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Actor Born: July 10, 1899 in Logan, UT Death: January 9, 1936 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:A major talent of the silent era, "John Gilbert" is best remembered today as a textbook victim of the Hollywood machinery, a classic example of the motion picture industry's ability not only to manufacture stars but also destroy them. Born "John Pringle" in Logan, Utah on July 10, 1899, he broke into movies in 1915 as a bit player in Matrimony. His big break came four years later, when he appeared opposite "Mary Pickford" in "Heart O' the Hills." Soon Gilbert was a star, moving to Fox during the 1920s and cementing his reputation as a leading adventure and western hero thanks to such swashbuckling fare as the 1922 hit "Monte Cristo."
By the middle of the decade, Gilbert was a cinema idol with few peers, starring in a string of successes ranging from the 1924 hit "He Who Gets Slapped" to the back-to-back 1925 smashes "The Merry Widow" and The Big Parade. In 1927 he teamed with "Greta Garbo" in MGM's... Full Biography
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