German postcard by Ross Verlag, Berlin, no. 679/2. Photo: Bafag.
Alice Terry as Princess Flavia and
Lewis Stone as King Rudolf in
The Prisoner of Zenda (Rex Ingram, 1922).
Alice Terry (1900–1987) was an American film actress and director, who appeared in almost 40 films between 1916 and 1933. Though a brunette, Terry's trademark look was her blonde hair, for which she wore wigs from 1920 onwards. Her most acclaimed role is the leading lady in
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (Rex Ingram, 1921) starring Rudolph Valentino. Ingram, who married her in 1921, would shoot her in many of his films and often paired her to Ramon Novarro. Terry proved also in films without her husband’s direction she was a legitimate star. In 1923 the couple moved to the French Riviera, where they set up a small studio in Nice and made several films on location in North Africa, Spain, and Italy.
American film actor
Lewis Stone (1879–1953) is best known for his role as Judge James Hardy in the Andy Hardy film series and as an MGM studio contract player. In 1929, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Ernst Lubitsch's lost film
The Patriot (1928). With his distinguished look and grey hair, Stone was able to play the roles of well mannered romantic men>, and he appeared in seven films with Greta Garbo.
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