...The introduction introduces the key themes and issues of the book. It discusses James Joyce’s reference to Ingram as “pageant-master,” his influence on future director Michael Powell, and the homage to him in the 2011 film Stella Days. audiences at premieres Four Horsemen...

...This chapter charts Rex Ingram and Alice Terry’s departure to Nice on the French Riviera financed by MGM. It describes the setting up of Rex Ingram Studios at the Victorine and the first film made there—Mare Nostrum (1926). It also describes the young Michael Powell’s...