[Thomson, Fred, and Frances Marion]: [Silent Film Photographica]:

$4,000 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

[MIXED PROFESSIONAL AND VERNACULAR PHOTO ALBUM OF SILENT FILM ACTOR, FRED THOMSON, AND HIS WIFE, THE IMPORTANT SCREENWRITER, FRANCES MARION, ON AND OFF SET IN THE LATE ... A fantastic album of both professional and vernacular photographs documenting the final years of the career and personal life of one of America's most popular on-screen cowboys, Fred Thomson, and his wife, renowned screenwriter, Frances Marion. Thomson, a college athlete, World War I veteran, and ordained Presbyterian minister, may have seemed like an odd match for the Hollywood screenwriter, but according to Marion it was love at first sight. They were married in 1919 and remained together until Thomson's untimely death due to a tetanus infection in 1928. While there is no direct information as to who compiled this album, the mixture of professional and personal photographs, and their subject matter, strongly suggests that either Thomson or Marion herself put this album together.Fred Thomson (1890-1928) found fame and fortune as a silent film cowboy, but his early life was much more prosaic. He grew up in Pasadena, was a track and football star in high school and college, and started at Princeton Theological Seminary in 1910. He completed his seminary training and was ordained by the Presbytery of Los Angeles in 1913. During World War I, Thomson served with the 143rd Field Artillery Regiment as a chaplain. He broke his leg stateside and during recovery he was introduced to Frances Marion by Mary Pickford.

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