Thursday, January 4, 2024

Sally O'Neil in "Jazz Heaven, 1929" by Bob Harman


At first I thought this was Ruby Keeler, but this is an early film actress called Sally O'Neil. She was a WAMPAS Baby Star of 1926--a class that included Dolores Costello, Mary Astor and Joan Crawford.

WAMPAS--the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers--promoted budding young stars while also raising the profile of the publicity agents behind the star-making machinery.

Sally O'Neil's heyday was in the silent films of the 1920s.

                                                        

 

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