Barbara Castleton
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Barbara Castleton was an American silent film
actress. Castleton appeared in motion pictures from 1914 through 1923, accumulating twenty-eight screen credits.
, Castleton was one of the lower echelon stars who made films for Samuel Goldwyn Studio
, along with Cullen Landis
, James Kirkwood
, and Rowland Lee
. The company's major stars were Madge Kennedy
, Geraldine Farrar
, Will Rogers
, and Tom Moore. Her first performance as a film actress came in The Ordeal (1914). She had the lead in Branding Iron (1920), a film directed by Reginald Barker.
. She contended that he gambled and lived beyond his income. The decree was granted on ground of cruelty. Castleton wed playwright Willard Mack
in June 1920.
Castleton was a collector of furniture. In March 1923 she purchased a pair of early seventeenth century blue velvet armchairs with Van Dyke fringe and an octagonal walnut center table with an elaborate carved base, also from the seventeenth century. The pieces were purchased at the Dabissi sale of fine old furniture held at the American Art Galleries in New York City
.
Castleton died in Boca Raton, Florida
in 1978.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
actress. Castleton appeared in motion pictures from 1914 through 1923, accumulating twenty-eight screen credits.
Career
Born in Little Rock, ArkansasLittle Rock, Arkansas
Little Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
, Castleton was one of the lower echelon stars who made films for Samuel Goldwyn Studio
Samuel Goldwyn Studio
Samuel Goldwyn Studio was the name that Samuel Goldwyn used to refer to the Pickford-Fairbanks Studios lot and the offices and stages that his company, Goldwyn Pictures, rented there during the 1920s and 1930s...
, along with Cullen Landis
Cullen Landis
Cullen Landis was an American motion picture actor and director whose career began in the early years of the silent film era.-Biography:...
, James Kirkwood
James Kirkwood, Sr.
James Kirkwood, Sr. was an American actor and director....
, and Rowland Lee
Rowland Lee
Bishop Rowland Lee was an English administrator and bishop of Coventry and Lichfield.He belonged to a Northumberland family and was educated at Cambridge. Having entered the Church he obtained several livings owing to the favour of Cardinal Wolsey; after Wolsey's fall he rose high in the esteem of...
. The company's major stars were Madge Kennedy
Madge Kennedy
Madge Kennedy was a movie and stage actress of the silent film era....
, Geraldine Farrar
Geraldine Farrar
Geraldine Farrar was an American soprano opera singer and film actress, noted for her beauty, acting ability, and "the intimate timbre of her voice." She had a large following among young women, who were nicknamed "Gerry-flappers".- Early life and opera career :Farrar was born in Melrose,...
, Will Rogers
Will Rogers
William "Will" Penn Adair Rogers was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the world's best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s....
, and Tom Moore. Her first performance as a film actress came in The Ordeal (1914). She had the lead in Branding Iron (1920), a film directed by Reginald Barker.
Personal life and death
Her first husband was George W. Zimmerman, an attorney from Vancouver, British Columbia. Castleton won a divorce suit from Zimmerman in October 1921 in Reno, NevadaReno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...
. She contended that he gambled and lived beyond his income. The decree was granted on ground of cruelty. Castleton wed playwright Willard Mack
Willard Mack
Willard Mack was a Canadian-born actor, director, and playwright.Born Charles McLaughlin, in Morrisburg, Ontario, at an early age his family moved to Brooklyn, New York. After two years, they relocated to Cedar Rapids, Iowa where McLaughlin finished high school...
in June 1920.
Castleton was a collector of furniture. In March 1923 she purchased a pair of early seventeenth century blue velvet armchairs with Van Dyke fringe and an octagonal walnut center table with an elaborate carved base, also from the seventeenth century. The pieces were purchased at the Dabissi sale of fine old furniture held at the American Art Galleries in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
.
Castleton died in Boca Raton, Florida
Boca Raton, Florida
Boca Raton is a city in Palm Beach County, Florida, USA, incorporated in May 1925. In the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 74,764; the 2006 population recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 86,396. However, the majority of the people under the postal address of Boca Raton, about...
in 1978.
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1914 | The Ordeal | Alternative title: The Mothers of Liberty | |
1916 | A Daughter of the Gods A Daughter of the Gods A Daughter of the Gods is a silent film that featured Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman.The film was controversial because of the sequences of what was regarded as superfluous nudity by the main character, Nydia, played by Kellerman... |
||
1917 | For the Freedom of the World | Betty Milburn | |
Her Good Name | Agnes Gurnee | ||
God's Man | Bertie | ||
On Trial | Mrs. Robert Strickland | ||
Parentage | Agnes Melton | ||
Sins of Ambition | Ruth Maxwell | ||
1918 | Empty Pockets | Muriel Schuyler | |
Vengeance | Lady Elsie Drillingcourt | ||
The Heart of a Girl | Betty Lansing | ||
Heredity | Nedda Trevor, as an adult | Alternative title: The Blood of the Trevors | |
Just Sylvia | Sylvia | ||
1919 | Peg o' My Heart | Ethel Chicester | |
What Love Forgives | |||
The Silver King | |||
The Rough Neck | Frances | Alternative title: The Roughneck | |
The Man Who Turned White | |||
Dangerous Hours Dangerous Hours Dangerous Hours is a 1919 silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo. Prints of the film survive in the UCLA Film and Television Archive. It premiered in February 1920.The film was based on a short story published in the Saturday Evening Post... |
May Weston | ||
1920 | Dangerous Days | Audrey Valentine | |
Out of the Storm | Margaret Hill | ||
The Branding Iron | Joan Carver | ||
1921 | The Child Thou Gavest Me | Norma Huntley | |
1922 | False Fronts | Helen Baxter | |
What's Wrong with the Women? What's Wrong with the Women? What's Wrong with the Women? is a silent film Jazz Age drama, directed by Roy William Neill, produced by Daniel Carson Goodman, and starring Barbara Castleton and Constance Bennett.... |
Janet Lee | ||
The Streets of New York | Lucy Bloodgood | ||
My Friend the Devil | Anna Ryder | ||
1923 | The Net | Allayne Norman |
External links
- Barbara Castleton photo at NYP Library