Edith Hallor (March 26, 1896 – May 21, 1971) was an American

stage Stage or stages may refer to: Acting * Stage (theatre), a space for the performance of theatrical productions * Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage" * ''The Stage'', a weekly British theatre newspaper * Sta ...

and

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.Wlaschin p.54 She starred in a number of films during the

silent era A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...

. She later appeared in a handful of minor, uncredited roles during the

sound era A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before ...

. Hallor appeared in the original

Broadway Broadway may refer to: Theatre * Broadway Theatre (disambiguation) * Broadway theatre, theatrical productions in professional theatres near Broadway, Manhattan, New York City, U.S. ** Broadway (Manhattan), the street **Broadway Theatre (53rd Stree ...

cast of the musical ''

Leave It to Jane ''Leave It to Jane'' is a musical in two acts, with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse, based on the 1904 play '' The College Widow'', by George Ade. The story concerns the football rivalry between Atwater ...

'' (1917). Her other Broadway credits included ''The Peasant Girl'' (1915), ''Dance and Grow Thin'' (1917), ''Ziegfeld Follies of 1917'', and ''Broadway Brevities of 1920''. Her sister Ethel Hallor and brother

Ray Hallor Ray Hallor (January 11, 1900 – April 16, 1944) was an actor in films in the United States. Biography Born in Washington, D.C., actresses Edith Hallor (1896–1971) and Ethel Hallor (1992–1982) were his siblings. Hallor began working in ...

were also actors. Hallor was married to

L. Lawrence Weber L. Lawrence Weber (c. 1872 – 22 February 1940) was an American sports promoter, stage show producer and theater manager. He was active in arranging Vaudville, vaudeville shows, legitimate theater and films. He once tried to bypass laws against im ...

, and they had a son, Lawrence Weber Jr. They were divorced on June 18, 1920, on grounds that she had been unfaithful with Jack Dillon. She also married film director John Francis Dillon.

Selected filmography

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Black Friday (1916 film) ''Black Friday'' was a 1916 American silent Feature film directed by Lloyd B. Carleton. Universal based the film on the novel written by Frederic S. Isham and adapted for the screen by Eugenie Magnus Ingleton. The drama stars Dorothy Davenp ...

'' (1916) *'' A Man and the Woman'' (1917) * ''

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'' (1917) * '' Children of Destiny'' (1920) * '' The Blue Pearl'' (1920) * '' The Inside of the Cup'' (1921) * '' Just Outside the Door'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1922) * ''

Maid of Salem ''Maid of Salem'' is a 1937 film made by Paramount Pictures, directed by Frank Lloyd, and starring Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray. Plot It tells the story of a young girl in Salem, Massachusetts, 1692, who has an affair with an adventurer. ...

'' (1937) * ''

Just Off Broadway ''Just Off Broadway'' is a 1942 Drama (genre), Drama directed by Herbert I. Leeds, starring Lloyd Nolan and Marjorie Weaver. This is the sixth of a series of seven that Lloyd Nolan played Michael Shayne for Twentieth Century Fox films. Hugh Bea ...

'' (1942) * ''

Having Wonderful Crime ''Having Wonderful Crime'' is a 1945 American screwball comedy and mystery film directed by Eddie Sutherland from a screenplay by Howard J. Green, Stewart Sterling, and Parke Levy, based on the novel of the same name by Craig Rice. In her s ...

'' (1945) * '' A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'' (1945)

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. * Wlaschin, Ken. ''Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography''. McFarland, 2009.

References

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