tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16786623294927387642024-02-08T06:08:06.070-08:00Dorothy RevierSolax Filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00026190064456183409noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678662329492738764.post-6420699007851047052008-11-07T10:20:00.000-08:002008-11-07T10:38:37.494-08:00Dorothy Revier Herbert Blache<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H88AY0tVMDQ/SRSLBU5MULI/AAAAAAAABao/QZFVqKdqKD4/s1600-h/aaaa-dorothy-revier-6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H88AY0tVMDQ/SRSLBU5MULI/AAAAAAAABao/QZFVqKdqKD4/s320/aaaa-dorothy-revier-6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265986719207674034" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Wild Party (1923) Herbert Blache with DOROTHY REVIER</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H88AY0tVMDQ/SRSJFpJU-JI/AAAAAAAABag/VuyJCYjNiCU/s1600-h/aaaa-dorothy-revier-5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H88AY0tVMDQ/SRSJFpJU-JI/AAAAAAAABag/VuyJCYjNiCU/s320/aaaa-dorothy-revier-5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265984594340280466" border="0" /></a><br />Réalisateur:<br />Herbert Blaché<br /><br />Release Date:<br />22 octobre 1923 (USA) suite<br /><br />(Interprètes principaux)<br />Gladys Walton ... Leslie Adams<br />Robert Ellis ... Basil Wingate / Stuart Furth<br />Freeman Wood ... Jack Cummings<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dorothy Revier</span> ... Blanche Cartwright<br /><br />Dorothy Revier<br />Dorothy Revier (April 18, 1904 - November 19, 1993) was an American silent film actress from Oakland, California. Her birth name was Dorothy Velerga. She is described as dainty, standing about 5'4" in height.Professional dancer<br /><br />She was educated in the public schools of Oakland before going to New York City to study classical dancing. Later she went to Paris, France, and studied with the most notable dance instructors. She developed a great proficiency in the art. She became a cabaret dancer and was discovered by a talent agent.<br />Star of the silent Screen and early Westerns<br /><br />Her ability as a professional dancer and her talent in playing emotional roles before the camera enhanced her popularity among Hollywood directors. Her debut as a star in came in The Broadway Madonna (1922). She was active throughout the 1920s, playing in The Virgin (1924),<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Wild party</span>, The Supreme Test (1923), An Enemy of Men (1925), Cleopatra (1928), and Tanned Legs (1929). After recovering from two broken arms suffered in a 1930 car accident, she played numerous film roles in low-budget silent movies and early sound motion pictures. Often she appeared as a femme fatale. In 1929 Dorothy played opposite Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Iron Mask</span>. Her film career declined with the coming of sound and by the end of the 1930s she was performing mostly in Buck Jones Westerns. After spending the majority of her film career as as among the brightest stars of Columbia Pictures, Dorothy free-lanced for about a year and a half. She returned to movies in 1933 with a part in Lovable Liar with Buck Jones and Arthur Rankin. Her last role was 'June Caldwell' in The Cowboy and<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H88AY0tVMDQ/SRSJEypL5AI/AAAAAAAABaA/RXvTN8HkREc/s1600-h/aaaa-dorothy-revier-1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_H88AY0tVMDQ/SRSJEypL5AI/AAAAAAAABaA/RXvTN8HkREc/s320/aaaa-dorothy-revier-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265984579709953026" border="0" /></a> the Kid (1936).<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Noted For facial beauty</span></span><br /><br />In November 1935 Dorothy was selected as the first of twenty film stars to pose for portraits of beautiful women. The portraits were to be presented in the Salon d' Art exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1936.<br /><br />Marriage and death<br /><br />commercial artist William Pelayo. Both unions ended in divorce. In February 1923 the actress and Harry Revier were parents of a three-year-old baby. At the time the director was charged by his second wife, Mrs. Betty Revier, with bigamy. Betty was a former actress who filed theMiss Revier was married twice. One marriage was to director Harry J. Revier and the other to suit in a San Jose, California courtroom. Dorothy met Harry Revier in the summer of 1921 at Taft's old Farrell street cafe. He was filming Life's Greatest Question and was seeking a dancer. He offered her a role and she accepted.<br /><br />Dorothy Revier died at the age of 89 at Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and was interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California, USA. She had been a resident of West Hollywood.<br />References<br /><br />* Fresno, California Bee Republican, Louella Parsons Column, February 1, 1933, Page 4.<br />* The New York Times, Dorothy Revier Dead; Silent Film Actress, 89, November 25, 1993, Page D19.<br />* Oakland, California Tribune, Mother Wife In Oakland Maid's Bigamy Tangle, February 23, 1923, Page 15.<br />* Oakland Tribune, Oakland Girl Screen Star, Sunday, June 10, 1923, Page 12-A.<br />* Oakland Tribune, In New Hall of Fame, Thursday Evening, November 10, 1935, Page B25.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Was one of thirteen Wampas Baby Stars of 1925.</span></span><br />Alternate Names:<br />Dorothy Valegra<br />Filmography<br /><br />1. The Cowboy and the Kid (1936) .... June Caldwell<br />2. The Eagle's Brood (1935) .... Dolly<br />3. The Lady in Scarlet (1935) .... Julia Sayre<br />4. Circus Shadows (1935)<br />5. Circumstantial Evidence (1935) .... Bernice Winters<br />6. Twenty Dollars a Week (1935) .... Linda Davidson<br />... aka The Man Maker (UK)<br />7. When a Man Sees Red (1934) .... Barbara<br />8. The Curtain Falls (1934) .... Helene Deveridge<br />9. Green Eyes (1934) .... Mrs. Pritchard<br />10. Unknown Blonde (1934) .... Helen Rodie<br />... aka The Man Who Pawned His Soul<br />11. The Fighting Ranger (1934) .... Tonita, Cantina Singer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H88AY0tVMDQ/SRSJFRc45WI/AAAAAAAABaQ/3l8Ig6ctVEM/s1600-h/aaaa-dorothy-revier-3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_H88AY0tVMDQ/SRSJFRc45WI/AAAAAAAABaQ/3l8Ig6ctVEM/s320/aaaa-dorothy-revier-3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265984587979875682" border="0" /></a><br />12. By Candlelight (1933) .... Countess von Rischenheim<br />13. Above the Clouds (1933) .... Dolly<br />... aka Winged Devils (UK)<br />14. The Thrill Hunter (1933) .... Marjorie Lane<br />15. Love Is Dangerous (1933) .... Pat Ormsby<br />... aka Dangerous Love (USA: TV title)<br />... aka No Shame (USA: reissue title)<br />... aka Women Are Dangerous (UK)<br />16. Secrets of Wu Sin (1932) .... Margaret King<br />17. A Scarlet Week-End (1932) .... The Wife<br />18. The King Murder (1932) .... Miriam King<br />... aka The King Murder Case<br />19. No Living Witness (1932) .... Miss Thompson<br />20. The Widow in Scarlet (1932) .... Baroness Orsani<br />... aka Lady Raffles (USA: TV title)<br />21. Beauty Parlor (1932) .... Stella<br />22. Night World (1932) .... Mrs. 'Happy' Mac Donald<br />23. Arm of the Law (1932) .... Mrs. Estelle Brandess<br />24. Sin's Pay Day (1932) .... Iris Markey<br />... aka Slums of New York (USA: reissue title)<br />25. Sally of the Subway (1932) .... Sally<br />26. The Last Ride (1931) .... Lita Alvaro<br />27. Anybody's Blonde (1931) .... Janet Reese<br />... aka Girl Reporter (USA: TV title)<br />... aka When Blonde Meets Blonde (UK)<br />28. Leftover Ladies (1931) .... Army<br />... aka Broken Links (UK)<br />29. Graft (1931) .... Pearl Vaughan<br />30. The Black Camel (1931) .... Shelah Fane<br />31. The Avenger (1931) .... Helen Lake<br />32. The Bad Man (1930) .... Ruth Pell<br />33. The Way of All Men (1930) .... Poppy<br />... aka The Sin Flood (UK)<br />34. The Squealer (1930) .... Margaret Hart<br />35. Call of the West (1930) .... Violet La Tour<br />36. Hold Everything (1930) .... Norine Lloyd<br />37. Vengeance (1930) .... Margaret Summers<br />38. Murder on the Roof (1930) .... Molly<br /><br />39. The Mighty (1929) .... Mayme<br />40. Tanned Legs (1929) .... Mrs. Lyons-King<br />41. The Dance of Life (1929) .... Sylvia Marco<br />42. Light Fingers (1929) .... Dorothy Madison<br />43. Father and Son (1929) .... Grace Moore<br />44. The Donovan Affair (1929) .... Jean Rankin<br />45. The Quitter (1929) .... Patricia<br />46. The Iron Mask (1929) .... Milady de Winter<br />47. Sinner's Parade (1928) .... Mary Tracy<br />48. Submarine (1928) .... Bessie, Mrs. Jack Dorgan<br />49. Cleopatra (1928)<br />50. Beware of Blondes (1928) .... Mary<br />51. The Red Dance (1928) .... Princess Varvara<br />... aka The Red Dancer of Moscow (UK)<br />52. The Siren (1927) .... Glenna Marsh<br />53. The Warning (1927) .... Mary Blake<br />54. The Tigress (1927) .... Mona, 'The Tigress'<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H88AY0tVMDQ/SRSJFKZ3VRI/AAAAAAAABaI/cq4ixbnSnaw/s1600-h/aaaa-dorothy-revier-2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H88AY0tVMDQ/SRSJFKZ3VRI/AAAAAAAABaI/cq4ixbnSnaw/s320/aaaa-dorothy-revier-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265984586088142098" border="0" /></a><br />55. The Drop Kick (1927) .... Mrs. Eunice Hathaway<br />... aka Glitter (UK)<br />56. The Clown (1927) .... Fanchon<br />57. Poor Girls (1927) .... Peggy Warren<br />58. The Price of Honor (1927) .... Carolyn McLane<br />59. Wandering Girls (1927) .... Peggy Marston<br />60. Stolen Pleasures (1927) .... Clara Bradley<br />61. The Better Way (1926) .... Betty Boyd<br />62. When the Wife's Away (1926) .... Ethel Winthrop<br />63. The False Alarm (1926) .... Mary Doyle<br />64. Poker Faces (1926) .... Prizefighter's wife<br />65. The Far Cry (1926) .... Yvonne Beaudet<br />66. When Husbands Flirt (1925) .... Violet Gilbert<br />67. The Fate of a Flirt (1925) .... Mary Burgess<br />68. Steppin' Out (1925) .... Daisy Moran<br />69. Sealed Lips (1925) .... Margaret Blake<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H88AY0tVMDQ/SRSJFYuae6I/AAAAAAAABaY/LexNdVDUa9w/s1600-h/aaaa-dorothy-revier-4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_H88AY0tVMDQ/SRSJFYuae6I/AAAAAAAABaY/LexNdVDUa9w/s320/aaaa-dorothy-revier-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265984589932428194" border="0" /></a><br />70. The Danger Signal (1925) .... Laura Whitman<br />71. An Enemy of Men (1925) .... Norma Bennett<br />72. Just a Woman (1925) .... Clarice Clement<br />73. Dangerous Pleasure (1925)<br />74. The Rose of Paris (1924) .... Florine du Vallois<br />75. Man from God's Country (1924) .... Camencita<br />76. That Wild West (1924)<br />77. The Cowboy and the Flapper (1924) .... Alice Allison<br />78. Border Women (1924) .... May Prentiss<br />79. The Virgin (1924) .... Maía Valdez<br />80. Call of the Mate (1924)<br />81. The Other Kind of Love (1924) .... Elsie<br />82. Down by the Rio Grande (1924)<br />83. The Sword of Valor (1924)<br />84. The Martyr Sex (1924) .... Beulah Paxton<br />85. Do It Now (1924)<br />86. Marry in Haste (1924) .... Joan Prescott<br />87. The Supreme Test (1923)<br />88. <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Wild Party (1923) .</span>... Blanche Cartwright<br />89. The Broadway Madonna (1922) .... Vivian Collins<br />90. Life's Greatest Question (1921) (as Dorothy Valegra) .... Dorothy Cumberland<br /><br />Self:<br /><br />1. Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 14 (1930) .... Herself, Columbia ActressSolax Filmshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00026190064456183409noreply@blogger.com0