I restored these photos from Mr. A’s first starring role in (and as) THE DEVIL in 1908. Each century-old photo is a beautiful 11×14 inches but had faded or turned almost entirely brown by the time the Arliss Archives received it. Isn’t technology wonderful?
Mr. A gives two performances – first where he “helps” the star-crossed lovers…
…then taking the audience into his confidence as to his real motives.
Eventually, of course, the poor souls realize who is their “friend.”
The Devil
An august group at the DeMille Studio in late 1926 during the filming of THE KING OF KINGS (1927). From left to right Cecil B. DeMille, George Arliss, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Harold Lloyd.
George Arliss pays a call on fellow Englishman Reginald Denny at Universal, circa 1926. He was likely touring in Los Angeles with the hit play, OLD ENGLISH, by John Galsworthy.
Actor Ivan Simpson appeared with Arliss on the stage and in many films. He was also a skilled sculptor and spent the lulls between filming DISRAELI during the summer of 1929 working on this bust of Arliss as Disraeli. Simpson also sculpted the bronze bust of Arliss shown on our “General” page. There Simpson captures Arliss as the Rajah in THE GREEN GODDESS.
ARLISS ARCHIVES 
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