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8/9/2014

Florence Lawrence in 'The Country Doctor' - #4 of #100silent films

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I did another search on YouTube (oh, the glorious things you can find on there ... and some frightening stuff, as well), this time for Mary Pickford films. I hate to admit I've never seen a complete movie of hers. What came up was "The Country Doctor," a 1909 Biography film. While Pickford is in it, she's not a lead. The female lead is Florence Lawrence.

While Mary Pickford's name is familiar (at least to film buffs and fans of old Hollywood), Ms. Lawrence is less known--at least in general. She is known as the "first movie star" because actors were uncredited in movies before her. She was uncredited for a while, too, until she gained popularity with audiences and they wanted to know who "the Biograph Girl" was. The Biograph Company made films from 1895 to 1928. It was the first company devoted to only making films (source).


The cast and even director (D.W. Griffith) are uncredited, but you can view them here.


Florence Lawrence (1890-1938)
Buried in Hollywood Forever
She did not have a grave marker until 1991, when actor Roddy McDowall purchased one for her and had it placed.

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Hollywood Forever - Photo from http://www.northernstars.ca/actorsjkl/lawrence_florence_bio.html

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