Gertrude Bambrick (August 24, 1897 – January 10, 1974) was an American actress of the silent era . She appeared in 60 films between 1912 and 1916.
15-397: The Kings Cross Theatre was located at the corner of Darlinghurst Road and Victoria Street, Sydney, between 1916 and 1966. The Kings Cross Theatre and opened on Friday 14 April 1916. The Theatre was managed by Waddigton's and boasted 2000 seats, a new ventilation system and beautifully decorated stage. The Secret Orchard starring Blanche Sweet was chosen for the opening night and within
30-663: A career phase as one of the newly-formed MGM 's biggest stars. Sweet's career faltered with the advent of sound films. Sweet made just three talking pictures, including her critically lauded performance in Show Girl in Hollywood (1930), then retired in 1930 and married stage actor Raymond Hackett in 1935. The marriage lasted until Hackett's death in 1958. Sweet spent the remainder of her performing career in radio and in secondary stage roles on Broadway. Eventually, her career in both of these fields faded, and she began working in
45-621: A department store in Los Angeles. In the late 1960s, her acting legacy was resurrected when film scholars invited her to Europe to receive recognition for her work. In 1975, she was honored with the George Eastman Award for distinguished contribution to the art of film. In 1980, Sweet was one of the many featured surviving silent film stars interviewed at length in Kevin Brownlow's documentary Hollywood . Sweet
60-466: A few weeks its nightly showings became a popular venue for Sydneysiders. In August 1928 the theatre was renovated to increase its seating capacity and install a Wurlitzer orchestral organ . The total amount for the alterations and additions to the theatre was £15.000. The addition of the Grand Wurlitzer was of some importance at the time as Waddington's engaged Joseph Wayne from America to play
75-652: Is the subject of a 1982 documentary by Anthony Slide, titled Portrait of Blanche Sweet , in which she talks of her life and her career. On September 24, 1984, a tribute to Sweet was held at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. Sweet introduced her 1925 film The Sporting Venus. Sweet died of a stroke in New York City on September 6, 1986. Her ashes were later scattered within the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens . Gertrude Bambrick Bambrick
90-471: The first film version of Anna Christie in 1923. The film is notable as being the first Eugene O'Neill play to be made into a motion picture. Of Sweet’s performance, The New York Times wrote: “It would be difficult to imagine any actress doing better in this exacting role.” In successive years, she starred in Tess of the d'Urbervilles and The Sporting Venus , both directed by Neilan. Sweet soon began
105-611: The most underrated of screen actresses; it is highly probable that had she not left D. W. Griffith she would have been given the role of Elsie Stoneman in The Birth of a Nation (1915).”—Film historian Paul O’Dell in Griffith and the Rise of Hollywood (1970) Sweet was known for her energetic, independent roles, at variance with the 'ideal' Griffith type of vulnerable, often fragile, femininity. After many starring roles, her landmark film
120-506: The north was the Kings Cross News Reel. Contrary to its name, in the 1950s this 298-seat upstairs joint, managed by K F E Cook, showed feature films of the vintage variety. Blanche Sweet Sarah Blanche Sweet (June 18, 1896 – September 6, 1986) was an American silent film actress who began her career in the early days of the motion picture film industry. Born Sarah Blanche Sweet (though her first name Sarah
135-641: The organ augmented with an orchestra. The theatre underwent further renovations in 1935 to extend the seating and redecorate the interior. In 1963 the theatre was closed and the Proclamation published in the Government Gazette of 20 April 1916 was revoked. Between 1963 and 1966 the site was occupied by John Harrigan's Surf City. The building was demolished in 1966 and replaced by the Crest Hotel. Not far on same side along Darlighurst Road to
150-456: The play The Battle of the Strong with Marie Burroughs and Maurice Barrymore . A decade later, Sweet acted with Barrymore's son Lionel in a D. W. Griffith -directed film. In 1909, she started work at Biograph Studios under contract to director D. W. Griffith. By 1910, she had become a rival to Mary Pickford , who had started for Griffith the previous year. “Blanche Sweet is one of
165-509: Was able to afford. Because the Biograph company refused to reveal the names of its actors, the British distributor M. P. Sales billed Sweet as Daphne Wayne. Throughout the 1910s, Sweet continued her career appearing in a number of highly prominent roles in films and remained a publicly popular leading lady. She often starred in vehicles by Cecil B. DeMille and Marshall Neilan , and she
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#1732790514718180-607: Was married twice. Her first marriage to early film director Marshall Neilan ended in divorce and resulted in one child, Marshall Neilan Jr, who later became a successful film editor . Neilan fell in love with Bambrick while working in New York City in 1914, and at the time he was a rising star in film direction. At one point during their marriage he was earning $ 15,000 per week. He was involved in several affairs during their marriage. Bambrick retired from acting in 1916 after marrying Neilan, before her career could ever really take off. Bambrick divorced Neilan in 1921 after discovering he
195-455: Was rarely used) in Chicago, Illinois in 1896, she was the daughter of Pearl Alexander, a dancer, and Gilbert Joel Sweet, a wine merchant. The actors Antrim and Gertrude Short were cousins of Blanche. Her mother died when she was an infant, and she was raised by her maternal grandmother, Cora Blanche Alexander. Cora Alexander found her many parts as a young child. At age 4, she toured in
210-469: Was recognised by leading film critics of the time to be one of the foremost actresses of the entire silent era. It was during her time working with Neilan that the two began a publicized affair, which brought on his divorce from former actress Gertrude Bambrick . Sweet and Neilan married in 1922. The union ended in 1929 with Sweet's charging that Neilan was a persistent adulterer. During the early 1920s, Sweet's career continued to prosper, and she starred in
225-477: Was the 1911 Griffith thriller The Lonedale Operator . In 1913, she starred in Judith of Bethulia , Griffith's first feature film. In 1914, Sweet was considered by Griffith for the part of Elsie Stoneman in his epic The Birth of a Nation (1915), but the role went to Lillian Gish . The same year, Sweet parted ways with Griffith and joined Paramount (then Famous Players–Lasky) for the much higher pay that studio
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