Film director Benjamin Christensen, on page 53 of the May 23, 1925 <i>Exhibitors Herald</i>. Per the caption, he had just signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald21unse/page/n1212/mode/1up"><i>Exhibitors Herald</i> (Mar. - Jun. 1925)</a>, on the Internet Archive