Noted for his charisma, talent, and striking good looks, director Rex
Ingram (1893-1950) is ranked alongside D. W. Griffith, Marshall Neilan,
and Erich von Stroheim as one of the greatest artists of the silent
cinema. Ingram briefly studied sculpture at the Yale University School
of Art after emigrating from Ireland to the United States in 1911; but
he was soon seduced by the new medium of moving pictures and abandoned
his studies for a series of jobs in the film industry. Over the next
decade