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ELLA HALL
[HARMING Ella Hall never had a role more particularly suited to her delicately tinted type of blonde beauty than that of leading woman in "Westbound 99."
Her remarkable beauty is further augmented by a rare histrionic ability to interpret any kind of emotional role called for before the motion picture camera.
Miss Hall left the screen at the height of her career, soon after her marriage to Emory Johnson. She was born in New York City and made her first stage appearance while a child.
Under the direction of David Belasco, she appeared in "The Grand Army Man," and later understudied Mary Pickford in "The Warrens of Virginia." While playing with Isabel Irving in "The Girl Who Had Everything," Miss Hall paid a visit to Mary Pickford at the old Biograph studios and was offered a small part by D. W. Griffith.
She remained with Biograph for two years, appearing in minor roles under Griffith's direction, and then left to go with Universal, where she was starred in a serial, "The Master Key."
She later appeared in "The Green Orphan," "Jewel in Pawn," "We Are French," "My Little Boy," "Green Magic" and "Jewel," in which production she scored her greatest triumph.
During her retirement from the screen, Miss Hall was besieged with offers to ap
pear again on the silver sheet, but she was so busy caring for Junior and Brother, her two babies, she turned a deaf ear to the furthering of her professional career.
Friend husband, Emory Johnson, finally persuaded her to again don make-up and grease paint for "In the Name of the Law." She scored so heavily in the production that she was selected as the feminine lead in "Westbound 99."
Miss Hall says her favorite hobby, as well as her favorite sport, is taking care of her two children. She has blue eyes and beautiful golden hair. Dickens is her favorite author.
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