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Norma Marie Talmadge [1] (May 2, 1894 – December 24, 1957) was an American actress and film producer of the silent era. A major box-office draw for more than a decade, her career reached a peak in the early 1920s, when she ranked among the most popular idols of the American screen. [2]
Norma Talmadge was one of the greatest stars of the silent era. She began her film work as a teenager in 1910 at the Vitagraph Studios in Flatbush, just a streetcar ride from her home. In 1916 she met and married exhibitor Joseph M. Schenck, and together they formed the Norma Talmadge Film Corporation, one of the most lucrative partnerships in ...
- Greta De Groat
- 1999
Most of her known short films are listed by Jack Spears at the end of his article on Norma Talmadge in Films in Review (January 1967), with more titles contributed in letters by Richard E. Braff (February 1967 and February 1972), Richard E. Teichert (February 1967) and Harold Dunham (March 1967).
- Greta De Groat
- 1999
Discover new TV shows and movies from Norma Talmadge Film Corporation and where you can watch them.
Norma received a contract offer from National Film Corporation, and Constance resigned from Vitagraph as the Talmadge women pulled up stakes and moved to California. The National Film Corporation proved to be undercapitalized, and after one film, Norma was released from her contract.
Dec 14, 2021 · The last was because Schenk set up a production studio in 1917, the Norma Talmadge Film Corporation, for all her films. Her first film was the hit Panthea, now lost, where she played yet another martyr who sacrifices for her husband, and with that film, Talmadge joined the ranks of the top stars of the day, second only to Mary Pickford in ...
In August of 1915 Norma and her mother left for California and the promise of success in the fledgling film industry there. Her first film in Hollywood was Captivating Mary Carstairs (1915) . The film was not only a flop but the studio that made it, National Pictures, went out of business.
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