Harrison Ford — Biographical Sketch (1927) 🇺🇸
When Robert Edeson started some years ago with his company on a tour of the country, neither Harrison Ford nor Kansas City knew what one of the results of that tour would be. The fact remains, however, that Kansas City lost a good shoe clerk and the stage and screen gained a better leading man.
Edeson discovered Ford in the Kansas City shoe store. The actor liked the looks and personality of the shoe clerk and persuaded him to join up with the troupe. Ford did, and has not regretted it since. He has had a splendid success as a screen actor almost since the day he joined Famous Players-Lasky, and he has appeared as leading man with some of the greatest stars in the film firmament.
A list of those stars with whom Ford has won his greatest success includes Norma Talmadge, Constance Talmadge, Gloria Swanson, Marion Davies, Bebe Daniels and Marie Prevost. He has been seen to advantage in such pictures as Smilin’ Through, “Janice Meredith,” Up in Mabel’s Room, Lovers in Quarantine, “Wedding Bells,” “The Night Bride,” The Nervous Wreck, “Rubber Tires,” “The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary,” and many others.
It was due to the judgment and the knowledge of showmanship of Al E. Christie [Al Christie] and William Seastrom that Ford was signed as a Metropolitan player and later augmented the star staff of the Cecil B. DeMille organization.
Unlike many of the leading players in the film industry, Ford is of a retiring disposition, and prefers the solitude of his home to the gaieties of Hollywood Books are his hobby, and it is known throughout the film colony that he has one of the most complete libraries in Hollywood. Being unmarried, he spends much of his leisure time with his books, and is sometimes referred to as “the hermit of Hollywood.” He is conversant with practically any subject brought up in general conversation as a result of his reading, and is an exceptional conversationalist when the occasion demands. Looking back over his screen career he regards Smilin’ Through as his best picture.
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Harrison Ford
Featured in Pathé-DeMille Pictures
Recent Releases
- The Night Bride
- The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary
- The Girl in the Pullman
In Production
- Let ‘er Go Gallagher
Collection: Motion Picture News, October 1927 (Booking Guide and Studio Directory)