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Cal York, Photoplay, New York, December 1925.
Georgia Hale
(...) Cover Design From a Painting by Livingston Geer,
Photoplay, Dec. 1925
& Cal York
(...) Photo, Photoplay, March 1934, detail
& „Salvation Hunters“ Scene with Georgia Hale (r.) – „Salvation
Hunters“ A Josef von Sternberg Production. This is the
most talked of, the most sensational production of the year.
It has been universally praised and where it has been
exploited it has broken no end of box-office records; in one
case, records that have been standing seven years.
„For entertainment value, sincere human interest and for
actualities,“ the reviewer of the N. Y. Morning
Telegraph says, „I have yet to see a greater production.
It is the finest thing I have seen in pictures.“
Now Booking United Artists Corporation
(...) Ad Photo, Exhibitors Trade Review, March 21, 1925, detail
„Photoplay believes that it isn‘t likely to forget her“
Editorial content. „The Girl on the Cover
By Cal York“
Photo. „Georgia Hale, whose beauty
and intelligence waited long for a chance in pictures.“
„She has a rare opportunity – one that comes
to few girls of her years. What is Georgia Hale going to do
with it?
Photoplay has selected Miss Hale as its ,girl on the cover,‘
in spite of the fact that she has appeared in important
roles in only two pictures. One of those pictures – The Salvation
Hunters – was a terrible flop. The other was The Gold
Rush, and Miss Hale was the leading woman for Charles
Chaplin.
And yet Photoplay believes that Miss Hale is one
of the interesting young actresses on the screen.
In spite of bad direction and a dreary story, she gave a striking
and memorable performance in The Salvation Hunters.
It was a sheer triumph of personality. It would have been an
achievement for an experienced actress. And yet the
little extra girl, who hadn‘t been able to find a position in any
of the big studios, ran away with all the honors of the
strange production.
Oddly enough, her first screen test was made by Photoplay
three years ago for the Goldwyn New Faces Contest.
But the Goldwyn judge, Mr. Bowes, could not see her at all.
Charles Chaplin has engaged Miss Hale for his
next production. He has great faith in her ability, although
he believes that she still has much to learn.
But, most of all, Chaplin thinks that she needs assurance,
ease and self-confidence. Georgia Hale‘s career has
not been one to give her these qualities, for they are attributes
that usually come only with continued successes.
Georgia Hale came to Hollywood several years ago.
She had won a beauty contest in Chicago and she
hoped to find a position waiting for her. But plunged into the midst
of the unfamiliar life of the studios, she found that her
beauty was useless and that her intelligence and her willingness
to learn were of even less importance. She had hoped
for recognition; she soon learned that she didn‘t even have
a chance.
Just as she was about to give up the fight and go home,
Miss Hale met Josef von Sternberg – the strangest fish
in a queer sea. Von Sternberg asked her to play the leading
role in The Salvation Hunters, promising her a chance,
even if it meant working without salary.
The Salvation Hunters made Georgia Hale, although
only a small section of the public saw the picture.
But it made her with the directors who hadn‘t been willing
to try her out when she was an inexperienced
extra girl.
In The Gold Rush, the public sees Georgia Hale
for the first time. And Photoplay believes that it isn‘t likely
to forget her.“
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