De Sacia Mooers
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De Sacia Mooers was a movie actress, disputably from Los Angeles, California
.
Saville family. The Savilles were among California's pioneer settlers. Another article says that Mooers was from New York
. Yet another source has her birthplace as Michigan
. A 1927 movie review described her ancestry as French
-Dutch
.
owner, Warren Fuzzy Anderson to locate his nephew, Jimmy Anderson. Fuzzy Anderson was once a partner of Henry Ford
. He handled foreign distribution for Ford Motor Company
parts. He had no other close relatives to leave his wealth to aside from Jimmie, who left St. Louis, Missouri
in 1918.
Mooers resided at the Canterbury Inn on Westlake Avenue in Los Angeles while she performed her investigation. She was promised a diamond necklace by the baseball owner if she could find Jimmie. The nephew was rumored to have relocated to Hollywood and become a stunt man in motion pictures.
roles starting with The Blonde Vampire in 1922. Mooers was writing a book at the time. It was due to be published when the vamp film was released. A natural blond, Mooers defied the stereotype
of a vamp having to have dark hair
.
and Ben Lyon
. Mooers appeared in over one hundred movies in the silent film
era. Among her co-stars were Tom Mix
and Warner Baxter
. Mooers made Lonesome Ladies (1927), a First National Pictures comedy-drama about romance and marital strife. The screenplay was written by Lenore Coffee and the film featured Lewis Stone
and Anna Q. Nilsson
.
Her final movie was a western, The Arizona Kid
(1930). It stars Baxter, Carole Lombard
and Mona Maris
.
Mooers also performed on stage in New York City
.
. It was the richest gold mine in the United States. The couple married in 1917 and divorced in May 1925. Eddie Mooers' family disapproved of Mooers' career from the time she left her home on Alvarado Terrace
, barely out of her teens. An agreement was made in which representatives of the wealthy husband's family accompanied him to Mooers' studio once a month. They observed her behavior for signs of changes. The union between actress and mining scion
became fractured and collapsed after the inquisitors decided Mooers had become less "lovely, charming, and conventional".
Mooers later wed actor Harry Lewis. She was a member of the Woman's Breakfast Club and director of the McKinley Home For Boys.
. She was seventy-two years old. Her residence was at 1523 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
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Disputed Origins
Newspaper accounts of the era differ as to her birthplace. At the time, it was common for the various studios to exaggerate or fabricate an actor's biography to make them seem more exotic and interesting to the general public. One report contends that she was a Los Angeles native and a member of the CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
Saville family. The Savilles were among California's pioneer settlers. Another article says that Mooers was from New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Yet another source has her birthplace as Michigan
Michigan
Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. A 1927 movie review described her ancestry as French
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
-Dutch
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
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Searcher
In October 1920 Mooers was enticed by St. Louis CardinalsSt. Louis Cardinals
The St. Louis Cardinals are a professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri. They are members of the Central Division in the National League of Major League Baseball. The Cardinals have won eleven World Series championships, the most of any National League team, and second overall only to...
owner, Warren Fuzzy Anderson to locate his nephew, Jimmy Anderson. Fuzzy Anderson was once a partner of Henry Ford
Henry Ford
Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry...
. He handled foreign distribution for Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
parts. He had no other close relatives to leave his wealth to aside from Jimmie, who left St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
in 1918.
Mooers resided at the Canterbury Inn on Westlake Avenue in Los Angeles while she performed her investigation. She was promised a diamond necklace by the baseball owner if she could find Jimmie. The nephew was rumored to have relocated to Hollywood and become a stunt man in motion pictures.
Vamp
Mooers began working on a series of vampVampire
Vampires are mythological or folkloric beings who subsist by feeding on the life essence of living creatures, regardless of whether they are undead or a living person...
roles starting with The Blonde Vampire in 1922. Mooers was writing a book at the time. It was due to be published when the vamp film was released. A natural blond, Mooers defied the stereotype
Stereotype
A stereotype is a popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of "stereotype" and "prejudice" are often confused with many other different meanings...
of a vamp having to have dark hair
Black hair
Black hair is the darkest and most common of all human hair colors globally. It is a dominant genetic trait, and it is found in people of all backgrounds and ethnicities. It has large amounts of eumelanin and is less dense than other hair colors. Black hair is known to be the shiniest of all hair...
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Movie career
She began her career with the Samuel Goldwyn Company. At first she was known as De Sacia Saville. In the comedy Potash and Perlmutter (1923), she was cast with Martha MansfieldMartha Mansfield
Martha Mansfield was an American actress in silent films and vaudeville stage plays.-Early life and career:Born Martha Ehrlich in New York City to Maurice and Harriett Gibson Ehrlich...
and Ben Lyon
Ben Lyon
Ben Lyon was an American film actor and a 20th Century Fox studio executive.-Life:Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Lyon entered films in 1918 after a successful appearance on Broadway opposite Jeanne Eagels. He attracted attention in the highly successful film Flaming Youth , and steadily developed into...
. Mooers appeared in over one hundred movies in the 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...
era. Among her co-stars were Tom Mix
Tom Mix
Thomas Edwin "Tom" Mix was an American film actor and the star of many early Western movies. He made a reported 336 films between 1910 and 1935, all but nine of which were silent features...
and Warner Baxter
Warner Baxter
Warner Leroy Baxter was an American actor, known for his role as The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona , for which he won the second Academy Award for Best Actor in the 1928–1929 Academy Awards. Warner Baxter started his movie career in silent movies...
. Mooers made Lonesome Ladies (1927), a First National Pictures comedy-drama about romance and marital strife. The screenplay was written by Lenore Coffee and the film featured Lewis Stone
Lewis Stone
Lewis Shepard Stone was an American actor.Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, son of Bertrand Stone and Philena Heald Ball. Stone's hair grew gray by the time he was twenty. He fought in the Spanish-American War, then returned to a career as a writer. He soon began acting...
and Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Quirentia Nilsson was a Swedish born American actress who achieved success in American silent movies.-Background:...
.
Her final movie was a western, The Arizona Kid
The Arizona Kid
The Arizona Kid is a 1939 American western film directed by Joseph Kane under the Republic Pictures banner. The film stars Roy Rogers as a Confederate officer in Missouri during the American Civil War.-Cast:*Roy Rogers ... Roy Rogers...
(1930). It stars Baxter, Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard
Carole Lombard was an American actress. She was particularly noted for her comedic roles in the screwball comedies of the 1930s...
and Mona Maris
Mona Maris
Mona Maris was an Argentine film actress who was born in Buenos Aires.-Ancestry and education:Her given name was Mona Maria Emita Cap de Vielle. Her mother was a Spanish Basque and her father a French Basque...
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Mooers also performed on stage in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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Difficult Marriage
Mooers became the wife of Edward Demarest Mooers, owner of the Yellow Aster gold mine in Randsburg, CaliforniaRandsburg, California
Randsburg is a census-designated place in Kern County, California, United States. Randsburg is located south of Ridgecrest, at an elevation of 3504 feet . The population was 69 at the 2010 census, down from 77 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Randsburg is located at . It is on the west side of U.S...
. It was the richest gold mine in the United States. The couple married in 1917 and divorced in May 1925. Eddie Mooers' family disapproved of Mooers' career from the time she left her home on Alvarado Terrace
Alvarado Terrace Historic District
Alvarado Terrace Historical District is a designated historic district southwest of Downtown Los Angeles, located along Alvarado Terrace between Pico Boulevard and Alvarado Street...
, barely out of her teens. An agreement was made in which representatives of the wealthy husband's family accompanied him to Mooers' studio once a month. They observed her behavior for signs of changes. The union between actress and mining scion
Kinship
Kinship is a relationship between any entities that share a genealogical origin, through either biological, cultural, or historical descent. And descent groups, lineages, etc. are treated in their own subsections....
became fractured and collapsed after the inquisitors decided Mooers had become less "lovely, charming, and conventional".
Mooers later wed actor Harry Lewis. She was a member of the Woman's Breakfast Club and director of the McKinley Home For Boys.
Death
In 1960 De Sacia Mooers died following a six week illness in Hollywood Presbyterian Medical CenterHollywood Presbyterian Medical Center
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, formerly known as Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, is a private hospital located at 1300 North Vermont Avenue in Los Angeles, California. The hospital has 434 beds.-History:...
. She was seventy-two years old. Her residence was at 1523 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles.
Further reading
- Danville Bee, Charmers of Six Nations In New Film At Rialto, November 28, 1927, Page 13.
- Frederick Post, Wanted Career-Not Husband, May 27, 1925, Page 10.
- Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles TimesThe Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, Blonde Vamp Lives, September 26, 1920, Page III15. - Los Angeles Times, Hunting..Heir..To..Millions, October 9, 1922, Page II3.
- Los Angeles Times, De Sacia Mooers Dies; Tom Mix Leading Lady, January 12, 1960, Page 9.
- Modesto Evening News, California Girl Tells How Vamp Does Her Stuff In Modern Business World, June 19, 1923, Page 2.
- New York Times, The Cisco Kid Returns, May 17, 1930, Page 24.
- New York Times, De Sacia Mooers Dead, January 13, 1960, Page 47.
- Sandusky Register, Can A Blonde Be A Vampire?, December 28, 1919, Page 17.
- Wisconsin Rapids Daily TribuneWisconsin Rapids Daily TribuneThe Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune traces its history to a Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin newspaper started in the early 1900s by William F. Huffman, Sr...
, Moviegrams, Saturday, December 3, 1927, Page 8.