared in 296 movies from 1910 to 1937.

Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Price_(actress)

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