Carlyle Blackwell — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1913) 🇺🇸

Carlyle Blackwell, to become a Kalem leading man had to qualify as to a “striking personality and good looks; being athletic, versatile, of superior intelligence and thoroughly schooled in dramatic and motion picture work.” And he did.

The company at Glendale, Cal., obtained Mr. Blackwell’s services and for some time Alice Joyce played opposite him.

It is a year and a half since he became a Kalemite and during that time his unshakable nerve has enabled him to enact many deeds of strenuous heroism.

Between times he enjoys mild recreation by dashing madly through the state in his motorcar or on his motorcycle and has thus earned for himself the title of “Speed King.”

In odd moments, when motoring doesn’t happen to appeal, he studies. In a recent production he and his high-powered motorcycle provided a number of thrills. Of late, character work has been his especial study.

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Collection: Motography Magazine, July 1913