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Anita Page starred with Lon Chaney Sr - and now she's gone...
Hey folks, Harry here... It's a rare thing these days to talk about the passing of a Silent Film and Early Talkie Star - but ANITA PAGE has moved on at the age of 98. She was first on screen in 1925 - and her last part is in FRANKENSTEIN RISING - due out... THIS YEAR! She plays Elizabeth Frankenstein.
But back in her heyday... she was second only to Greta Garbo in fan letters, was a guest living at William Randolph Heart's castle - and was working with the likes of Lon Chaney, Buster Keaton, Mickey Rooney, Marie Dressler, Bessie Love, Walter Huston, Hattie McDaniel, John Gilbert, Adolphe Menjou, Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Joan Crawford and tons more!
But for me - I'm a Lon Chaney freak, I love his films - I know she had a tiny part in WEST OF ZANZIBAR - but she was Myrtle in WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS - the film in which Chaney became a cantankerous police detective that takes Anita into protective custody. The film is an amazing look at a different side of Lon Chaney - and you can't help but react to the lovely Anita Page.
Too often in today's society we miss the great silent sirens - Anita was one of those - you can't see many of her films, but take a look at these videos and see if your interest is spurred on. We lost an amazing link to cinematic history - and from everything I've heard, an amazing lady.
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An obit from a silent film actor is a rare thing indeed. Even rarer now.
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Goodbye super-old lady!!!
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Thats too bad.
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my condolences go out to those...who...died before her?
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A rare and beautiful talent. May she rest in peace and may everyone look back amongst all the Crazy Hollywood rubbish now and realize those simple and wonderful talents that we don't have now. SHe was an artist. Everyone now is a commodity. Art is lost in this era... and this sad obituary makes it clear.
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and she lived a nice long life...rip to one of the last original screen sirens
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when is it going to be released on DVD?
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She was still answering fan letters well into her nineties - I know, because I wrote to her and she wrote back!
It was quite surreal to receive a signed photo from a co-star of Buster Keaton. Her passing marks quite an epoch, as she really was the last surviving big star of the golden era of silent film.
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Her daughter Sandra (now deceased)worked as an artist for Hanna Barbera and Disney Studios. Sandra was also was one of the leading artists on "The Chipmunk Adventure" for Ross Bagdasarian Jr. They were a very talented family. TMC occationally runs some of Anita's films -- I think "Night Court" is one of her best. She said she was friends with Buster Keaton, but her film "Free and Easy" (also on TMC)is one of the lousy films he made with MGM.(she plays the pretty girlfriend with the annoying mother)Her other daughter Linda is still alive and my prayers go out to her. I'd also like to thank Actor Randal Mallone for looking after Anita until the end.
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