His Picture in the Papers (1916)
HE WRECKED AN AUTO! WAS THROWN OFF A TRAIN! PUT OUT A CHAMPION MIDDLEWEIGHT AND FOUGHT A LOSING FIGHT WITH TWO HUSKY POLICEMEN
62 min
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."
- Release date
- February 13, 1916
- Country of origin
- United States
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 Terry McGovern - Referee
- Nick Thompson as Ticket Agent
Crew
- John Emerson · Director
- John Emerson · Writer
- Anita Loos · Writer