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Originally posted on October 6, 2021. Since publishing this post, the library of congress has uploaded the shooting script. I plan to revisit this reconstruction in the future to fix any issues / add content where needed. On November 20, 1916, Fox Film Corporation released the five reel movie “Jealousy” starring Valeska Suratt in her…
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Originally posted June 8, 2021 This is a very special piece of film footage. It is “home movie” footage of Valeska Suratt from around 1917. This was shot by Valeska’s nephew, Richard Suratt, who was working for Pathe at the time. I suspect the footage was to be used in a newsreel of sorts (perhaps…
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Originally posted on February 2, 2021. Since publishing this post, the library of congress has since uploaded the shooting script. I plan to revisit this recreation in the future to alter my synopsis where it is needed. On September 18, 1916, Fox released Valeska Suratt’s third film, tilted “The Straight Way.” Her last movie was…
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Originally posted on July 22, 2020. “The Immigrant” is Valeska Suratt’s second film, however it is the ONLY film she did that was not under Fox. How did this happen? Typically actors/actresses of the era were under contract to a particular studio. Was Valeska a “free agent”? Well, not quite it seems. Upon my research…
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Originally posted July 14, 2020 This picture has been mis-identified as Valeska for years on the internet and here is the proof to set the story straight. This picture: is not of Valeska. It is of actress Betty Compson and this is from the 1916 short film “Hist! At Six O’Clock.” Here is the short…
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Originally posted on July 1, 2020 Here are scans from the March 1916 Photo Play article about Valeska.
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Originally posted May 12, 2020 In August 1916, Photo Play Magazine featured two (!) stories from Valeska Suratt, as well as having her grace the cover of the magazine. To view them in a larger format, right click on the photo and view it in a separate tab/window, which will allow you to see it…
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Originally published May 8, 2020. Here is a page spread that featured Valeska Suratt in the November 1919 issue of “Shadowland.”
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Originally posted April 27, 2020. I recently obtained sheet music for the song “When Broadway was a Pasture”. According to “The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville” by Anthony Slide, in December 1910, Valeska starred in her own 30 minute mini-revue at Hammerstein’s Victoria Theatre titled “Bouffe Variety.” Her leading man was Fletcher Norton (her one time husband).…
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Originally published on May 7, 2020. Let it be known, since publishing this recreation, the library of congress has uploaded a shooting script. One of these days I plan to revisit this recreation and see what I got right/wrong and make adjustments. Until then, here is my original post: The main purpose of this website…
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