Dorothy Dalton

Dorothy Dalton (September 22, 1893 – April 13, 1972) was an American silent film actress and stage personality who worked her way from a stock company to a movie career. Beginning in 1910, Dalton was a player in stock companies in Chicago; Terre Haute, Indiana; and Holyoke, Massachusetts. She joined the Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation vaudeville circuits. By 1914 she was working in Hollywood.

For the gymnast, see Dorothy Dalton (gymnast).

Dorothy Dalton
Dalton in 1920
Born(1893-09-22)September 22, 1893
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedApril 13, 1972(1972-04-13) (aged 78)
Scarsdale, New York, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1910–1924
Spouses
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(m. 1913; div. 1914)​
    1914
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      (m. 1924; died 1955)​
      RelativesElaine Hammerstein (stepdaughter)

      Career
      Dalton in 1924. In 1922, she had bobbed her hair.[1]

      Born in Chicago, Dalton made her movie debut in 1914 in Pierre of the Plains, co-starring Edgar Selwyn, followed by the lead role in Across the Pacific that same year. In 1915, she appeared with William S. Hart in The Disciple. This production came before she left Triangle Film Corporation and was signed to Thomas Harper Ince Studios. While Ince meant to cast her in mature roles, she had preferred to play ingénues.[2]

      Her role in The Disciple, however, in which she attracts a man who is not her husband, led to her being cast as a vamp. Her vamp, however, was untraditional in that she vamped unconsciously; in the words of Kay Anthony, "Not because she wanted people to think she was a full-fledged shatterer of hearts before the camera did she make pulses beat hard and fast, but because she couldn't help it: 'I guess I just must have been born that way!'"[3]

      Ince's company was operative from 1919 until his death in 1924. With Ince, she played in The Price Mark and Love Letters, both co-starring William Conklin. Dalton also performed with Rudolph Valentino in Moran of the Lady Letty (1922), and with H.B. Warner in The Flame of the Yukon (1917) and The Vagabond Prince (1916). Dalton's stage career included performances as Chrysis in Aphrodite by Morris Gest in 1920.[4]

      Personal life and death

      Dalton was first married to actor Lew Cody (lead actor in the Broadway version of Pierre of the Plains) in 1913, divorcing him then remarrying him in 1914 and divorcing him again.[5][6] In 1924 she married theatrical producer Arthur Hammerstein, uncle of lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II and son of impresario Oscar Hammerstein I.[7] They had a daughter, Carol Hammerstein.[8] After this marriage, Dalton retired. Arthur Hammerstein died in 1955.

      Dorothy Dalton died in 1972, age 78, at her home in Scarsdale, New York.[9] For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Dorothy Dalton has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street.[10]

      Filmography
      Dalton on the cover of Motion Picture Classic, November 1921, cover art by Benjamin Eggleston (1867-1937).
      The Dark Road (1917)
      The Kaiser's Shadow (1918)
      Extravagance (1919)
      Year Title Role Notes
      1914 Pierre of the Plains Jen Galbraith
      Across the Pacific Elsie Escott
      1915 The Disciple Mary Houston
      1916 The Three Musketeers Queen Anne Alternative title: D'Artagnan
      The Raiders Dorothy Haldeman
      Civilization's Child Ellen McManus
      The Captive God Tecolote
      The Jungle Child Ollante Alternative title: The Barbarian
      The Vagabond Prince Lola "Fluffy"
      A Gamble in Souls Freda Maxey
      The Female of the Species Gloria Marley Alternative title: The Vampire
      1917 The Weaker Sex Ruth Tilden
      Chicken Casey Chicken Casey/Mavis Marberry Alternative title: Waifs
      Back of the Man Ellen Horton
      The Dark Road Cleo Morrison Alternative title: The Road to Honour
      Wild Winship's Widow Catherine Winship
      The Flame of the Yukon Ethel Evans/The Flame Extant; Library of Congress
      Ten of Diamonds Neva Blaine
      The Price Mark Paula Lee Extant; Library of Congress
      Love Letters Eileen Rodney Extant; Library of Congress
      1918 Flare-Up Sal Flare-Up Sal Extant; Library of Congress
      Love Me Maida Madison Extant; Library of Congress
      Unfaithful Helen Karge
      Tyrant Fear Allaine Grandet Extant; Library of Congress
      The Mating of Marcella Marcella Duranzo
      The Kaiser's Shadow Paula Harris Alternative title: The Triple Cross
      Green Eyes Shirley Hunter
      Vive la France! Genevieve Bouchette Extant; Cinematheque Royale de Belgique
      Dorothy Dalton in a Liberty Loan Appeal Red Cross nurse
      Quicksand Mary Bowen Alternative title: Quicksands
      1919 The Market of Souls Helen Armes
      Hard Boiled Corinne Melrose
      Extravagance Helen Douglas
      The Homebreaker Mary Marbury
      The Lady of Red Butte Faro Fan Alternative title: The Lady of Red Brute
      Other Men's Wives Cynthia Brock
      L'apache Natalie "La Bourget" Bourget/Helen Armstrong
      His Wife's Friend Lady Miriam Grimwood
      1920 Black Is White Margaret Brood/Yvonne Strakosch Extant; Library of Congress
      The Dark Mirror Priscilla Maine/Nora O'Moore
      Guilty of Love Thelma Miller
      Half an Hour Lady Lillian Garson
      A Romantic Adventuress Alice Vanni
      1921 The Idol of the North Colette Brissac
      Behind Masks Jeanne Mesurier Alternative titles: In Men's Eyes
      Jeanne of the Marshes...Extant; Library of Congress
      Fool's Paradise Poll Patchouli Extant; Library of Congress
      1922 Moran of the Lady Letty Moran Letty Sternersen Extant; Library of Congress
      The Crimson Challenge Tharon Last
      The Woman Who Walked Alone The Honorable Iris Champneys (*Extant; Gosfilmofond)
      The Siren Call Charlotte Woods, a dancer (*Extant; Gosfilmofond)
      On the High Seas Leone Deveraux
      1923 Dark Secrets Ruth Rutherford
      Fog Bound Gale Brenon
      Law of the Lawless Sahande
      1924 The Moral Sinner Leah Kleschna
      The Lone Wolf Lucy Shannon

      References
      1. Staff (March 1922). "And They Said It Wasn't Smart Any More—Oh, Well—". Photoplay. Chicago: Photoplay Publishing Company. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
      2. Taves, Brian (2012). Thomas Ince: Hollywood's Independent Pioneer. University Press of Kentucky. p. 133. ISBN 978-0813134222.
      3. Anthony, Kay (1916). Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual. New York: Motion Picture News, Inc. p. 149.
      4. "Dorothy Dalton". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on May 31, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
      5. Dorothy Dolton and Lewis J. Cody in the New Jersey, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-2016. 1913. New Jersey State Archives; Trenton, New Jersey; Marriage Indexes; Index Type: Bride; Year Range: 1910-1914; Surname Range: D - G.
      6. "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N7F9-954 : 10 March 2018), Lewis J. Cody and Dorothy Dalton, 07 Jul 1914.
      7. "Milestones". Time. May 24, 1924. Archived from the original on November 21, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2009.
      8. "Famous Name Comes To Gretna Playhouse". Elizabethtown Chronicle. June 6, 1947. p. 6. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
      9. Willis, John A. (1973). John Willis' Theatre World. Crown Publishers. p. 265. ISBN 0-517-50096-5.
      10. "Dorothy Dalton". Hollywood Walk of Fame. Archived from the original on May 31, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
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