Ethelmary Oakland
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Ethelmary Oakland was a silent film
child star. She was featured in such Thanhouser Film Corporation
's films as The World and the Woman(1916) with Jeanne Eagels
; and Always in the Way(1915) with Mary Miles Minter
and Charlotte Shelby
. In 1917 Oakland appeared with Jack Pickford
in The Dummy produced by Famous Players-Lasky
. Oakland left the movie industry in the late 1910s.
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...
child star. She was featured in such Thanhouser Film Corporation
Thanhouser Company
The Thanhouser Company was one of the first motion picture studios, founded in 1909 by Edwin Thanhouser.-See also:...
's films as The World and the Woman(1916) with Jeanne Eagels
Jeanne Eagels
Jeanne Eagels was an American actress on Broadway and in several motion pictures. She was a former Ziegfeld Follies Girl who went on to greater fame on Broadway and in the emerging medium of sound films....
; and Always in the Way(1915) with Mary Miles Minter
Mary Miles Minter
Mary Miles Minter was an American film actress of the silent film era.-Early life and rise to stardom:Born Juliet Reilly in Shreveport, Louisiana, Minter was the daughter of Broadway actress Charlotte Shelby...
and Charlotte Shelby
Charlotte Shelby
Charlotte Shelby was a popular Broadway actress in her youth and was long noted as a suspect in the murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor.-Stage mother to scandal:...
. In 1917 Oakland appeared with Jack Pickford
Jack Pickford
Jack Pickford was a Canadian-born American actor. He was best known for his tabloid lifestyle, marriage to the top starlets of his day, and being of the famous Pickford acting family.-Early life:...
in The Dummy produced 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...
. Oakland left the movie industry in the late 1910s.
Filmography
- Always in the WayAlways in the WayAlways in the Way is a 1915 silent film directed by J. Searle Dawley. The film, which was based on the song with the same name, was partially filmed on the Bahamas.-Plot:...
(1915) - Hearts of Men (1915)
- John Brewster's Wife (1916)
- The Shine Girl (1916)
- The World and the WomanThe World and the WomanThe Woman and the World is a 1916 silent film starring Jeanne Eagels as a prostitute who seeks a second chance in the countryside. It was based on the 1914 play Outcast starring Elsie Ferguson...
(1916) - Divorce and the DaughterDivorce and the DaughterDivorce and the Daughter is a silent film released by Thanhouser Film Corporation. It was directed by Frederic Richard Sullivan, and starred Florence La Badie, Edwin Stanley, Ethelmary Oakland and Kathryn Adams.-Plot:...
(1916) - The Dummy (1917)