WAMPAS Baby Stars

...profile films, most notably in D. W. Griffith's 1928 film Drums of Love. In 1922 Philbin was awarded at the first annual WAMPAS Baby Stars awards, a promotional campaign sponsored by the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers in...

In this article: Mary Philbin, California, The Phantom of the Opera, Universal Pictures, D. W. Griffith, Chicago, Illinois, and Huntington Beach

...in several comedy short-films, along with Carole Lombard, who had been a school friend. In 1928 she was voted as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars, a yearly list of young actresses nominated by exhibitors based on their box-office appeal.

In this article: Sally Eilers, Quick Millions, George Raft, Mack Sennett, Carole Lombard, Spencer Tracy, Hollywood, and California

...going to Hollywood in 1922. There, her career received a major boost the following year when she was chosen as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. Signed by Douglas Fairbanks Sr., he failed to find a story for Brent. She left his company to...

In this article: Evelyn Brent, Paramount Pictures, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Hollywood, London, New York City, Los Angeles, and New Jersey

...Launa Anderson in Nashville, Tennessee, Andre attracted attention with her first films in Hollywood and was named as one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1932. She was signed to a movie contract by Paramount Pictures. When Paramount did not...

In this article: Lona Andre, Paramount Pictures, MGM, Toby Wing, Ed Norris, Sidney Fox, and Dorothy Lee

...Gigi Parrish was signed to a contract with Samuel Goldwyn's motion picture company and in 1934 she became one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars. Dillwyn and Gigi Parrish rented a beach house in Laguna Beach , next door to Mary Frances Kennedy...

In this article: Dillwyn Parrish, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, Gigi Parrish, Anne Parrish, Amputation, Maxfield Parrish, and Colorado Springs

...with Samuel Goldwyn's motion picture company, and in 1933 made her film debut in "Roman Scandals." She became one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars and toured the country to promote motion pictures through the Shriners sponsorship, then in 1934...

In this article: Gigi Parrish, Dillwyn Parrish, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher, California, Samuel Goldwyn, and Roman Scandals

The "WAMPAS Baby Stars" of 1932. Rear row : Toshia Mori, Boots Mallory, Ruth Hall , Gloria Stuart, Patricia Ellis, Ginger Rogers, Lilian Bond, Evalyn Knapp, Marian Shockley. Front row: Dorothy Wilson , Mary Carlisle, Lona Andre, Eleanor...

In this article: Dorothy Wilson, Helen Lynch, Eleanor Holm, Ruth Hall, Jean Arthur, Patricia Ellis, Mary Carlisle, and Evalyn Knapp

...films. Born as Laura LaPlant, La Plante made her acting debut at the age of 15, and in 1923 was named as one of the years WAMPAS Baby Stars. During the 1920s she appeared in more than sixty films. Among her early film appearances were Big...

In this article: Laura La Plante, Around the World in Eighteen Days, Perils of the Yukon, Universal Pictures, California, Alzheimer's disease, Violet La Plante, and Show Boat

...45 Minutes from Hollywood in 1926. She also appeared in Hal Roach's Our Gang series, and like her sister became one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1928. After appearing in a few dozen films in the 1930s she retired. She died in Avila Beach,...

In this article: Molly O'Day, Sally O'Neil, 45 Minutes From Hollywood, Hal Roach, Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, Avila Beach, California, and Bayonne, New Jersey

...Rich. She starred in six films that year, and another eight films in 1928. Also in 1928 she was one of thirteen girls named WAMPAS Baby Stars, alongside actress Sue Carol, among others. That year was her strongest, and her career was at its...

In this article: Audrey Ferris, H.B. Warner, Lillian Rich, Lon Chaney, Jr., Sue Carol, Lila Lee, and Huntley Gordon