Anita Page

Sam Spade · November 14th, 2008, 06:15 PM

IMDb Entry

Born: Anita Evelyn Pomares on August 4, 1910 in Flushing, New York, USA
Died: September 6, 2008 (age 98) in Van Nuys, California, USA

**LeroyLargeCar** · November 14th, 2008, 10:34 PM

This lovely blonde was an MGM starlet during the cross-over period between silents and talkies, and turned in a number of dynamic performances. The Queens-born Page was signed by MGM fresh from high school and co-starred with several of their top leading men: Ramon Novarro ("The Flying Fleet" 1929); Lon Chaney ("While the City Sleeps" 1928); William Haines ("Telling the World" 1928; "Navy Blues" and "Speedway", both 1929); and Buster Keaton ("Free and Easy" 1930; "Sidewalks of New York" 1931). She made her first big impression as an amoral flapper in "Our Dancing Daughters" (1928), all but stealing the film from Joan Crawford; Page also appeared with Crawford in the two sequels, "Our Modern Maidens" (1929) and "Our Blushing Brides" (1930).

Page shone in the all-talkie "Broadway Melody" (1929) and went on to make another dozen or so films in the early 1930s. The highlights were "War Nurse" (as an innocent on the front lines, 1930), "Night Court" (with Phillips Holmes, 1932), "The Easiest Way" (as Clark Gable's wife, 1931) and "Are You Listening?" (her last with Haines, 1932). She was also thrown into low-budget programmers such as "Gentleman's Fate" (1931, with the disgraced John Gilbert), and the Marie Dressler/Polly Moran comedies "Reducing" (1931) and "Prosperity" (1932).

But a clash with a studio PR man and a greedy agent put Page on the outs with MGM, and she wound up in B films and on loan-out till her retirement in the mid-1930s. Briefly wed to songwriter Nacio Herb Brown (who dedicated "You Were Meant for Me" to her), she later married US Navy Admiral Herschell House, traveling the world and eventually settling down in California. Finding herself famous again in the 90s due to videotapes and film festivals, Page began giving interviews and making public appearances after 60 years of Garboesque retirement. Disappointed at narrowly losing a role to Katharine Hepburn in the remake of "Love Affair" (1994), Page made her first appearance before the cameras in 60 years, a cameo in the straight-to-video horror comedy "Sunset After Dark" (1995).

Note for Sam Spade. If mini-bios like this aren't generally well received, please delete the post, o.k.?

Sam Spade · November 15th, 2008, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by LeroyLargeCar

Note for Sam Spade. If mini-bios like this aren't generally well received, please delete the post, o.k.?

No problem with interesting information like this, Leroy, it'a always better if you can add a pic or two but your post can not be seen as a "pointless post"

**bluenose** · November 15th, 2008, 05:04 PM

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**Schreibikus** · February 27th, 2009, 10:57 AM

**zwaik** · July 9th, 2010, 06:17 PM

**zwaik** · August 19th, 2010, 09:20 AM

Anita Page and the " Ideal Screen Type " 1928

Hollywood constantly measured the perfection of its starlets'
beauty against ideal types, whether ancient or self-fashioned

**mrcheese** · November 24th, 2010, 07:25 AM

Anita Page by Alfred Cheney Johnston:

**george anson** · March 5th, 2011, 05:02 PM

**george anson** · April 12th, 2011, 07:23 PM

Our Dancing Daughters by Sam Mannatt with Joan Crawford & Dorothy Sebastian: (1928)

Our Modern Maidens with Joan Crawford & Josephine Dunn: (1929)

While The City Sleeps: (1928)

By Clarence Bull:

By George Hurrell:

By Ruth Harriet Louise:

Miscellany:

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LeroyLargeCar Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 276 Thanks: 10,756 Thanked 18,552 Times in 268 Posts	Anita Page This lovely blonde was an MGM starlet during the cross-over period between silents and talkies, and turned in a number of dynamic performances. The Queens-born Page was signed by MGM fresh from high school and co-starred with several of their top leading men: Ramon Novarro ("The Flying Fleet" 1929); Lon Chaney ("While the City Sleeps" 1928); William Haines ("Telling the World" 1928; "Navy Blues" and "Speedway", both 1929); and Buster Keaton ("Free and Easy" 1930; "Sidewalks of New York" 1931). She made her first big impression as an amoral flapper in "Our Dancing Daughters" (1928), all but stealing the film from Joan Crawford; Page also appeared with Crawford in the two sequels, "Our Modern Maidens" (1929) and "Our Blushing Brides" (1930). Page shone in the all-talkie "Broadway Melody" (1929) and went on to make another dozen or so films in the early 1930s. The highlights were "War Nurse" (as an innocent on the front lines, 1930), "Night Court" (with Phillips Holmes, 1932), "The Easiest Way" (as Clark Gable's wife, 1931) and "Are You Listening?" (her last with Haines, 1932). She was also thrown into low-budget programmers such as "Gentleman's Fate" (1931, with the disgraced John Gilbert), and the Marie Dressler/Polly Moran comedies "Reducing" (1931) and "Prosperity" (1932). But a clash with a studio PR man and a greedy agent put Page on the outs with MGM, and she wound up in B films and on loan-out till her retirement in the mid-1930s. Briefly wed to songwriter Nacio Herb Brown (who dedicated "You Were Meant for Me" to her), she later married US Navy Admiral Herschell House, traveling the world and eventually settling down in California. Finding herself famous again in the 90s due to videotapes and film festivals, Page began giving interviews and making public appearances after 60 years of Garboesque retirement. Disappointed at narrowly losing a role to Katharine Hepburn in the remake of "Love Affair" (1994), Page made her first appearance before the cameras in 60 years, a cameo in the straight-to-video horror comedy "Sunset After Dark" (1995). Note for Sam Spade. If mini-bios like this aren't generally well received, please delete the post, o.k.? Last edited by LeroyLargeCar; November 15th, 2008 at 05:00 PM.. Reason: Added images

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george anson Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Watford Posts: 8,749 Thanks: 21,772 Thanked 293,404 Times in 8,926 Posts	Our Dancing Daughters by Sam Mannatt with Joan Crawford & Dorothy Sebastian: (1928) Our Modern Maidens with Joan Crawford & Josephine Dunn: (1929) While The City Sleeps: (1928) By Clarence Bull: By George Hurrell: By Ruth Harriet Louise: Miscellany: [Mod Edit - removed dead link] Last edited by Wendigo; May 16th, 2016 at 06:47 PM.. Reason: removed dead images

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