Category Archives: Fictional Characters

When She Saw the Expression…, by R. Van Buren

When she saw the expression that lay in young Major Grantham’s eyes she stopped, almost as though poised for flight
DescriptionEnglish: “When she saw the expression that lay in young Major Grantham’s eyes she stopped, almost as though poised for flight,” by R. Van Buren, illustrating “Miss Dumbbell” by Adela Rogers St. Johns.
Date1922
SourcePhotoplay (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n417/mode/2up?view=theater)
AuthorRaeburn van Buren

“Trouble with You Is You’re Just a Nice Pretty Girl,” by R. Van Buren

“Trouble with you is you’re just a nice pretty girl. And it’s not enough, not in this rhinestone Bohemia, anyway. Everybody’s more or less pretty out here and nobody wants you to be nice.”
DescriptionEnglish: “Trouble with you is you’re just a nice pretty girl,” by R. Van Buren, illustrating “Miss Dumbbell” by Adela Rogers St. Johns.
Date1922
SourcePhotoplay (https://archive.org/details/phojun22chic/page/n415/mode/2up?view=theater)
AuthorRaeburn Van Buren

The Cabbalist, from “Sbornik” by Maxim Gorki, by E. M. Lilien

DescriptionEnglish: The Cabbalist, from “Sbornik” by Maxim Gorki, by E. M. Lilien
Deutsch: Der Kabbalist, aus «Sbornik» von Maxim Gorki, von E. M. Lilien
Date1905
SourceE. M. Lilien : ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der zeichnenden Künste (https://archive.org/details/emlilieneinbeitr00rege/page/22/mode/2up)
AuthorEphraim Moses Lilien

Diedrich Knickerbocker

DescriptionEnglish: Character probably representing Diedrich Knickerbocker, from a guide to New York attractions
Date1906
SourceDaily Attractions in New York (https://archive.org/details/dailyattractions14newy/page/n7/mode/2up)
AuthorAnonymous

The source image was printed in 1911, but the same image had been used on the cover of this publication since 1906.