Produced by Tim Lindell, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) BEHIND THE SCREEN SAMUEL GOLDWYN [Illustration: MR. AND MRS. DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS Internationally beloved and known to millions the world over.] BEHIND THE SCREEN BY SAMUEL GOLDWYN NEW [Illustration] YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY _Copyright, 1923, By George H. Doran Company_ [Illustration] _Copyright, 1923, By The Pictorial Review Company_ BEHIND THE SCREEN. I PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE MOTION PICTURE INDUSTRY WHICH HAS BROUGHT ME SOME SUCCESS, A WORLD OF GOOD FRIENDS AND PLEASANT ASSOCIATES, AND, ABOVE ALL, THE SUPREME SATISFACTION OF DOING THAT WHICH I LOVE BEST TO DO, THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED. IN GRATEFUL APPRECIATION, I LIKEWISE DEDICATE TO THAT INDUSTRY MY SINCEREST EFFORTS FOR THE FUTURE. AUTHOR’S NOTE I want to acknowledge the co-operation of Miss Corinne Lowe in the preparation of these articles. But for her enthusiasm, her patience, and her splendid co-operation given me in every way, this series could never have been written. S. G. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE _One_: IN WHICH IS FILMED THE BIRTH OF A NOTION 15 _Two_: RECORDS THE SUCCESS OF AN IDEA 23 _Three_: MARY PICKFORD 30 _Four_: FASCINATING FANNY WARD 50 _Five_: MARGUERITE CLARK MISSES FIRE AND EDNA GOODRICH DOESN’T IGNITE AT ALL 60 _Six_: THE MISCHIEVOUSNESS OF MAE MURRAY 73 _Seven_: GERALDINE THE GREAT 81 _Eight_: THE DISCOVERY OF CHARLIE CHAPLIN 97 _Nine_: STARS, STARS, STARS! 108 _Ten_: THE MAGIC OF MARY GARDEN 127 _Eleven_: MAXINE ELLIOTT AND PAULINE FREDERICK 137 _Twelve_: A MARRIAGE OF TWO MINDS 149 _Thirteen_: THE REAL CHAPLIN 158 _Fourteen_: JACKIE COOGAN AND “THE KID” 169 _Fifteen_: DOUG AND MARY 179 _Sixteen_: RODOLPH VALENTINO 186 _Seventeen_: ROMANTIC TRUE STORIES OF SOME SCREEN FAVORITES 196 _Eighteen_: POLA NEGRI 212 _Nineteen_: THE TWO TALMADGES 219 _Twenty_: GOOD OLD WILL ROGERS 229