Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Florence Lawrence, the Biograph Girl: America's First Movie Star

Florence Lawrence, the Biograph Girl: America's First Movie Star

Brown, Kelly R.

Paperback

Entertainment & Performing ArtsBiographies GeneralFilm Studies

ISBN10: 0786430893
ISBN13: 9780786430895
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Apr 3 2007
Pages: 230
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.53 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.62
Language: English

Florence Lawrence's film career began just as the cinema was being born. She recognized the wonder and appeal of the fledgling industry, and her early work with the Vitagraph company gained her a legion of fans and a reputation as a willing and hard working actress. In 1908 she appeared in Romeo and Juliet--America's very first screen Juliet. By 1909, she was working steadily for the Biograph studio-she was dubbed the Biograph girl--and was being praised for her personal attractions and very fine dramatic ability. But just as Lawrence was the first movie star in the industry, she was also one of the first to be undone by it. Hindered by setbacks, grueling work schedules, self-imposed retirements, three marriages, repeatedly unsuccessful comeback attempts, Lawrence finally committed suicide in 1938.

Also in

Entertainment & Performing Arts

View All