Fred Niblo entered films in 1917, after two decades as a touring actor in vaudeville and one-time manager of the Four Cohans (he married Josephine Cohan, the sister of George M. Cohan). He appeared in two early Australian silent films in 1916, which effectively marked his screen debut. After that, he worked for Thomas H. Ince from 1917, as ...
[on Rudolph Valentino in Blood and Sand (1922)] Valentino is one of the most sensitive, responsive actors with whom it has ever been my good fortune to work. He has a remarkable instinct for acting which makes his characterization of Gallardo, the bull fighter, stand out as the best work he has ever done.
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If portraying emotional situations that occur again and again in human life is 'hokum' let's have more of it.'Hokum' is 'hokum' only when the handling fails to strike direct and definitely into the heart of the audience which beholds it.
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Has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on the 7000 block of Hollywood Blvd.
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Born Frederick Liedtke, he changed his last name to Niblo in the early 1900s when he was performing in vaudeville and one of the theaters he worked the most was owned by a man named William Niblo.
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