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Scarlet Pages is a 1930
drama film starring Elsie Ferguson
and directed by Ray Enright
. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. The film simultaneously marked the first time Ferguson talked on screen and the last picture she ever made. It is actually based on a 1929 Broadway play of the same name that starred Elsie Ferguson. Scarlet Pages occasionally turns up on the cable tv channel Turner Classic Movies
. It is one of two Elsie Ferguson films that survive, the other being the 1919 silent film The Witness for the Defense.
1930 in film
-Events:* November 1: The Big Trail featuring a young John Wayne in his first starring role is released in both 35mm, and a very early form of 70mm film and was the first large scale big-budget film of the sound era costing over $2 million. The film was praised for its aesthetic quality and realism...
drama film starring Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Ferguson
Elsie Louise Ferguson was an American stage and film actress.-Early life:Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Benson Ferguson, a successful attorney...
and directed by Ray Enright
Ray Enright
Ray Enright was an American film director. He directed 73 films between 1927 and 1953.He was born in Anderson, Indiana and died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.-Selected filmography:...
. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. The film simultaneously marked the first time Ferguson talked on screen and the last picture she ever made. It is actually based on a 1929 Broadway play of the same name that starred Elsie Ferguson. Scarlet Pages occasionally turns up on the cable tv channel Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies is a movie-oriented cable television channel, owned by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and MGM, United Artists, RKO and Warner Bros. film libraries...
. It is one of two Elsie Ferguson films that survive, the other being the 1919 silent film The Witness for the Defense.
Cast
- Elsie FergusonElsie FergusonElsie Louise Ferguson was an American stage and film actress.-Early life:Born in New York City, Elsie Ferguson was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Benson Ferguson, a successful attorney...
- Mary Bancroft - Marian NixonMarian Nixon-Career:Born Marian Nissinen in Superior, Wisconsin, Nixon began her career as a teen working as a chorus dancer on the vaudeville circuit. She began appearing in bit part in films in 1922 and landed her first substantial role in the 1923 film Cupid's Fireman, opposite Buck Jones. The following...
- Nora Mason - John HallidayJohn HallidayJohn Halliday was an American actor of stage and screen, who often played suave aristocrats and foreigners....
- District Attorney John Remington - Grant WithersGrant WithersGrant Withers was an American film actor. With early beginnings in the silent era, Withers moved into talkies establishing himself with a list of headlined features as a young and handsome male lead...
- Robert Lawrence - Daisy Belmore - Miss Isobel Kennedy
- William B. DavidsonWilliam B. DavidsonWilliam B. Davidson was an American film actor. He attended Columbia University where he played football. He became a popular football star. This fame eventually led to his foray into motion pictures after he had spent some time as a lawyer...
- Gregory Jackson - Jean Laverty - Carlotta Cortez
- Wilbur MackWilbur MackWilbur Mack was an American film actor and early vaudeville performer from the 1920s through the 1960s. His film acting career began during the silent film era....
- Mr. Henry Mason - Charlotte WalkerCharlotte Walker (actress)Charlotte Walker was a Broadway theater actress from Galveston, Texas. She was the mother of character actress Sara Haden-Stage Actress:...
- Mrs. Mason - Neely EdwardsNeely EdwardsNeely Edwards was an American film actor of the silent era. He appeared in 174 films between 1915 and 1959...
- Barnes - Helen FergusonHelen FergusonHelen Ferguson was an American actress later turned publicist.Born in Decatur, Illinois in 1901, she graduated from Nicholas High School of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts. Ferguson was a newspaper reporter before entering the motion picture field.It is thought she made her debut in films in...
- Miss Hutchinson (Mary's secretary) - Fred KelseyFred KelseyFrederick Alvin "Fred" Kelsey was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. He appeared in 404 films between 1911 and 1958, often playing policemen or detectives . He also directed 37 films between 1914 and 1920...
- James Murphy
