Alice Beatrice Calhoun (November 21, 1900 – June 3, 1966) was an American
silent film
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actress.
Film star
Born in
Cleveland, Ohio
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, she made her film debut in an uncredited role in 1918 and went on to appear in another forty-seven films between then and 1929. As a star with
Vitagraph
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in
New York City
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, she moved with the company when it relocated to
Hollywood
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.
["Alice Calhoun Chotiner, 65, Starred In Silent Movies," '']The New York Times
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'', June 6, 1966, Page 41. In the comedy, ''The Man Next Door'' (1923), Calhoun plays Bonnie Bell. A critic complimented her on being pretty and playing her role successfully. ''The Man From Brodney's'' (1923) is a movie which displays the fencing talent of actor
J. Warren Kerrigan. Directed by David Smith for Vitagraph, the film is based on a novel by
George Barr McCutcheon
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. Calhoun plays ''Princess Genevra''. ''Between Friends'' (1924) is a motion picture adapted from a story by
Robert W. Chambers
Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories titled '' The King in Yellow'', published in 1895.
Life
Chambers was born in Brooklyn, New York, t ...
.
Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Quirentia Nilsson (March 30, 1888 – February 11, 1974) was a Swedish-American actress who achieved success in American silent movies.
Early life
Nilsson was born in Ystad, Sweden in 1888. Her middle name Quirentia is derived from her ...
and
Norman Kerry
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are part of a cast in which Calhoun plays an artist's
model
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. Among her other movies titles are ''Pampered Youth'' (1925), ''The Power of the Weak'' (1926), ''Savage Passions'' (1927), and ''Bride of the Desert'' (1929).
Like a number of other stars at the time, her voice did not lend itself to sound and her one performance in a
talkie
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came in an uncredited role in 1934.
Marriages
Her first husband was Mendel Silberberg, a
Los Angeles, California
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attorney. They were married in May 1926 and he filed a divorce petition in July. Silberberg charged that Calhoun was engaged to another man at the time of their wedding. Their marriage was annulled.
[
In 1925 Calhoun had invested in a ]movie theater
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. With her second husband Max Chotiner, whom she married secretly in Ventura, California
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["Alice Calhoun Reweds," ''The New York Times'', January 5, 1927, Page 18.] on December 28, 1926, she became owner of a chain of theatres in the Los Angeles area. Highly successful, Calhoun and her husband were benefactors of a number of local charities. Chotiner later became an investment broker.[ They divorced in 1938.]["Silent Screen Star Divorced," ''Los Angeles Times'', June 17, 1938, Section II, Page 2.]
Death
Calhoun died in Los Angeles in 1966 of cancer
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, aged 65.[ She is interred with her husband in the ]Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery
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History
The company was founded by a group of ...
in Glendale, California
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.
For her contributions to the film industry
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, Calhoun was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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with a motion pictures star located at 6815 Hollywood Boulevard
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.
Filmography
* ''Everybody's Business
''Everybody's Business'' is a 1917 British silent drama film directed by Ralph Dewsbury and starring Norman McKinnel, Gerald du Maurier and Matheson Lang.Low p.197
Cast
* Norman McKinnel as John Briton
* Gerald du Maurier as Tom Briton
...
'' (1919)
* ''Deadline at Eleven
''Deadline at Eleven'' is a lost film, lost 1920 American silent drama film directed by George Fawcett and starring Corinne Griffith. It was produced by and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America.
Cast
References
External links
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'' (1920)
* ''Captain Swift
''Captain Swift'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Tom Terriss and Chester Bennett and starring Earle Williams, Florence Dixon and Edward Martindel. It is based on the 1898 play of the same title by C. Haddon Chambers.Goble p.704 ...
'' (1920)
* ''Human Collateral
''Human Collateral'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Lawrence C. Windom and starring Corinne Griffith, Webster Campbell and Maurice Costello.Connelly p.365 It is now considered to be a lost film.
Cast
* Corinne Griffith as Pat ...
'' (1920)
* ''The Sea Rider
''The Sea Rider'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Edwin L. Hollywood and starring Harry T. Morey, Webster Campbell, and Alice Calhoun.McCaffrey & Jacobs p. 55
Cast
* Harry T. Morey as Stephen Hardy
* Webster Campbell as Tom Har ...
'' (1920)
* ''Princess Jones
''Princess Jones'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Gustav von Seyffertitz and starring Alice Calhoun, Vincent Coleman and Helen Dubois.Connelly p.398
Synopsis
Princess Jones, the niece of a country store keeper, dreams of bei ...
'' (1921)
* ''The Matrimonial Web
''The Matrimonial Web'' is a 1921 American silent crime drama film directed by Edward José and starring Alice Calhoun, Joseph Striker and Riley Hatch.Munden p.500
Cast
* Alice Calhoun as Helen Anderson
* Joseph Striker as Harvey Blake
* Riley ...
'' (1921)
* ''The Charming Deceiver
''The Charming Deceiver'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by George L. Sargent and starring Alice Calhoun, Charles Kent and Robert Gaillard.
Cast
* Alice Calhoun as Edith Denton Marsden
* Jack McLean as Frank Denton
* Charles Ke ...
'' (1921)
* '' Closed Doors'' (1921)
* ''Rainbow
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'' (1921)
* '' Peggy Puts It Over'' (1921)
* ''The Angel of Crooked Street
''The Angel of Crooked Street'' is a 1922 American silent crime drama film directed by David Smith and starring Alice Calhoun, Ralph McCullough and William McCall.Connelly p.13
Synopsis
Jennie Marsh, a young woman working as a maid is unjustl ...
'' (1922)
* ''The Girl in His Room
''The Girl in His Room'' is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by Edward José and starring Alice Calhoun, Warner Baxter and Eve Southern.Munden p.292
Cast
* Alice Calhoun as Myra Pendleton
* Warner Baxter as Kirk Waring
* Robert Ander ...
'' (1922)
* ''A Girl's Desire
''A Girl's Desire'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by David Smith and starring Alice Calhoun, Warner Baxter and Frank Hall Crane.Connelly p.354
Synopsis
A wealthy and socially ambitious American woman plans to buy social positi ...
'' (1922)
* '' The Little Minister'' (1922)
* ''Little Wildcat
''Little Wildcat'' is a 1922 American silent film, silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
Plot
Cast
* Alice Calhoun as Mag o' the Alley
* Ramsey Wallace as Judge Arnold
* Herbert Fortier as Robert Ware
* Oliver Hardy as 'Bull' Mulligan
* ...
'' (1922)
* ''The Man from Brodney's
''The Man from Brodney's'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by David Smith and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Alice Calhoun, and Wanda Hawley. It was produced and released by the Vitagraph Company of America.
Plot
As described in ...
'' (1923)
* '' The Man Next Door'' (1923)
* ''The Midnight Alarm
''The Midnight Alarm'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by David Smith and starring Alice Calhoun, Percy Marmont, and Cullen Landis
James Cullen Landis (July 9, 1896 – August 26, 1975) was an American motion picture actor an ...
'' (1923)
* ''Masters of Men
''Masters of Men'' is a 1923 American silent war drama film directed by David Smith and starring Earle Williams, Alice Calhoun and Wanda Hawley. It takes place against the backdrop of the 1898 Spanish-American War. It is based on the 1901 novel ...
'' (1923)
* ''Pioneer Trails
''Pioneer Trails'' is a 1923 American silent Western film directed by David Smith and starring Cullen Landis, Alice Calhoun, and Bertram Grassby
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'' (1923)
* ''One Stolen Night
''One Stolen Night'' is a 1929 American part-talkie adventure film, adventure crime film directed by Scott R. Dunlap, and starring Betty Bronson, William Collier Jr., Mitchell Lewis (actor), Mitchell Lewis, Harry Todd, and Charles Hill Mailes. It ...
'' (1923)
* '' Between Friends'' (1924)
* '' Flowing Gold'' (1924)
* ''Code of the Wilderness
''Code of the Wilderness'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by David Smith and starring John Bowers, Alice Calhoun, and Alan Hale.
Cast
* John Bowers as Rex Randerson
* Alice Calhoun as Ruth Harkness
* Alan Hale as Willa ...
'' (1924)
* '' The Happy Warrior'' (1925)
* ''The Everlasting Whisper
''The Everlasting Whisper'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by John G. Blystone and written by Wyndham Gittens. It is based on the 1922 novel ''The Everlasting Whisper, a Tale of the California Wilderness'' by Jackson Gregory. ...
'' (1925)
* ''The Part Time Wife
''The Part Time Wife'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Henry McCarty and starring Alice Calhoun, Robert Ellis and Freeman Wood.Munden p.590 The film was produced by the independent company Gotham Pictures. It was based on a sh ...
'' (1925)
* ''The Other Woman's Story
''The Other Woman's Story'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by B.F. Stanley and starring Alice Calhoun, Robert Frazer, and Helen Lee Worthing. In America it was distributed by the independent outfit Preferred Pictures while its Brit ...
'' (1925)
* ''Pampered Youth
''Pampered Youth'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by David Smith and starring Cullen Landis, Alice Calhoun, and Allan Forrest. It is an adaption of the 1918 novel ''The Magnificent Ambersons'' by Booth Tarkington. It was one of ...
'' (1925)
* ''The Man on the Box
''The Man on the Box'' is a 1914 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and co-directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It was based on the 1904 novel of the same name by Harold MacGrath and stars Horace B. Carpenter.
Max Figman had s ...
'' (1925)
* ''A Hero of the Big Snows
''A Hero of the Big Snows'' is a 1926 American silent adventure film directed by Herman C. Raymaker and written by Ewart Adamson. The film stars Rin Tin Tin, Alice Calhoun, Don Alvarado, Leo Willis and Mary Jane Milliken. The film was release ...
'' (1926)
* '' Flying High'' (1926)
* ''Tentacles of the North
''In the Tentacles of the North'' is a 1926 American silent adventure film directed by Louis Chaudet and starring Gaston Glass, Alice Calhoun and Joseph W. Girard.Munden p.791 Two ships, on a journey lead by Captin Van Horn, become trapped in i ...
'' (1926)
* ''The Trunk Mystery
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'' (1926)
* ''The Power of the Weak
''The Power of the Weak'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by William James Craft and starring Alice Calhoun, Carl Miller, and Spottiswoode Aitken. '' (1926)
* ''Kentucky Handicap
''Kentucky Handicap'' is a 1926 American silent action film directed by Harry Joe Brown and starring Reed Howes, Alice Calhoun and Robert McKim. It is also known by the alternative title ''Kentucky Luck''.
Cast
* Reed Howes
* Alice Calhoun
...
'' (1926)
* '' The Down Grade'' (1927)
* '' Hidden Aces'' (1927)
* ''The Isle of Forgotten Women
''The Isle of Forgotten Women'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz. It was released as ''Forgotten Women'' in the UK.
Cast
* Conway Tearle as Bruce Paine
* Dorothy Sebastian as Marua
* Gibson Gowland as John Stort ...
'' (1927)
* '' The Flag'' (1927)
* ''In the First Degree
''In the First Degree'' is a 1927 American silent melodrama film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Alice Calhoun, Bryant Washburn, and Gayne Whitman, and was released on April 15, 1927.
Cast
*Alice Calhoun as Barbara Hurd
* Bryant Washburn as ...
'' (1927)
* ''Bride of the Desert
''Bride of the Desert'' is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Duke Worne and starring Alice Calhoun, LeRoy Mason and Ethan Laidlaw.
Cast
* Alice Calhoun as Joanna Benton
* LeRoy Mason as Fugitive
* Ethan Laidlaw as Tom Benton
* L ...
'' (1929)
* ''Now I'll Tell
''Now I'll Tell'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edwin J. Burke starring Spencer Tracy, Helen Twelvetrees, and Alice Faye. It was produced by Fox Film shortly before the company's merger with Twentieth Century Pictures. It m ...
'' (1934)
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American film actresses
American silent film actresses
Actresses from Cleveland
Deaths from cancer in California
1900 births
1966 deaths
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
20th-century American actresses