Anna Lehr was an American

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 silent film

Silent film

A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...

 actress. She was married to Edwin McKim

Edwin McKim

Samuel Edwin McKim was an actor and director of American silent films.McKim is probably best known as the father of actress Ann Dvorak, born during his marriage to silent film actress Anna Lehr...

; their daughter was actress Ann Dvorak

Ann Dvorak

Ann Dvorak was an American film actress.Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told The Literary Digest: "My name is properly pronounced vor'shack. The D remains silent...

. Lehr had ample experience as a stage performer also.

Lehr required courage while filming Civilization's Child (1916) for Thomas Ince

Thomas H. Ince

Thomas Harper Ince was an American silent film actor, director, screenwriter and producer of more than 100 films and pioneering studio mogul. Known as the "Father of the Western", he invented many mechanisms of professional movie production, introducing early Hollywood to the "assembly line"...

, a Triangle-Kay Bee feature. The screenplay was written by C. Gardner Sullivan. There is a scene in which Russia

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n cavalry

Cavalry

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 charge over her as she lies prostrate on the ground. Lehr's fear was abated somewhat because of her belief that horses will not step on people except by accident. She played Doris Ames in the silent film Grafters (1917), which was directed by Allan Dwan

Allan Dwan

Allan Dwan was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer and screenwriter.-Early life:...

.

In 1919 Lehr was chosen by David Powell

David Powell

David Powell was a Scottish born stage and later film actor of the silent era. In his twenties Powell appeared in stage companies of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Ellen Terry and Johnston Forbes-Robertson...

 to play in Teeth of the Tiger. She was forced to withdraw and be replaced by Marguerite Cortot because of ptomaine poisoning. The movie was being filmed by Famous Players-Lasky

Famous Players-Lasky

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created on July 19, 1916 from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company -- originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays -- and Jesse L...

 in New York City. Lehr's continued absence necessitated the retaking of scenes which she had completed.

She was sued by Chappell, Inc., in 1921 for nonpayment of $916.85 worth of hats, gowns, and cloaks. Lehr testified that she
had intended to pay for the merchandise but delayed after a sheriff and collectors began bothering her. Chappell contended that when she did not return to their store to make arrangements for payment, they had a right to send out to collect the amount owed them. Lehr's attorney sought dismissal of the case on grounds that Edwin McKim was made a party to the suit, but had not been served. The case was carried out in the Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles, California

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 court of Judge J.P. Wood. McKim was in New York City at the time.

Selected filmography

• Should a Woman Divorce?
  Should a Woman Divorce?
  Should a Woman Divorce? is a 1914 silent film written by Ivan Abramson and directed by Edwin McKim, and starring Lea Leland and Leonid Samoloff.-Plot:...
  
   (1914)
• The White Scar (1915)
• Civilization's Child (1916)
• Grafters (1917)
• Parentage (1917)
• A Child for Sale
  A Child for Sale
  A Child for Sale is a 1920 silent film directed by Ivan Abramson, starring Gladys Leslie and Creighton Hale.-Plot: Charles Stoddard is a poor artist living with his wife and two childen in Greenwich Village. Destitute after his wife dies, he is forced to sell one of his children for $1,000 to a...
  
   (1920)

External links

• Anna Lehr Gallery at Ann Dvorak
  Ann Dvorak
  Ann Dvorak was an American film actress.Asked how to pronounce her adopted surname, she told The Literary Digest: "My name is properly pronounced vor'shack. The D remains silent...
  
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