Alfred Cheney Johnston was especially noted for his portraits of the showgirls in the ZIEGFELD FOLLIES. While Marion Davies was a member of the 1916 FOLLIES cast, it appears that this image was taken for YOLANDA (1924), a film whose cast included Ian Maclaren and Leon Errol, both of whom had also appeared in the FOLLIES.
Carroll played the part of Jimmy Grupton in MAKERS OF LIGHT (1922). Ian Maclaren was another member of the cast, along with Adrienne Morrison (1883-1940), the wife of Richard Bennett and the mother of Barbara, Constance, and Joan Bennett. This photo, identified as Mrs. Bennett, is by Paul Hansen (1902-2000).
Adrienne Morrison also appeared with Albert Carroll in THE GRAND STREET FOLLIES of 1922 and 1924.
Ian Maclaren (1875-1952) by White Studios.
A native of Devon, Maclaren made his Broadway début in THE BONNIE BRIER BUSH (1901); a decade later, he supported George Arliss in DISRAELI (1911). (In the aftermath of the TITANIC disaster in April 1912, he organized a benefit performance of HAMLET to mark William Shakespeare’s birthday.) His next Broadway appearance was in THE ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1913.
His later Broadway roles ran the gamut, from a production of Shaw’s ANDROCLES AND THE LION (1915) to THE GREEN RING (1922) and THE LITTLE CLAY CART (1924-25, as Charudatta) with Albert Carroll (“A shampooer who turns monk” in the latter) and Carroll’s frequent co-star Irene Lewisohn. Carroll would appear in the last FOLLIES produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., in 1931.
In films, Maclaren appeared in MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE (1924), a vehicle for Rudolph Valentino; one of his first sound roles was in JOURNEY’S END (1930). By the end of the 1930s, he had slid into uncredited film roles; his last Broadway appearance was in 1941, in Charles Kennedy’s THE SEVENTH TRUMPET.
