Interview conducted by George Pratt.
Photo by Apeda Studio. Courtesy Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Stills, Posters, and Paper Collections/George Eastman Museum.
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:40 Early Career – Move to America and early uncredited extra roles in Hollywood
00:08:36 Early Career – Working with Victor Shertzinger and first credited role in MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK (1922)
00:14:14 Early Career – Discovery by Rex Ingram, working on THE PRISONER OF ZENDA (1922), TRIFLING WOMEN (1922)
00:28:30 Early Career – Developing screen persona, WHERE THE PAVEMENT ENDS (1923),
00:32:10 Early Career – SCARAMOUCHE (1923)
00:36:28 Early Career – Working with Fred Niblo on THY NAME IS WOMAN (1924) and THE RED LILY (1924).
00:38:13 Early Career – THE ARAB (1924)
00:40:50 Early Career – BEN-HUR (1925)
00:51:58 Early Career – A LOVER’S OATH (1925), A CERTAIN YOUNG MAN (1928)
00:57:30 Personal Life – Friendship with F.W. Murnau
01:08:12 Early Career – Working with Ernst Lubitsch
01:10:04 Career – ACROSS TO SINGAPORE (1928), working with a young Joan Crawford
01:11:42 Career – Relationship with Jacques Feyder, shooting DAYBREAK (1931), SON OF INDIA (1931)
01:13:42 Career – MATA HARI (1931), relationship with Greta Garbo
01:23:53 Career – End of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract
01:26:32 Reflections — Gratitude for career
The Silver Voices Project, which allowed for digitization and sharing of this archival audio, was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, grant number MA-30-19-0681-19.
Generous support for the introductions provided by Art Bridges, and made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: NEH CARES.
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