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Died. Rex Ingram*(real name: Rex Hitchcock), 58, Irish-born director of such famed silent movies as The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (which made Rudolph Valentino a star) and The Prisoner of Zenda (which made Ramon Novarro a star); of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Hollywood...
...Lawd") Ingram (The Green Pastures...
...Illustrated London News did not rely on pictures alone: as succeeding Ingrams moved into the editorship, the work of such writers as Rudyard Kipling, James M. Barrie, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thomas Hardy, Arthur Conan Doyle, and G. K. Chesterton appeared in its pages. Soon after the present editor took over, at 23, he got a chance to show his mettle when Queen Victoria died. Only twelve hours after the bells of St. Paul's tolled the news, the News appeared with a special edition about the late Queen and the new King Edward VII. Two weeks later, Ingram stationed...
...Camera's Eye. Photographs have long since crowded out most sketches, a trend not appreciated (by Ingram. "The camera," says he, "never sees many things that the eye sees. An artist can give a composite effect of a scene. The camera gets only what is happening at one particular fraction of a second." To keep costs down, Ingram hires photographers and artists on a free-lance basis, gets along with a permanent staff of twelve. That is one big reason why the News (and its subsidiaries) last year cleared $300,000 after taxes...
After 108 years, the weekly's bill of fare still features the royal family and the pageantry of Britain's self-liquidating empire, plus side dishes of art, exploration and archaeology. Ingram acquired his taste for digging the hard way: at 14, he fell into an Egyptian tomb, emerged with archaeological specimens and an unwavering devotion to the subject. (He also collects other items, from old Dutch masters to ship models.) Though he has 100,000 subscribers, Ingram admits he edits the Illustrated London News to please an audience of one. Says he, echoing good editors past & present...