Bert Lytell Articles

Screenwriter Frederica Sagor Dead at 111: Wrote Movies for Norma Shearer (photo), Clara Bow, Louise Brooks Now, whether Frederica Sagor's Hollywood Babylon-like tales bear any resemblance to what actually happened at studio parties and private soirees, I can't tell. But on the professional side, one problem with the information found in The Shocking Miss Pilgrim is that studios invariably used numerous writers, whether male or [...]

Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) Direction: Ernst Lubitsch Screenplay: Julien Josephson; titles: Maude Fulton and Erik Yorke; from Oscar Wilde's play Cast: Ronald Colman, May McAvoy, Bert Lytell, Irene Rich, Edward Martindel   Bert Lytell is the nice husband, May McAvoy the jealous wife, Ronald Colman the other man, and Irene Rich (above) the scene stealer in Ernst Lubitsch's delightful film version of Oscar Wilde's play [...]