Dorothy Mackaill

Dorothy Mackaill (March 4, 1903 - August 12, 1990) was an British-born American actress, most notably of the silent film era and into the early 1930s. March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...

Born in Hull, England, Dorothy Mackaill lived with her father after her parents separated whe she was eleven. As a teenager, Mackaill ran away to London to pursue a stage career as an actress. After temporarily relocating to Paris, France she met a Broadway stage choreography who persuaded her to move to New York City where she became involved in the Ziegfeld Follies where she befriended future motion picture actresses Marion Davies and Nita Naldi. Hull or Kingston upon Hull is a British city situated on the north bank of the Humber estuary. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation) and Defining London (below). ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Nickname: The Big Apple 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. ... The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 through 1931. ... Marion Davies in the 1920s Marion Davies (born January 3, 1897; died September 23, 1961) was an American comedic actress. ... Nita Naldi Nita Naldi (April 1, 1897 - February 17, 1961) was one of the most successful silent film actresses of the Roaring Twenties. ...

By 1920, Mackaill had begun making the transition from "Follie girl" to motion picture actress and that year appeared in her first film, the Wilfred Noy directed mystery The Face at the Window. MacKaill also appeared in several comedies of 1920 opposite actor Johnny Hines. In 1921 she appeared opposite Anna May Wong, Noah Beery, and Lon Chaney in the Marshall Neilan directed drama Bits of Life. In the following years, Mackaill would appear opposite such popular actors as Richard Barthelmess, Rod La Rocque, Colleen Moore, John Barrymore, Bebe Daniels, Milton Sills and Anna Q. Nilsson. Anna May Wong in Princess Turandot, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961) was the first truly notable Chinese American Hollywood actress. ... Noah Beery (January 17, 1882 - April 1, 1946) was an American actor. ... There were two famous American actors named Lon Chaney, both known for their work in horror movies. ... Marshall Neilan, 1920 Marshall Ambrose Neilan (April 11, 1891 - October 27, 1958) was an important pioneer motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer. ... Richard (Dick) Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 - August 17, 1963) was a silent film star. ... Rod La Rocque Rod La Rocque (November 29, 1896 - October 15, 1969) was an American actor. ... Colleen Moore (August 19, 1900 - January 25, 1988) was a film actress, and one of the most fashionable stars of the silent movie era. ... John Sidney Blythe (February 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942), better known as John Barrymore, became famous as a Shakespearean actor, lauded for his Hamlet, and was frequently regarded as the greatest actor of his generation, playing a wide variety of roles on stage and in films. ... Bebe Daniels in the 1920s Bebe Daniels (14 January 1901 - 15 March 1971) was a United States actress. ... Milton Sills Milton Sills (January 12, 1882 - September 15, 1930) was a highly successful American stage and film actor of the early twentieth century. ... Anna Q. Nilsson Anna Quirentia Nilsson (March 30, 1888 – February 11, 1974) was a Swedish actress who achieved success in American silent movies. ...

In 1924, Mackaill rose to leading lady status in the drama The Man Who Came Back, opposite rugged matinee idol George O'Brien. Her role of the nightclub chanteuse Marcelle catapulted Mackaill into a genuine Hollywood star and her career continued to flourish throughout the remainder of the 1920s. That same year she was awarded the WAMPAS Baby Stars award 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. George OBrien (April 19, 1899 - September 4, 1985) was a publicly popular actor of the silent film era and into the talkie era of the 1930s. ... 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... 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. ...

In 1926 Mackaill married the successful film director Lothar Mendes, but the union only lasted for tow years before ending in divorce. She would marry two more times: from 1931 to 1934 to Neil Miller, and from 1934 to 1938 to Harold Patterson, both of which marriages also ended in divorce.

The motion industry upheaval during the new talkie era of the late 1920s and early 1930s left Makaill in a similar situation of many of her silent film contemporaries; Mackaill was quickly passed over by studio executives in favor of newer talent in hopes of luring the American public back to the theaters as the United States sank into the Great Depression. Mackaill's film contract at First National Pictures was not renewed upon its expiration in 1931 and Mackaill became a free agent actress. Her most memorable role of this era was the 1932 Columbia Pictures release Love Affair with a young Humphrey Bogart as her leading man. She made several films for MGM, Paramount and Columbia before retiring in 1937 for many years from the industry to care for her ageing mother. A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ... Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on Florence Owens Thompson, a mother of seven children, age 32, in Nipomo, California, March 1936. ... 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. ... Humphrey DeForest Bogart (December 25, 1899 – January 14, 1957) was an iconic American actor who retains legendary status decades after his death. ... MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, is a large media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... The Paramount Pictures logo used since 2003. ...

Dorothy Mackaill occasionally came out of retirement to appear in roles for television, notably in several episodes of the 1960's and 1970s series Hawaii 5-0, which was filmed on location where Mackaill had lived for several decades.  ? Hawaii Five-O ran for twelve seasons on CBS television network. ...

Dorothy Mackaill died of kidney failure in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1990 at the age of 87. She was cremated and her ashes were scattered at sea off of Waikiki Beach. Renal failure is when the kidneys fail to function properly. ... Honolulu redirects here. ... Waikīkī is a neighborhood of Honolulu, in the City and County of Honolulu, on the south shore of the Island of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. ...

External links

• Dorothy Mackaill at the Internet Movie Database
• Dorothy Mackaill at Silent Ladies & Gents