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Corinne Griffith was a Hollywood actress who is believed to have been born in Texarkana, Texas, on November 24, 1895. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (414x640, 56 KB) Licensing This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (414x640, 56 KB) Licensing This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit. ... ... Texarkana (Texas-Arkansas) is a divided city in the southern United States with a combined population of 61,230, as of the 2000 United States Census. ... Texas is the gayest motherfucking state out there they can suck my big black balls. ... November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

Always one of the more private and mysterious of stars, Griffith's actual year and even birthday are widely disputed with conflicting information throughout her career. 1894 and 1898 are often cited, as is the birthdate of November 21. She was one of the most popular film actresses of the 1920's and widely considered the most beautiful actress of the silent screen. Most of her films were romantic dramas or soap operas but she proved equally adept at romantic comedy when given the chance. November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Early life and career

She was educated in a convent school in New Orleans. Griffith began her screen career at the Vitagraph Studios in 1916. She later moved to First National, where she became one of their most popular stars. The nickname the studios gave her in her heyday was "The Orchid Lady of the Screen". Films of special note for Corinne were "Black Oxen" (1924), "DeClassée" (1925 - in which a young extra named Clark Gable appeared), and "The Garden Of Eden" (1928 - surviving). Griffith received an Academy Award nomination for her role in "The Divine Lady" (1929), in which she played Emma Hart, the English Lady Hamilton. This film has recently been restored. Less than a dozen of her 66 films are known to still survive. New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... American Vitagraph was a United States movie studio, founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 and bought by Warner Brothers in 1925. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The First National Exhibitors Circuit was founded 1917 by the merger of 26 of the biggest First Run cinema chains in the United States of America, controlling more than 600 cinemas, more than 200 of them were First Run cinemas. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor and the biggest box office star of the early sound film era. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The references in this article would be clearer with a different and/or consistent style of citation, footnoting or external linking. ... The Divine Lady is a 1929 film which tells the story of the love affair between Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton. ... Emma Hamilton, in one of dozens of portraits by George Romney, at the height of her beauty in the 1780s Emma Hamilton (Lady Hamilton) (April 26, 1765 - January 16, 1815) is best remembered as the mistress of Horatio Nelson. ...

Griffith's last major Hollywood film, Back Pay was released in 1930. Her voice was pleasant but unmemorable and a new generation of film stars quickly overtook her in popularity. After appearing in one more motion picture, the British film Lily Christine in 1932, she considered an occasional film offer over the years and even made a screen test to play Elizabeth Taylor's mother for a 1950 film but the only time she returned to the screen was in a low-budget melodrama Paradise Alley which received scant release in 1962. ... Dame Elizabeth Rosamund Taylor, DBE (born February 27, 1932) is an iconic two-time Academy Award-winning British actress. ... Paradise Alley is a 1978 movie about 3 brothers (known as the Carboni Boys) who live in Hells Kitchen, NYC, during the 1940s. ...

Personal life

Griffith was married four times. Her first three marriages were to actor Webster Campbell (1920 - 1923), producer Walter Morosco (1924-1934) and to the owner of the Washington Redskins football team George Preston Marshall (1936 - 1958). 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... City Landover, Maryland Other nicknames The Skins Team colors Burgundy and Gold Head Coach Joe Gibbs Owner Daniel Snyder General manager Vinny Cerrato Fight song Hail to the Redskins League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1932–present) Eastern Division (1933-1949) American Conference (1950-1952) Eastern Conference (1953-1969) Capitol... George Preston Marshall (1896 – 1969) was the long-time owner and president of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL). ...

In 1966 she divorced her fourth husband, Broadway actor Danny Scholl (Call Me Mister). Scholl was 45, more than 25 years Griffith's junior. They had only been married a few days. In court she testified that she was not Corinne Griffith. She claimed that she was the actresses' younger (by twenty years) sister who had taken her place upon the famous sister's death. Contradicting testimony by actresses Betty Blythe and Claire Windsor, who had both known her since the 1920s, did not shake her story. This page is a candidate for speedy deletion, because: help If you disagree with its speedy deletion, please explain why on its talk page or at Wikipedia:Speedy deletions. ... Claire Windsor Claire Windsor was a notable film actress of the early silent screen era. ...

In 1974 Adele Whitely Fletcher, editor of Photoplay, said Griffith was still claiming that she was her own younger sister. Edna Purviance on the cover of Photoplay magazine Photoplay was one of the first film fan magazines. ...

Griffith has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street. A band plays on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. ...

Writer and Businesswoman

Corinne Griffith was one of the few film stars to move successfully into new careers once her stardom had ended. She was an accomplished writer who published eleven books including two best sellers, My Life with The Redskins and the memoir Papa's Delicate Condition which was made into a movie starring Jackie Gleason. Her ventures into real estate were particularly successful (at one point she owned four different major office buildings in Los Angeles, each of them named after her) and she was one of the major forces in Republican politics in California for decades. The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Herbert John Jackie Gleason (b. ... Real estate is a legal term that encompasses land along with anything permanently affixed to the land, such as buildings. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... GOP redirects here. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ...

During her marriage to Marshall, Corinne composed the Redskins "fight" song Hail to the Redskins which became one of the most famous football anthems. Hail to the Redskins is the second oldest fight song for a professional American football team (after Go! You Packers! Go!, composed in 1931). ...

At the time of her death from heart failure, on July 13, 1979, her personal estate was worth over one hundred and fifty million dollars. July 13 is the 194th day (195th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 171 days remaining. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ...

Filmography

A lobby card for The Garden of Eden (1928)

• Paradise Alley (1962) .... Mrs. Wilson

... aka Stars in the Back Yard Image File history File links GOElobbycard. ... Image File history File links GOElobbycard. ...

• Lily Christine (1932) .... Lily Christine Summerset
• Back Pay (1930) .... Hester Bevins
• Lilies of the Field (1930) .... Mildred Harker
• Prisoners (1929) .... Riza Riga
• The Divine Lady (1929) .... Emma Hart (Lady Hamilton)
• Saturday's Children (1929) .... Bobby Halevy
• Outcast (1928) .... Miriam
• The Garden of Eden (1928) .... Toni LeBrun
• Three Hours (1927) .... Madeline Durkin
• The Lady in Ermine (1927) .... Mariana Beltrami
• Syncopating Sue (1926) .... Susan Adams
• Into Her Kingdom (1926) .... Grand Duchess Tatiana (at 12 and 20)
• Mademoiselle Modiste (1926) .... Fifi
• Infatuation (1925) .... Violet Bancroft
• Classified (1925) .... Babs Comet
• The Marriage Whirl (1925) .... Marian Hale

... aka Modern Madness (UK)

• Declassée (1925) .... Lady Heelen Haden

... aka The Social Exile

• Love's Wilderness (1924) .... Linda Lou Heath
• Single Wives (1924) .... Betty Jordan
• Lilies of the Field (1924) .... Mildred Harker
• Black Oxen (1923) .... Madame Zatianny/Mary Ogden
• Six Days (1923) .... Laline Kingston
• The Common Law (1923) .... Valerie West
• Divorce Coupons (1922) .... Linda Catherton
• A Virgin's Sacrifice (1922) .... Althea Sherrill

... aka A Woman's Sacrifice

• Island Wives (1922) .... Elsa Melton
• Received Payment (1922) .... Celia Hughes
• The Single Track (1921) .... Janette Gildersleeve
• Moral Fibre (1921) .... Marion Wolcott
• What's Your Reputation Worth? (1921) .... Cara Deene
• It Isn't Being Done This Season (1921) .... Marcia Ventnor
• The Broadway Bubble (1920) .... Adrienne Landreth/Drina Lynn
• The Whisper Market (1920) .... Erminie North
• Babs (1920) .... Barbara Marvin

... aka Bab's Candidate

• The Garter Girl (1920) .... Rosalie Ray
• Deadline at Eleven (1920) .... Helen Stevens
• Human Collateral (1920) .... Patricia Langdon
• The Tower of Jewels (1920) .... Emily Cottrell
• The Climbers (1919) .... Blanche Sterling
• The Bramble Bush (1919) .... Kaly Dial
• A Girl at Bay (1919) .... Mary Allen
• Thin Ice (1919) .... Alice Winton
• The Unknown Quantity (1919) .... Mary Boyne
• The Girl Problem (1919) .... Erminie Foster
• The Adventure Shop (1919) .... Phyllis Blake
• Miss Ambition (1918) .... Marta
• The Girl of Today (1918) .... Leslie Selden
• The Clutch of Circumstance (1918) .... Ruth Lawson
• Love Watches (1918) .... Jacqueline Cartaret
• The Menace (1918) .... Virginia Denton
• Who Goes There? (1917) .... Karen Girard
• I Will Repay (1917) .... Virginia Rodney
• The Love Doctor (1917) .... Blanche Hildreth
• Transgression (1917) .... Marion Hayward
• The Stolen Treaty (1917) .... Irene Mitchell
• The Last Man (1916) .... Lorna
• Through the Wall (1916) .... Pussy Wimott
• A Fool and His Friend (1916)
• The Yellow Girl (1916) .... Corinne
• The Waters of Lethe (1916)
• Ashes (1916/II)
• The Cost of High Living (1916)
• Bitter Sweet (1916)
• When Hubby Forgot (1916)

External links

• Photo Gallery of Corinne Griffith
• Large Photo Gallery
• IMDB