Sally Phipps
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Sally Phipps was an American actress.
, Phipps was a 1927 WAMPAS Baby Star
who was discovered by Frank Borzage
in Los Angeles, California
. She had just completed high school when she began making films. Her first role in motion pictures was in Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926). Soon she completed appearances in both Girls (1927) and Love Makes 'Em Wild (1927). In Gentlemen Prefer Scotch (1927) Phipps played a charmer in a Fox Film comedy.
In August 1927 she signed a five year contract with Sol M. Wurtzel
. Wurtzel was personal secretary to William Fox
. Fox sent Wurtzel to supervise West Coast productions for his studio in 1917. Phipps' Fox Film October 1927 contract stipulated she was bound to the studio for a period of five years. She would be paid a starting wage of $125 which would rise to $600 a week for the last six months before expiration.
Phipps was the lead for Fox's production of None But the Brave
and The News Parade (both 1928). Her co-star for the former film was Charles Morton
and the latter was Nick Stuart. The News Parade is about the life of a news cameraman and the daughter of a camera-shy millionaire. The motion picture was filmed in New York
. A 1927 review of Phipps in Love Makes 'Em Wild complimented her skill as a performer. It said:
Her last screen credit was in the 1929 film Detectives Wanted.
Early life and career
Born Nellie Bernice Bogdon in Oakland, CaliforniaOakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, Phipps was a 1927 WAMPAS Baby Star
WAMPAS Baby Stars
The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in the United States which honored thirteen young women each year whom they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. They were selected from 1922 to 1934, and annual...
who was discovered by Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage
Frank Borzage was an American film director and actor.-Biography:Frank Borzage's father, Luigi Borzaga, was born in Ronzone, in 1859. As a stonemason, he sometimes worked in Switzerland; he met his future wife, Maria Ruegg , where she worked in a silk factory...
in Los Angeles, California
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...
. She had just completed high school when she began making films. Her first role in motion pictures was in Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl (1926). Soon she completed appearances in both Girls (1927) and Love Makes 'Em Wild (1927). In Gentlemen Prefer Scotch (1927) Phipps played a charmer in a Fox Film comedy.
In August 1927 she signed a five year contract with Sol M. Wurtzel
Sol M. Wurtzel
Sol M. Wurtzel was an American motion picture producer.Born in New York City, New York, Sol M. Wurtzel worked as an executive assistant to William Fox, founding owner of the Fox Film Corporation. In 1917, Fox sent him to California to oversee the studio's West Coast productions...
. Wurtzel was personal secretary to William Fox
William Fox (producer)
William Fox born Fried Vilmos was a pioneering Hungarian American motion picture executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain in the 1920s...
. Fox sent Wurtzel to supervise West Coast productions for his studio in 1917. Phipps' Fox Film October 1927 contract stipulated she was bound to the studio for a period of five years. She would be paid a starting wage of $125 which would rise to $600 a week for the last six months before expiration.
Phipps was the lead for Fox's production of None But the Brave
None But the Brave (1928 film)
None But the Brave is a feature film released by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Albert Ray and starring Charles Morton, Sally Phipps, J. Farrell MacDonald, and Sharon Lynn. One or two sequences were filmed in color, possibly Multicolor or Technicolor's System 2. It is not known whether this...
and The News Parade (both 1928). Her co-star for the former film was Charles Morton
Charles Morton
Charles Morton , was an American actor.-Career:Born in Illinois, Charles Morton spent his adolescence in Madison, Wisconsin; receiving his education at Madison High School and the University of Wisconsin–Madison.He made his first stage appearance at the age of seven and later appeared in vaudeville,...
and the latter was Nick Stuart. The News Parade is about the life of a news cameraman and the daughter of a camera-shy millionaire. The motion picture was filmed in 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...
. A 1927 review of Phipps in Love Makes 'Em Wild complimented her skill as a performer. It said:
Miss Phipps is one of the most charming actresses we have had the privilege of seeing in many a day. She has a personality which is distinctly individual, to say the least, and flirts across the silver sheet with a grace which would become an actress of many more years experience.
Her last screen credit was in the 1929 film Detectives Wanted.