Laura La Plante
Laura La Plante
Birth name	Laura La Plant
Born	November 1, 1904(1904-11-01) St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	October 14, 1996 (aged 91) Woodland Hills, California, U.S.
Years active	1921 - 1934
Spouse(s)	William A. Seiter (1926 - 1934) Irving Asher (1934 - 1985)

Laura La Plante (born Laura La Plant on November 1, 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri; died October 14, 1996 in Woodland Hills, California) was an American film actress who achieved her greatest success in silent movies. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ... Official language(s) English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City Largest metro area St Louis[1] Area  Ranked 21st  - Total 69,709 sq mi (180,693 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 300 miles (480 km)  - % water 1. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Woodland Hills is the name of various communities, including: Woodland Hills, Fulton County, Arkansas Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California is a community within the city of Los Angeles. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Largest metro area Greater 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. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from... See also: 1920 in film 1921 1922 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres. ... See also: 1933 in film 1934 1935 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum for $40,000. ... William A. Seiter (b. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Producer Irving Asher (1903 - 1985) began his film career in 1919. ... Year 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ... Nickname: Location in the state of Missouri Coordinates: , Country State County Independent City Government  - Mayor Francis G. Slay (D) Area  - City  66. ... is the 287th day of the year (288th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Woodland Hills is a community within the City of Los Angeles. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ...

La Plante made her acting debut at the age of 15, and in 1923 was named as one of the years WAMPAS Baby Stars. During the 1920s she appeared in more than sixty films. Among her early film appearances were Big Town Round-Up (1921), with cowboy star Tom Mix, and the serials Perils of the Yukon (1922) and Around the World in 18 Days (1923). Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932. ... The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... See also: 1920 in film 1921 1922 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... DVD front cover for The Adventures of Captain Marvel, one of the most celebrated serials for both Republic Pictures and of the sound era in general. ... See also: 1921 in film 1922 1923 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events November 26 - Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so but it was not widely... See also: 1922 in film 1923 1924 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events April 15 - Lee De Forest demonstrates the Phonofilm sound-on-film system at the Rivoli Theater in New York with a series of short musical films featuring vaudeville performers. ...

The majority of her films (i.e. from 1921 to 1931) were made for Universal Pictures. During this period she was the studio's most popular star, "an accomplishment duplicated only by Deanna Durbin years later." ^[1] Her best remembered film is arguably the silent classic The Cat and the Canary (1927), although she also achieved acclaim for Skinner's Dress Suit) (1926 with Reginald Denny, the part-talkie The Love Trap (1929), directed by William Wyler, and Show Boat (1929), adapated from the novel of the same name by Edna Ferber. Quite unusual for its day, a scene of La Plante in Show Boat was broadcasted on early British television.^[2]. See also: 1920 in film 1921 1922 in film 1920s in film years in film film Events February 20 - The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, starring Rudolph Valentino, premieres. ... // Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Winstead Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore City Lights starring Charles Chaplin Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul Best Actor: Wallace Beery - The Champ Best Actor: Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ... Universal Pictures is the main motion picture production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBC Universal. ... Deanna Durbin (born Edna Mae Durbin on December 4, 1921, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to English immigrant parents) was a popular young singer and actress in Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s. ... The Cat and the Canary is the 1927 silent horror film adaptation of John Willards play of the same name. ... See also: 1926 in film 1927 1928 in film 1920s in film years in film film // Events January 10 - The film Metropolis by Fritz Lang premieres. ... // August - Warner Brothers debuts the first Vitaphone film, Don Juan. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... See also: 1928 in film 1929 1930 in film 1920s in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events The days of the silent film were numbered. ... William Wyler (July 1, 1902 – July 27, 1981) was a prolific, Oscar-winning motion picture director. ... Show Boat the name of a musical film based on the stage musical of the same name by Oscar Hammerstein II, which was adapted from the novel by Edna Ferber. ... Edna Ferber (August 15, 1885 - April 16, 1968), was an American novelist, author and playwright. ...

The advent of 'talkies' effectively shortened her career. Only in her mid-twenties, La Plante proved to be a quite natural and appealing presence in early talkies but the huge wave of new stars in those years overshadowed her. She mad her last appearances for Universal in the Technicolor musical extravaganza King of Jazz (1930). For a while she free-lanced, appearing in The Matrimonial Bed (Warner Bros., 1931), directed by Michael Curtiz and co-starring Frank Fay, and Arizona (Columbia,1931), co-starring a young John Wayne. Logo celebrating Technicolors 90th Anniversary Technicolor is the trademark for a series of color film processes pioneered by Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation (a subsidiary of Technicolor, Inc. ... The musical film is a film genre in which several songs sung by the characters are interwoven into the narrative. ... The King of Jazz is a motion picture, starring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra (Paul Whitemans nickname was the King of Jazz, hence the films name). ... “WB” redirects here. ... // Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff Ingagi, starring Sir Hubert Winstead Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore City Lights starring Charles Chaplin Best Picture: Cimarron - MGM Best Actor: Lionel Barrymore - A Free Soul Best Actor: Wallace Beery - The Champ Best Actor: Fredric March - Dr. Jekyll and Mr. ... Michael Curtiz (December 24, 1886 - April 10, 1962) was a Hungarian-American film director, whose best known films include The Adventures of Robin Hood, Casablanca, and White Christmas. ... NOTE: See Frank Fay(US-born) for the Broadway/movie actor, Frank Fay****** Frank Fay (1870–1931), brother of William Fay, was an actor and co-founder of the Abbey Theatre. ... For other persons named John Wayne, see John Wayne (disambiguation). ...

La Plante subsequently went to England where she appeared in several "quota quickies", including Man of the Moment (1934), with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... The Cinematograph Films Act of 1927 was an act of the United Kingdom Parliament designed to stimulate the declining British film industry. ... See also: 1933 in film 1934 1935 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) finally purchased the film rights to The Wizard of Oz from Frank J. Baum for $40,000. ... Douglas Elton Fairbanks, Jr. ...

La Plante was briefly considered to replace Myrna Loy in the Thin Man series when Loy was considering leaving, but Loy stayed as Nora Charles ^{[citation needed]}, and La Plante's career never rebounded. She retired from the screen in 1934, making only two later films, 1957's Spring Reunion being her last. Myrna Loy (August 2, 1905 – December 14, 1993) was an American motion picture actress. ... The Thin Man was the first of six comic detective films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, a hard-drinking and flirtatious married couple who banter wittily as they easily solve crimes. ...

Her younger sister, actress Violet La Plante, never achieved her sister Laura's level of fame. In the mid-1950s, Laura La Plante made a guest appearance (as herself) on Groucho Marx's quiz show You Bet Your Life. “Groucho” redirects here. ... You Bet Your Life was an American radio and television quiz show. ...

She died in Woodland Hills, California from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 91. Woodland Hills is a community within the City of Los Angeles. ...

Footnotes

1. ^ Drew, William. Speaking of Silents. Vestal, NJ. Vestal Press, 1989, p. 89. ISBN 0911572813
2. ^ Kreuger, Miles. Show Boat — The Story of a Classic American Musical. New York, NY. Oxford University Press, 1977, p. 97.

Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

External links

• Laura La Plante photo gallery
• Laura La Plante at the Internet Movie Database