Richard Travers — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1913) 🇺🇸

R. C. Travers [Richard Travers], a new lead in eastern Essanay films, inspires spectators to ask “Where have we seen that face before?”

And they’re quite right about having seen it before, as Mr. Travers has loaned his high forehead, his coal-black hair, his soulful eyes and engaging personality to the stage for a number of years and to Lubin pictures for two years.

As a Lubinite, he gained a following that is still faithful to the memory of those days. But Wagenhall and Kemper’s Paid in Full beckoned with a tempting offer and Mr. Travers accepted.

After that there were Liebler’s Alias Jimmy Valentine, Shubert’s Girls, William A. Brady’s Making Good and A Gentleman of Leisure, and Chas. Kleine’s The Gambler.

In The Passing of the Idle Rich, he made his farewell bow to Broadway, then boarded the Limited for Chicago, the Essanay studio and further popularity through the medium of pictures.

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Collection: Motography Magazine, September 1913