Frank Lloyd in 1920
Frank Lloyd in 1920 What was Frank Lloyd doing a century ago, in 1920? He was 32 years old, with wife, Alma and daughter Jimmie (our Mom), they lived on Vine Street in Hollywood, he drove his Model T to the Goldwyn studio (Pickford-Fairbanks Studio), and had already acted in more than 50 films and listed his profession in the 1920 census as “Motion Picture Director”. Frank was enjoying success, “a master cinematician making cinema marvels” guaranteeing box office success. 1920 was an amazingly busy, full year for him, after the horrors of World War 1 and Spanish flu. Prohibition of sale of alcohol began (later we’ll talk about the ways Frank got around this law), massive miner and steelworker strikes (Hollywood technicians were organizing too), fear from the far-left Red Scare (who can you trust?), Babe Ruth’s first year as a Yankee (see photo of Frank as a RedSox fan), 19th amendment guaranteeing women’s right to vote and even the beginning of personal home radio sets
