Stuart Holmes — Blue Book of the Screen (1923) 🇺🇸

The most hated “heavy” on the screen and the best liked when cast in a popular role may be told in two words — Stuart Holmes.

He was born in Schweidnitz, Silicia, in 1884.

He began his career as an artist and sculptor after studying for many years at the Chicago Art Institute.

Then he went on the stage. His first experience was with Henry E. Dickey in Mary Jane’s Pa. He also played Shakespearian roles.

Then Mr. Holmes became a member of the film world. He made his first picture with Ramo Film Company.

Five years ago the Fox Film Company signed him to be starred in a production titled “The Scarlet Letter.”

Then Mr. Holmes appeared in “The Derelict” and “The Broadway Sport” for Fox, and in “The Wild Girl” with Constance Talmadge, “Ghosts of Yesterday” with Norma Talmadge, “When Men Betray,” “Sins of the Children” and “The Poor Rich Man.” These later productions were with Selznick [Lewis J. Selznick].

Later Mr. Holmes joined the Schenk organization [Joseph M. Schenck], where he worked with Norma Talmadge in “The New Moon” and “The Way of a Woman.”

Other productions with independent companies were “The Other Man’s Wife,” “A Dangerous Affair,” “Love, Honor and —?” “Dust of Desire,” “Little Intruder” and “Isle of Jewels.”

For Metro he worked in “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,” portraying his role in splendid fashion. This was followed by “Body and Soul,” “Passion Fruit” and many others.

Mr. Holmes married Mrs. Blanche Maynard in 1916 and they now live in a beautiful home in Hollywood.

He is five feet eleven inches tall and weighs 182 pounds. He has light brown hair and green eyes.

His hobbies are hunting, painting and sculpture work. His real name was Joseph Liebchen, but owing to the fact that such a name was not only hard to remember, but also hard to pronounce, he changed it.

Collection: The Blue Book of the Screen (1923)