Lon Chaney in His Greatest Role -- January 15, 2025

Tulsa Daily World, 03-January-1925

I have not written about Lon Chaney often enough. Swedish director Victor Sjöström (billed as Victor Seastrom) directed Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert and Tully Marshall in He Who Gets Slapped, based on a play by Leonid Andreyev. Chaney gave a remarkable performance as a man who acted out his humiliation every day as a clown. This M-G-M's first production. 

Winnipeg Free Press Evening Bulletin, 24-January-1925

Note "Extra! Cross-Word Puzzle Fun For the Film Fans." Crossword puzzles were a craze in 1925.

Omaha Bee, 11-January-1925

Lotus Blossom -- November 27, 2021

Exhibitors Herald, 29-October-1921

African-Americans were not the only people who made race films. James B Leong wrote and produced Lotus Blossom, which was often billed as the "First All-Chinese Production." Some sources list Leong as the sole director and others as the co-director with Frank Grandon.

Exhibitors Herald, 29-October-1921

A closer view of the ad above.

Exhibitors Herald, 05-November-1921

"First All-Chinese Production Is Now Available." All-Chinese except for Noah Beery and Tully Marshall.

Exhibitors Herald, 29-October-1921

Lady Tsen Mei appeared in only three movies.