Thomas Meighan was an American actor of silent films and early talkies. He played several leading-man roles opposite popular actresses of the day, including Mary Pickford and Gloria Swanson. At one point he commanded $10,000 per week.
Meighan, sometime before 1923
Meighan with co-star Pauline Starke in 1922, as they appeared in publicity for the film If You Believe It, It's So
Meighan at home with his wife, Frances Ring
The Famous Players–Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company formed on June 28, 1916, from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company—originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays—and the Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company.
1916 advertisement
Image: Famous Players Lasky studio Project Gutenberg e Text 17903
Partners of Famous Players–Lasky in 1916: Jesse L. Lasky, Adolph Zukor, Samuel Goldwyn, Cecil B. DeMille, Al Kaufman.