Anita Stewart

Anita Stewart (February 7, 1895 - May 4, 1961) was a successful and highly publicly popular American actress and film producer of the early silent film era. February 7 is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...

Born in Brooklyn, New York, Anita Stewart began her acting career in 1911 while still attending Erasmus High School in extra and bit parts for the Vitagraph film studios at their New York City location. Stewart was one of the earliest film actresses to achieve public recogniazability in the nascent medium of motion pictures and achieved a great deal of acclaim early in her acting career. Among her ealier popular roles were 1912's enormous box-office hit adapataion of A Tale of Two Cities, directed by William J.Humphrey, and including an all-star cast comprised of: Mabel Normand, Dorothy Kelly, Norma Talmadge and John Bunny, as well as roles in 1913's The Forgotten Latchkey and The White Feather. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... 1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... American Vitagraph was a United States movie studio, founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Alfred E. Smith in 1897 and bought by Warner Brothers in 1925. ... New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... 1912 was a leap year starting on Monday. ... A 1912 silent film directed by William J.Humphrey Cast Maurice Costello. ... William Humphrey ( January 2, 1875-October 4, 1942 ) American actor and director in films since 1908. ... Mabel Normand (November 10, 1892 - February 23, 1930) was a US film actress, who was a popular comedienne in silent films. ... Norma Talmadge Norma Talmadge (May 26, 1893 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress. ... John Bunny, born September 21, 1863 in New York City, United States - died April 26, 1915 in Brooklyn, New York, was the first comic star of the American silent film era. ... Link title1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ...

In 1917 she married Rudolph Cameron and became the sister-in-law of film director and actor Ralph Ince, who beagan giving the young actress more prominent roles in films for Vitagraph. Throughout the 1910s and into the early 1920s, Anita Stewart was one of the silent screen's most popular actresses and was often paired in romantic roles with real-life husband, actor Rudolph Cameron. Stewart was also featured opposite such screen legends as Mae Busch, Barbara La Marr and Walt Whitman. 1917 was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... // Events and trends Technology Gideon Sundback patents the first modern zipper Harry Brearley invents stainless steel Charles P. Strite invents first pop-up bread toaster Science Einsteins theory of general relativity Max von Laue discovers the diffraction of x-rays by crystals Alfred Wegener puts forward his theory of... Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties. // Events and trends Since the closing of the 20th Century, the 1920s has drawn close associations with the 1990s, and particularly in the United States. ... Mae Busch (June 18, 1891 - April 19, 1946) early American actress who worked in both silent and sound films. ... Barbara La Marr (July 28, 1896 - January 30, 1926) was an American film actress. ... Walt Whitman Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, journalist, and humanist born on Long Island, New York. ...

Anita Stewart left her lucrative Vitagraph career in 1918 to accept a contract with fledgling film mogul Louis B. Mayer by the terms of which she heads her own producing company at the Mayer studios in Los Angeles. It was alleged that Stewart was recovering from an illness in a Los Angeles hospital when Mayer convinced her to leave Vitagraph for an undisclosed but exorbitant sum of money. Between 1918 and 1919 Stewart produced seven moderately successful vehicles, starring in all of them. Louis B. Mayer (July 4, 1885–October 29, 1957) was an American film producer. ... This article is about the largest city in California. ... 1918 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... 1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Throughout the 1920s, Stewart continue to be featured in prominent roles in silent films. Following Stewart's divorce from Cameron in 1928, Stewart married George Peabody Converse the following year. Like so many of her silent film contemporaries however, Stewart found the transition to sound film extremely difficult. After making just one ironically titled musical short in 1932, The Hollywood Handicap, Anita Stewart retired from the screen. She died of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California in 1961. 1928 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ... Beverly Hills, California Beverly Hills is a city located within the city of Los Angeles. ...

For her contribution to motion picture industry as an actress, Anita Stewart was given a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6724 Hollywood Blvd., in Los Angeles, California, USA. An example of a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, for the film actress Carole Lombard. ... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish Los Ángeles , meaning the angels), also known as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ...

External links

• Anita Stewart at the Internet Movie Database