His Picture in the Papers
1916Produced 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."
Acted in
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)