Review of His Picture in the Papers (1916) by Aj V — 05 Dec 2011

In this picture, Fairbanks plays the son of a rich food corp. owner. He falls in love with the daughter of another food corp. owner, who specializes in vegetarian foods, and wont let her marry him unless he has a cut in the profits of his father's company.

Problem is, he's a lazy bum, so his father says he'll only give him a cut if he gets some publicity for the company. So he goes around looking for ways to get, as the title says, his picture in the papers.

This plays out hilariously, as his crazy schemes aren't newsworthy. I really liked this movie, it was a lot of fun, if you like Fairbanks please check it out.