This photograph was taken just after THEODORE ROBERTS returned to the screen following two and a-half years’ absence owing to illness He is here seen with JOHN GILBERT in a scene from “THE MASKS OF THE DEV IL," wh ich was the last picture that Roberts completed -before his death recently in Hollywood, It was directed by Victor Seastrom, for Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer, and is described as an exceptionally powerful drama. Gilbert gives a masterly exposition of acting, and is ably supported by the “grand old man, whose death has removed a notable figure from the movie world.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 649, 29 April 1929, Page 15
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96This photograph was taken just after THEODORE ROBERTS returned to the screen following two and a-half years’ absence owing to illness He is here seen with JOHN GILBERT in a scene from “THE MASKS OF THE DEVIL," which was the last picture that Roberts completed -before his death recently in Hollywood, It was directed by Victor Seastrom, for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and is described as an exceptionally powerful drama. Gilbert gives a masterly exposition of acting, and is ably supported by the “grand old man, whose death has removed a notable figure from the movie world. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 649, 29 April 1929, Page 15
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