Donald Crisp — Real Tales About Reel Folk (1914) 🇺🇸

Donald Crisp, the Majestic Mutual director and character lead, is getting ready to join the English army against Germany and Austria. Crisp expects to be called to the service at any moment. He fought from the beginning to the end of the Boer War. Enlisting as a private, he was promoted to the office of color sergeant for his bravery during the South African campaign. He was wounded three times.

Crisp is a prominent figure in Majestic productions, in which his fighting qualities often have been summoned into action. Photoplaygoers are aware how admirably he can handle a gun. In the Reliance four part feature, “The Mountain Rat”, there is a thrilling moment when Crisp holds the foe at bay in defence of Dorothy Gish. The still from the play, here reproduced, shows him the instant before levelling his six shooter. If Mr. Crisp defends his country as doggedly as he defended this helpless girl, his South African career will have a yet more glorious sequel.

He has sold his big, new racing car, and is closing up his business affairs. Any hour may bring the news that Crisp has been called to the front.

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Donald Crisp and Dorothy Gish as they appeared in The Mountain Rat

Collection: Reel Life Magazine, October 1914

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