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Stars of the photoplay : over one hundred art portraits of famous film favorites with short biographical sketches (1924)

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Title:
Stars of the photoplay : over one hundred art portraits of famous film favorites with short biographical sketches
Date:
1924
Publisher:
Chicago : Photoplay Magazine
Volume:
Stars of the photoplay
Leaf #:
000194
Language:
English
Subjects:
Motion Pictures, Motion pictures--Biography
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
August 29, 2024
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Spurr Gertrude Olmstead First won her motion picture entry by winning a beauty contest held in Chicago in 1921 by the Elks. Her first appearance was with "Hoot" Gibson in "Tipped Off," having had no stage experience. She was born in Chicago, Illinois, November 13, 1904, and also educated there. She is of Irish and English parentage. She has appeared in "Trilby," "Cameo Kirby," "George Washington, Jr.," "The Girl of the Limberlost," "Ladies to Board," "Babbitt" and "Ben Hur." She is five feet, three inches in height, weighs 114 pounds, has chestnut brown hair and grey eyes.