It’s hard to imagine a more Hollywood photo than this. Here we have legendary director, Ernst Lubitsch, in 1923 on the set of his Warner Bros. picture, “The Marriage Circle.” (1924) He’s wearing the standard silent movie director uniform of jodhpurs and flat cap, and he’s holding a megaphone, which is how the extras at the back of the set could hear him. And if that wasn’t enough, someone’s painted the word “HOLLYWOOD” on the side. By the way, the kid next to him is a young Henry Blanke, whose career producing movies spanned 33 years and 90 films.

** UPDATE ** – Jesslyn says: “Those aren’t jodhpurs, they’re knickerbockers, which were classic golfwear for men, at the time. The difference is that knickerbockers end just below the knee to accommodate high socks (which he’s wearing), while jodhpurs reach to the ankle, covering a short boot. I do know what you mean, though – C.B. DeMille usually wore (now vintage) riding pants which had flared fabric at the thigh, and accommodated classic tall (to the knee) riding boots/hunt boots.”