"The motion picture business in those days was
very different from the motion picture business of today. No other stars will
ever hold the unique position occupied by Wallace Reid and Mary Pickford. The
game has grown beyond that. There are too many attractive men and women, too
much competition, too many theaters, too much interest now in the story, the
settings, the cast, the photography. The motion picture fan has evolved, and
the days of such enormous personal popularity as came to Wally are gone
forever. No one can take Wally Reid's place because that place no longer
exists. Like many another monarchy......it has become a republic."
- Adela Rogers St. Johns, Liberty Magazine, June 1928
Wallace Reid April 15, 1892 – January 18, 1923
5 comments:
Oh Adela... She had no idea how true those words would prove to be. Thanks Felix!
i suppose she was right.
there's no shortage of drug addicts.
Sadly for poor Wally, Hollywood doesn't go for booze and dope!
You just can't evolve fast enough to keep ahead of the pack. Not even Madonna.
kabuki has always found fame to be a bother. (in the back of a green car 20 foot long)
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