Patricia "Boots" Mallory (October 22, 1913 – December 1, 1958) was an American film actress, dancer and model. October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ... 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cinema can refer to: Film, motion pictures or movies. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A contemporary dancer rehearsing in a dance studio Dance generally refers to human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting. ... A model is a person who acts as a human prop for purposes of art, fashion, advertising, pornography, etc. ...

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mallory joined an all-girl band at the age of twelve as a banjo player and by the age of sixteen was a vaudeville dancer. She eventually travelled to New York City where she made a strong impression in the Broadway production of the Ziegfeld Follies of 1931. Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot Official website: http://www. ... Old 6-string zither banjo For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) The banjo is a stringed instrument of African American origin, early or original examples sometimes being called the gourd banjo. Its name is commonly thought to be derived from the Kimbundu term mbanza. ... Vaudeville is a style of multi-act theatre which flourished in North America from the 1880s through the 1920s. ... Nickname: The Big Apple, The Capital of the World Official website: City of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ...

Moving to Hollywood, she found employment with 20th Century Fox and was cast in the film version of Dawn Powell's play, Walking Down Broadway, which was the first sound picture made by Erich von Stroheim. He shared both screenwriting and directing credits and regarded Mallory as his discovery. The play told the story of a young unmarried woman involved in a love triangle who becomes pregnant; the finished product, however, strongly suggested a lesbian relationship between Mallory's character and that played by Zasu Pitts. Other sexual themes involving the character played by James Dunn were considered too daring and 20th Century Fox drastically cut the film and brought in another director to shoot additional scenes. The film was finally released under the new title, Hello Sister! in 1933, with little promotion and was not a success. Von Stroheim's original version was neither copyrighted nor released, and is considered lost.^[1] Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue... 20th Century Fox logo Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... Dawn Powell (November 28, 1896 – November 14, 1965) was an American writer of satirical novels and stories that manage to be barbed and sensitive at the same time. ... Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 - May 12, 1957) was a filmmaker and actor, noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts. ... Zazu Pitts sporting her famous bob hairstyle ZaSu Pitts (3 January 1894–7 June 1963) was a United States movie actress. ... James Dunn may refer to: James Dunn (actor), (Bad Girl, A Tree Grows In Brooklyn]]) James Dunn (politician), formerly MP for Liverpool, Kirkdale James Whitney Dunn, U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan James Dunn (theologian), Professor of Divinity at the University of Durham James Hamet Dunn, 1st Baronet...

In 1932 her second completed film, Handle With Care, also co-starring James Dunn, was released and marked her debut. It was well received and Mallory was chosen as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932, but the extensive media publicity surrounding her WAMPAS recognition, was undermined by the poor reception given to Hello Sister! when it was finally released. 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 who they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. ...

A tall blonde, Mallory was well regarded for her striking looks and was photographed by such photographers as George Hurrell, however she also posed for risque lingerie photographs, and was painted nude by the pin-up artist Rolf Armstrong. George Hurrell (June 1, 1904 - May 17, 1992) was a photographer who made a significant contribution to the image of glamour presented by Hollywood during the 1930s and 1940s. ... Rolf Armstrong (1899–February 22, 1960) was an American painter of pin-up art. ...

Over the next few years, Mallory played the lead in several "B" pictures, including the 1933 Rin Tin Tin feature The Wolf Dog, and received top-billing in Carnival Lady (1934) and The Big Race (1934). She worked with James Cagney in a radio production for Lux Radio Theatre,^[2] but she had difficulty breaking into more prestigious productions. She made her final film appearance in an uncredited role in the Laurel and Hardy film Swiss Miss (1938). Rin Tin Tin Rin Tin Tin (often billed as Rin-Tin-Tin in the 1920s and 1930s) was the name given to several German Shepherds of film and television. ... Laurel and Hardy Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were perhaps the most famous comedy duo in motion picture history. ...

Mallory was first married at the age of sixteen, and by 1932 had married her second husband, film producer, William Cagney, a brother of the actor, James Cagney. She was married to the actor, Herbert Marshall, from 1947 until her death from chronic throat disease, in Santa Monica, California. James Cagney was part of the Legends of Hollywood USPS stamp series. ... Herbert Marshall (1890-1966) was a popular English cinema and theatre actor who overcame the loss of a leg during World War I, to enjoy a long career, initially as a romantic lead and then in character roles. ... Santa Monica Pier entrance Santa Monica pier Santa Monica is a coastal city in western Los Angeles County, California, USA. It borders Santa Monica Bay (part of the Pacific Ocean) on the west, Pacific Palisades and Brentwood on the north, West Los Angeles and Mar Vista on the east, and...

Though usually billed as Boots Mallory, she was sometimes billed as "Boots" Mallory, complete with quotation marks, and she used the quotation marks when signing autographs.

External link

Boots Mallory at The Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about actors, movies, television shows, television stars and video games. ...

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