French postcard, no. 190. Photo: Melbourne Spurr.
American actress Mildred Davis (1901-1969) appeared in fifteen of Harold Lloyd's classic silent comedies and eventually married him.
Mildred Hillary Davis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1901. She was the daughter of Howard Beckett Davis and she was the sister of actor Jack Davis. Mildred was educated at the Friends School in Philadelphia. After spending several years studying, she travelled to Los Angeles hoping for a role in a film. After appearing in several small roles, she caught the attention of Hal Roach, who pointed her out to comedian Harold Lloyd. Lloyd was looking for a leading lady to replace Bebe Daniels. He cast Davis as 'the girl' in his comedy short From Hand to Mouth (Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach, 1919). It would be the first of fifteen films they would star in together. These included His Royal Slyness (Hal Roach, 1920) with Snub Pollard, A Sailor-Made Man (Fred Newmeyer, 1921). the box-office hit Dr. Jack (Fred Newmeyer, 1922) and the popular family comedy Grandma's Boy (Fred Newmeyer, 1922) with Anna Townsend.
Mildred Davis also co-starred with Harold Lloyd in the classic Safety Last! (Sam Taylor, Fred Newmeyer, 1923). Safety Last! includes one of the most famous images from the silent film era: Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock as he dangles from the outside of a skyscraper above moving traffic. The film was highly successful and critically hailed, and it cemented Lloyd's status as a major figure in silent films. In 1923, Davis and Lloyd married. After marrying, Lloyd announced that Davis would not appear in any more motion pictures. Her last films were the drama Temporary Marriage (Lambert Hillyer, 1923) starring Kenneth Harlan, Mildred Davis, and Myrtle Stedman, and the comedy Condemned (Arthur Rosson, 1923) starring Davis and Carl Miller. After much persuasion by Davis (and much grief) she received Lloyd's consent to return to the screen in the comedy Too Many Crooks (Fred C. Newmeyer, 1927) with Lloyd Hughes and George Bancroft. Lloyd produced the film through his production company. It was the only acting role she undertook after becoming married. Throughout her married life, a close friend (and Harold's secretary) Roy Brooks lived with the Lloyds at Greenacres and kept Mildred company when Harold was not at home. In her later life, she suffered from depression and serious (though short-lived) drinking spells. Mildred Davis died in 1969 in St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. Mildred Davis and Lloyd remained married until her death and had three children: Harold Lloyd Jr. (1931-1971), Gloria Lloyd Roberts (1924-2012) and their adopted daughter Marjorie Elisabeth Lloyd (1925-1986).
Sources: Wikipedia (English and German) and IMDb.
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French postcard, no. 190, Photo: Melbourne Spurr.
American actress Mildred Davis (1901-1969) appeared in fifteen of Harold Lloyd's classic silent comedies and eventually married him.
Mildred Hillary Davis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1901. She was the daughter of Howard Beckett Davis and she was the sister of actor Jack Davis. Mildred was educated at the Friends School in Philadelphia. After spending several years studying, she travelled to Los Angeles hoping for a role in a film. After appearing in several small roles, she caught the attention of Hal Roach, who pointed her out to comedian Harold Lloyd. Lloyd was looking for a leading lady to replace Bebe Daniels. He cast Davis as 'the girl' in his comedy short From Hand to Mouth (Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach, 1919). It would be the first of fifteen films they would star in together. These included His Royal Slyness (Hal Roach, 1920) with Snub Pollard, A Sailor-Made Man (Fred Newmeyer, 1921). the box-office hit Dr. Jack (Fred Newmeyer, 1922) and the popular family comedy Grandma's Boy (Fred Newmeyer, 1922) with Anna Townsend.
Mildred Davis also co-starred with Harold Lloyd in the classic Safety Last! (Sam Taylor, Fred Newmeyer, 1923). Safety Last! includes one of the most famous images from the silent film era: Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock as he dangles from the outside of a skyscraper above moving traffic. The film was highly successful and critically hailed, and it cemented Lloyd's status as a major figure in silent films. In 1923, Davis and Lloyd married. After marrying, Lloyd announced that Davis would not appear in any more motion pictures. Her last films were the drama Temporary Marriage (Lambert Hillyer, 1923) starring Kenneth Harlan, Mildred Davis, and Myrtle Stedman, and the comedy Condemned (Arthur Rosson, 1923) starring Davis and Carl Miller. After much persuasion by Davis (and much grief) she received Lloyd's consent to return to the screen in the comedy Too Many Crooks (Fred C. Newmeyer, 1927) with Lloyd Hughes and George Bancroft. Lloyd produced the film through his production company. It was the only acting role she undertook after becoming married. Throughout her married life, a close friend (and Harold's secretary) Roy Brooks lived with the Lloyds at Greenacres and kept Mildred company when Harold was not at home. In her later life, she suffered from depression and serious (though short-lived) drinking spells. Mildred Davis died in 1969 in St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California. Mildred Davis and Lloyd remained married until her death and had three children: Harold Lloyd Jr. (1931-1971), Gloria Lloyd Roberts (1924-2012) and their adopted daughter Marjorie Elisabeth Lloyd (1925-1986).
Sources: Wikipedia (English and German) and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.
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French postcard, no. 76. Photo: Melbourne Spurr.
Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) was one of the biggest Hollywood stars of the silent era. She transformed from a typical Mack Sennett comedienne into a lively, provocative, even predatory, star in films by Cecil B. De Mille. She received Oscar nominations for Sadie Thompson (1928), The Trespasser (1929) and Sunset Blvd. (1950).
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French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 178. Photo: Melbourne Spurr.
American actress Colleen Moore (1899-1988) was a star of the silent screen who appeared in about 100 films beginning in 1917. During the 1920s, she put her stamp on American social history, creating in dozens of films the image of the wide-eyed, insouciant flapper with her bobbed hair and short skirts.
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French postcard by Editions Cinémagazine, no. 77. Photo: Melbourne Spurr.
Pauline Frederick (1883-1938) was an American theatre and film actress. Frederick made a name for herself in the theatre and had already passed thirty when she became successful in Hollywood. In the period of the silent pictures she was one of the most powerful actresses in the film industry.
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