Dorothy Revier (April 18, 1904 - November 19, 1993) was an American silent film actress from Oakland, California. Events 1025 - Bolesław Chrobry is crowned in Gniezno, becoming the first King of Poland. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U Her birth name was Dorothy Velerga. She is described as dainty, standing about 5'4" in height.
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Professional dancer
She was educated in the public schools of Oakland before going to New York City to study classical dancing. The City of New York Later she went to Paris, France, and studied with the most notable dance instructors. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. She developed a great proficiency in the art. She became a cabaret dancer and was discovered by a talent agent.
Star of the silent Screen and early Westerns
Her ability as a professional dancer and her talent in playing emotional roles before the camera enhanced her popularity among Hollywood directors. Her debut as a star in came in The Broadway Madonna (1922). She was active throughout the 1920s, playing in The Virgin (1924), The Supreme Test (1923), An Enemy of Men (1925), Cleopatra (1928), and Tanned Legs (1929). After recovering from two broken arms suffered in a 1930 car accident, she played numerous film roles in low-budget silent movies and early sound motion pictures. Often she appeared as a femme fatale. A femme fatale (plural femmes fatales) is an alluring and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers in bonds of irresistible desire often leading them into In 1929 Dorothy played opposite Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in The Iron Mask. Douglas Fairbanks ( May 23 1883 – December 12 1939) was an American Actor, Screenwriter, director The Iron Mask is a 1929 Silent film adaptation of the last section of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas Her film career declined with the coming of sound and by the end of the 1930s she was performing mostly in Buck Jones Westerns. Buck Jones ( December 12 1891 &ndash November 30, 1942) was an American Motion picture star of the 1920s 1930s and After spending the majority of her film career as as among the brightest stars of Columbia Pictures, Dorothy free-lanced for about a year and a half. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company She returned to movies in 1933 with a part in Lovable Liar with Buck Jones and Arthur Rankin. Arthur Rankin (1816 &ndash March 13 1893) was a surveyor, entrepreneur and political figure in Canada West. Her last role was 'June Caldwell' in The Cowboy and the Kid (1936).
Noted For facial beauty
In November 1935 Dorothy was selected as the first of twenty film stars to pose for portraits of beautiful women. The portraits were to be presented in the Salon d' Art exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1936. Philadelphia (ˌfɪləˈdɛlfiə
Marriage and death
Miss Revier was married twice. One marriage was to director Harry J. Revier and the other to commercial artist William Pelayo. Both unions ended in divorce. In February 1923 the actress and Harry Revier were parents of a three-year-old baby. At the time the director was charged by his second wife, Mrs. Betty Revier, with bigamy. Betty was a former actress who filed the suit in a San Jose, California courtroom. Dorothy met Harry Revier in the summer of 1921 at Taft's old Farrell street cafe. He was filming Life's Greatest Question and was seeking a dancer. He offered her a role and she accepted.
Dorothy Revier died at the age of 89 at Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center and was interred at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Hollywood Hills, California, USA. Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery is part of the Forest Lawn chain of Southern California cemeteries The Hollywood Hills, an unofficial designation of part of Los Angeles, California, United States, are part of the eastern section of the low transverse She had been a resident of West Hollywood. West Hollywood, a city in Los Angeles County California, was incorporated on November 29, 1984.
References
- Fresno, California Bee Republican, Louella Parsons Column, February 1, 1933, Page 4. Louella Parsons ( August 6, 1881 &ndash December 9, 1972) was an American Gossip columnist.
- The New York Times, Dorothy Revier Dead; Silent Film Actress, 89, November 25, 1993, Page D19.
- Oakland, California Tribune, Mother Wife In Oakland Maid's Bigamy Tangle, February 23, 1923, Page 15. Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U
- Oakland Tribune, Oakland Girl Screen Star, Sunday, June 10, 1923, Page 12-A.
- Oakland Tribune, In New Hall of Fame, Thursday Evening, November 10, 1935, Page B25.
- Dorothy Revier at the Internet Movie Database
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