Florence Vidor
Florence Vidor (née. Cobb, later Arto, July 23, 1895 – November 3, 1977) was an American silent film actress.
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Born | Florence Cobb July 23, 1895 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Died | November 3, 1977 82) Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. | (aged
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1916-1929 |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 3 |
Early life
Florence was born in Texas on July 23, 1895, the child of John and Ida Cobb. Her parents had married in Houston on March 3, 1894 but divorced only three years later.[1] Ida remained in Houston and soon married John P. Arto, a real estate man who later served as deputy chief of the city's fire department.
Career
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Florence Vidor started working in silent movies through the influence of her husband, film director King Vidor, whom she had married in 1915. She signed her first contract with Vitagraph Studios in 1916. Her early fame was due to her role in the 1921 film Hail the Woman. Throughout the 1920s, she was a major box office attraction for Paramount Pictures. Her career ended with the advent of sound films. In 1929 she became so frustrated by the difficulties of making the partial sound film Chinatown Nights that she retired from acting before the production was completed. Director William A. Wellman had to use a voice double to complete some of her scenes.[2]
Personal life and death
Florence and King Vidor divorced in 1924; their marriage produced a daughter, Suzanne (1918–2003). Despite the end of their marriage, Florence continued to use Vidor as her surname. In 1926, she married classical violinist Jascha Heifetz. They had two children together and Heifetz also adopted Suzanne before divorcing in 1945.
Florence Vidor, at age 82, died in California in 1977.
Filmography
- Chinatown Nights (1929)
- The Patriot (1928) *Lost film, only one reel exists
- The Magnificent Flirt (1928) *Lost film
- Doomsday (1928)
- Honeymoon Hate (1927) *Lost film
- One Woman to Another (1927) *Lost film
- The World at Her Feet (1927) *Lost film
- Afraid to Love (1927) *Lost film
- The Popular Sin (1926) *Lost film
- The Eagle of the Sea (1926) *Incomplete film
- You Never Know Women (1926)
- Sea Horses (1926) *Lost film
- The Grand Duchess and the Waiter (1926)
- The Enchanted Hill (1926) *Lost film
- The Trouble with Wives (1925) *Lost film
- Marry Me (1925)
- Grounds for Divorce (1925) *Incomplete, missing third reel
- Are Parents People? (1925)
- The Girl of Gold (1925)
- The Mirage (1924) *Lost film
- Husbands and Lovers (1924)
- Christine of the Hungry Heart (1924)
- Barbara Frietchie (1924)
- Welcome Stranger (1924) *Lost film
- Borrowed Husbands (1924) *Lost film
- The Marriage Circle (1924)
- The Virginian (1923)
- Main Street (1923) *Lost film
- Alice Adams (1923)
- Souls for Sale [cameo] (1923)
- Conquering the Woman (1922)
- Skin Deep (1922)
- Dusk to Dawn (1922) *Undetermined/presumed lost
- The Real Adventure (1922)
- Woman, Wake Up (1922) *Lost film
- Hail the Woman (1921)
- Beau Revel (1921)
- Lying Lips (1921)
- The Jack-Knife Man (1920)
- The Family Honor (1920)
- Poor Relations (1919)
- The Other Half (1919)
- Till I Come Back to You (1918)
- The Bravest Way (1918)
- Old Wives for New (1918)
- The White Man's Law (1918)
- The Honor of His House (1918)
- The Hidden Pearls (1918)
- The Widow's Might (1918) *Lost film
- The Secret Game (1917)
- The Countess Charming (1917)
- Hashimura Togo (1917)
- The Cook of Canyon Camp (1917) *Lost film
- American Methods (1917)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1917)
- The Intrigue (1916)
- The Yellow Girl (1916)
- Curfew at Simpton Center (1916)
- Bill Peter's Kid (1916)
References
- Houston Post, 15 June 1897, p. 6
- Eyman, Scott. The Speed of Sound: Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1997.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Florence Vidor. |
- Florence Vidor on IMDb
- Florence Vidor at Golden Silents
- Florence Vidor at Virtual History