| RICHARD SEMLER BARTHELMESS was not a Griffith discovery, although it took
D. W. to bring out his latent talent in "Broken Blossoms" and
"Way Down East." His screen career dates back to "War Brides,"
but it was not until "Tol'able David," which won the PHOTOPLAY
MAGAZINE medal of honor in 1922, that he firmly established himself as a
star. He was born in New York City in i895. His wife is a dancer, Mary Hay.
They have one child, Mary Hay Barthelmess, born January 11, 1921. Barthelmess
is five feet, seven inches tall, weighs 135 pounds, and has dark hair and
brown eyes. |