Edith Storey
American postcard. Photo: Evans, L.A.
American actress Edith Storey (1892-1967) was a silent film star who was an unusual combination of an intelligent actress and an outdoor athlete. She often appeared in Westerns, period dramas and adventure films. For a long time, she worked for Vitagraph and in 1918, she became one of the stars of Metro.
Edith Storey was born in 1892 in New York. Her parents were William Chase Storey and Minnie Storey (née. Thorn). Her younger brother, Richard, also had a brief acting career. Storey began acting when she was a child. She started to work for the New York-based Vitagraph company. Her film debut was Francesca di Rimini (1908), also called The Two Brothers. She would have two film roles in 1908, and a total of seventy-five by 1913. Many of these films were Westerns, as Storey was reportedly an excellent horseback rider and could perform her own stunts. An example was The Immortal Alamo (William F. Haddock, 1911) with Francis Ford, the earliest film version of the events surrounding the 1836 Battle of the Alamo. Among her first big successes for Vitascope was The Tarantula (George D. Baker, 1916) with Antonio Moreno. Storey worked for a long period with Vitagraph except from 1910–1911, when she was under contract with Star Film Company in San Antonio, Texas. Her breaking of relations with Vitascope in 1918 was made by "mutual consent of the party."
When Edith Storey finished The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop she moved to New York. Soon the news filtered back that she had been annexed to the Metro galaxy of stars. The Eyes of Mystery (1918) was her debut film for that studio. Among the other films Storey has appeared in are The Legion of Death, The Island of Regeneration, and A Man's Sacrifice. She would appear in seventy-one films from 1913 to 1921, almost all of which were film shorts. In 1921, aged 29, she retired. Edith Storey died in 1967, in Northport, NY. She was cremated at Fresh Pond Crematory D.B.A. U.S. Columbarium co. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the film industry at 1523 Vine Street.
Sources: Los Angeles Times, Wikipedia and IMDb.
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Edith Storey
American postcard. Photo: Evans, L.A.
American actress Edith Storey (1892-1967) was a silent film star who was an unusual combination of an intelligent actress and an outdoor athlete. She often appeared in Westerns, period dramas and adventure films. For a long time, she worked for Vitagraph and in 1918, she became one of the stars of Metro.
Edith Storey was born in 1892 in New York. Her parents were William Chase Storey and Minnie Storey (née. Thorn). Her younger brother, Richard, also had a brief acting career. Storey began acting when she was a child. She started to work for the New York-based Vitagraph company. Her film debut was Francesca di Rimini (1908), also called The Two Brothers. She would have two film roles in 1908, and a total of seventy-five by 1913. Many of these films were Westerns, as Storey was reportedly an excellent horseback rider and could perform her own stunts. An example was The Immortal Alamo (William F. Haddock, 1911) with Francis Ford, the earliest film version of the events surrounding the 1836 Battle of the Alamo. Among her first big successes for Vitascope was The Tarantula (George D. Baker, 1916) with Antonio Moreno. Storey worked for a long period with Vitagraph except from 1910–1911, when she was under contract with Star Film Company in San Antonio, Texas. Her breaking of relations with Vitascope in 1918 was made by "mutual consent of the party."
When Edith Storey finished The Captain of the Gray Horse Troop she moved to New York. Soon the news filtered back that she had been annexed to the Metro galaxy of stars. The Eyes of Mystery (1918) was her debut film for that studio. Among the other films Storey has appeared in are The Legion of Death, The Island of Regeneration, and A Man's Sacrifice. She would appear in seventy-one films from 1913 to 1921, almost all of which were film shorts. In 1921, aged 29, she retired. Edith Storey died in 1967, in Northport, NY. She was cremated at Fresh Pond Crematory D.B.A. U.S. Columbarium co. She has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her work in the film industry at 1523 Vine Street.
Sources: Los Angeles Times, Wikipedia and IMDb.
And, please check out our blog European Film Star Postcards.