His Picture in the Papers Trailer (1916)

"HE WRECKED AN AUTO! WAS THROWN OFF A TRAIN! PUT OUT A CHAMPION MIDDLEWEIGHT AND FOUGHT A LOSING FIGHT WITH TWO HUSKY POLICEMEN" 13 February 1916 Comedy 62 mins

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

Douglas Fairbanks as Pete Prindle

Clarence Handyside as Proteus Prindle

Rene Boucicault as Pansy Prindle

Jean Temple as Pearl Prindle

Charles Butler as Cassius Cadwalader

Loretta Blake as Christine Cadwalader

Homer Hunt as Melville

Helena Rupport as Olga

Terry McGovern as Referee (uncredited)

Nick Thompson as Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Erich von Stroheim as One of the Weazels (uncredited)

Crew

John Emerson Director

John Emerson Writer

Anita Loos Writer

George W. Hill Director of Photography

Emmett J. Flynn Assistant Director

Erich von Stroheim Assistant Director

International Releases Dates

United States 13 February 1916

Production Companies

Fine Arts Film Company

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