[PDF] Wallace Reid eBook

Author : E.J. Fleming
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,53 MB
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786477253

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For a decade Wallace Reid was the most recognized face in Hollywood, the most universally beloved actor in silent film. Today all that is widely remembered of "Wally" Reid is that he died in a padded sanitarium cell, the victim of a fatal morphine addiction. Of all the actors who have enjoyed great fame only to vanish from the public eye, Reid perhaps fell the fastest and the hardest. This first full biography recounts Reid's complicated childhood, his disrupted family history and his rise to film stardom despite these restricting factors. It documents his myriad talents and accomplishments, most notably his gift for brilliant onscreen acting. The text explores in depth how the modern studio, however unconsciously, turned the popular star, a well-adjusted man with a loving family, into a drug-dependent mental patient within three years. His death rocked the foundations of Hollywood, and the huge new industry that he helped build nearly died with "Dashing Wally Reid."

Author : Bertha Westbrook Reid
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,44 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781020515507

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A biography of the tragic silent film star Wallace Reid, written by his wife Bertha Westbrook Reid. This book tells the story of Reid's rise to fame as one of Hollywood's most popular leading men, his struggles with addiction, and his untimely death at age 31. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : David W. Menefee
Publisher :
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 47,16 MB
Release : 2011-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781593936235

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Wallace Reid still rouses excitement today as Jeff, the blacksmith in D. W. Griffith's famous film, The Birth of a Nation. Audiences thrill to the rip-roaring brawl between Jeff and a band of villainous renegades. The fight was largely real, and many people saw Wally for the first time in that immortal film. They said he became "a star overnight," but he had appeared in more than a hundred films before. In Wally, his story is fully told for the first time. He was "born in a trunk" to an actress mother and a famous playwright father. Wally barely survived the infamous St. Louis cyclone when the storm tore that city apart, but he emerged from the carnage to grow into a popular student, athlete, and early film hero. His handsome looks inspired directors to place him in front of cameras, but his ambitions were to be a writer and director. When director Cecil B. DeMille picked him to appear opposite opera diva Geraldine Farrar in her first films, his aspirations became lost in the dizzying idolatry of worldwide audiences. Wally's popularity soared to a height rivaled only by Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin, but his pedestal of fame stood on shaky ground. Genuine tragedy fell upon Wally and his film crew when their train derailed in an isolated Sierra Mountain location. His injuries were treated with morphine, and his family and friends watched helpless as he became caught unaware in the deathly grip of the drug. Dorothy Davenport, his wife and a beautiful star in her own right, remained faithfully by his side, while he wrestled with the demons that threatened to take his life. Wally draws from many original sources and major archives to show how he was received in his time and the importance of his role in the development of motion pictures. The entertaining and informative book contains an extensive biographical treatment, a detailed filmography, and more than 200 rare photographs, posters, advertisements, and lobby cards that capture the glamour of Hollywood's Golden Years.

Author : Bertha Westbrook Reid
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 48,3 MB
Release : 2021-09-10
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ISBN : 9781015099555

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Richard Koszarski
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 1994-05-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520085350

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On the age of silent movies

Author : Michael Moss
Publisher : Emereo Publishing
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 45,12 MB
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781488559792

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A source of Wallace Reid inspiration. This book is your ultimate resource for Wallace Reid. Here you will find the most up-to-date 131 Success Facts, Information, and much more. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Wallace Reid's Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Howard Higgin, Sam Wood - Career, Reed Howes - Hollywood Stardom, Wallace Reid - Death, The Ghost Breaker (1922 film) - Cast, The Woman God Forgot - Cast, Broken Laws - Cast, Excuse My Dust - Cast, Nan of Music Mountain - Cast, Agnes Ayres - Early life and career, The House That Shadows Built - Scenes from silent Paramount films, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale - R, Wallace Reid - Aftermath, Big Timber (1917 film), The Valley of the Giants (1927 film), Don't Tell Everything, The Ghost Breaker (1914 film), To Have and to Hold (1922 film) - Other, The Dictator (1922 film), 1921 in film - Notable films released in 1921, Sick Abed, Mae Costello - Career, Alfred Green, Elsie Ferguson - Stardom, The Dictator (1915 film), Olive Thomas - Aftermath, Scared Stiff (1953 film) - Production, The Affairs of Anatol - Cast, Hawthorne of the U.S.A. - Cast, Nice People, Rent Free - Cast, A Trip to Paramountown - Cast, Double Speed (film) - Cast, Maria Rosa - Cast, James Cruze - Filmography, Believe Me, Xantippe, Paramount Pictures - 1921-1930: The rise, Joan the Woman - Cast, Pirate Gold (1913 film) - Cast, The Red Kimona, Carmen (1915 Cecil B. DeMille film) - Cast, The Thing We Love, The Devil-Stone - Cast, Cleo Ridgely - A Star of the Silent Screen, Old Heidelberg (1915 film) - Cast, David Menefee - Biography, and much more...