Book cover for Ruth Barton, 'Rex Ingram - visionary director of the silent screen' (2014). Publisher: University Press of Kentucky.

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German postcard by Toss Verlag, Berlin, no. 807/1, 1925-1926. Photo: Bafag.

Irish born Rex Ingram (1892-1950) was a film director, producer, writer and actor in Hollywood who was responsible for a succession of silent films for Metro Pictures, later M-G-M, that topped the box office and were hailed as masterpieces by the critics. He made a star of Rudolph Valentino with The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921). When they fell out, he found a new heartthrob in Ramon Novarro, who debuted with Ingram in The Prisoner of Zenda (1922). Rex’s second marriage, to Alice Terry, saw him cast her in the lead in all but one of his films. Director Erich von Stroheim once called him "the world's greatest director".

Alice Terry, originally Alice Frances Taeffe (1900–1987) was an American film actress and director, who began her career during the silent film era and 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, e.g. in her most acclaimed role 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, but also to other ‘Latin Lovers’ such as Antonio Moreno and Ivan Petrovich. Later on, Terry proved 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 for MGM and others. In the later 1920s, they returned to Los Angeles. In 1933, Terry made her last film appearance in Baroud, which she also co-directed with her husband, and which was partly shot in Morocco.

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British postcard in the Famous Cinema Stars Series by Beagles, no. 152 D. Photo: Autrey, L.A. / First National. Barbara La Marr in The Prisoner of Zenda (Rex Ingram, 1922). Collection: Marlene Pilaete.

On 28 January, EFSP presents a new post by La Collectionneuse on the 'Girl Who Is Too Beautiful', Barbara La Marr.

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German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 4118/1, 1929-1930. Photo: United Artists. Ivan Petrovich and Alice Terry in The Three Passions (Rex Ingram, 1929). Collection: Didier Hanson.

Handsome Hungarian actor Iván Petrovich (1894-1962) started his career with silent Hungarian films and thanks to his singing talent, he made a successful transition into sound film and starred in many German operettas. Till his death he appeared in nearly 100 European films.

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Italian postcard by G.B. Falci, Milano, no. 457. Ramon Novaro in Scaramouche (Rex Ingram, 1923).

Mexican-American actor Ramon Novarro (1899-1968) was a popular Latin Lover of the 1920s and early 1930s. He was the star of silent Hollywood's biggest epic, Ben-Hur (Fred Niblo, 1925).

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