Corinne Griffith Vintage 1914 Autographed Photograph

Description: My grandmother Clara “Billie“ Wines (who was born in 1898) collected these pictures as a hobby in 1914 & 1915 when she was a teenager. She either met these stars in person or wrote a letter to receive one as was the way back in her time. She hand dated on the back in pencil some of them with the year. She was born in Glencoe, IL and grew up in Chicago. These have been in a box in my closet since my father gave them to me in 1976 when she died. She was affiliated with Essanay Studios and Vitagraph Studios and the Vitagraph Theater in Chicago. All items are packed in acid-free self sealing cellophane bag and sent in a plastic bubble envelope with cardboard on sides or a cardboard flat envelope with Do Not Bend & Fragile stickers. If you have any other questions, please ask BEFORE sending payment. Please feel free to contact me about any item you are interested in. Additional pictures available upon request. I check my account regularly everyday and respond quickly. I aim for positive feedback. When you receive your item please leave me feedback and I will do the same for you right away. If you have any questions about your order when you receive it or have an issue with it please message me with your concerns right away. I stand behind my stock. Corinne Griffith was a popular star of the silent movies. She started her film career at Vitagraph in 1916 and later moved to First National, where she became one of that studio's biggest stars. At the height of her popularity she was known as the "Orchid Lady of the Screen." Black Oxen (1923) was one of her most popular films. In 1925 she made Déclassé (1925), which featured a young extra named Clark Gable. Corinne received an Academy Award nomination for her work in The Divine Lady (1928), but sound did not embrace her in the same way that the silent films had. Music was a popular device used in many early sound movies, but she quickly proved that she was not cut out to be a singer, and the fact that her acting style remained rooted in the wooden pre-sound days didn't help matters. Her last Hollywood film was released in 1930. After appearing in an English film in 1932, she retired. She appeared in one final film, Paradise Alley (1962), a low-budget Hugo Haas potboiler. Corinne Griffith was educated in public schools. After retiring from films, she appeared on stage in the 1930s in the Noël Coward play "Design for Living". She was a member of the American Newspaper Women Club in Washington, DC, and joined the American Society of Composers and Publishers in 1950, collaborating musically with Barnee Breeskin. Her song compositions include "Hail to the Redskins", "Chanson du Bal" and "October". Corinne Griffith was born in 1894 and appeared in the first of her sixty films at the age of 22 in 1916. She was the executive producer of eleven of her films starting with Single Wives (1924) and ending with Three Hours (1927). She was known as "The Orchid Lady." Unlike many other silent stars. she did not fade into obscurity in taking smaller and smaller roles. She was also not crushed by the advent of sound. She starred in her last film, Lily Christine (1932) , and then decorously retired. She invested her money well in real estate and became very wealthy. For unknown reasons she came out of her self-imposed retirement to appear in one more film, Paradise Alley (1962). She received fifth billing in the Hugo Haas potboiler. Haas is an interesting story in himself. Paradise Alley (1962) was his last film as well. As usual for him he produced, wrote, directed and starred in it. In 1966 she filed for an annulment from her fourth husband, Broadway actor Danny "Call Me Mister" Scholl. They had only been married a few days. In court, she testified that she was not Corinne Griffith. She claimed that she was the actresses' younger (by twenty years) sister who had taken her place upon the famous sister's death. Contradicting testimony by actresses Betty Blythe and Claire Windsor , who had both known her since the twenties, did not shake her story. In 1974 Adele Whitely Fletcher, editor of Photoplay, said Corinne was still claiming that she was her own younger sister. Her other marriages were to actor Webster Campbell (1920-23), producer Walter Morosco (1924-34) and to the owner of the Washington Redskins football team George Preston Marshall (1936-58). She was an accomplished writer who published over a dozen books including two best sellers. Papa's Delicate Condition was made into a movie starring Jackie Gleason, a casting choice that she was not pleased with.

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