Alma Rubens
2 credits on HibingeTV
American silent film actress, born in 1897. She rose to stardom at Triangle and Paramount, with notable roles in The World and Its Woman (1919) and Humoresque (1920). Her career was cut short by drug addiction, which she documented in a posthumously published memoir. She died in 1931.
Acted In
Drama, Silent
A Lower East Side boy from an immigrant Jewish family grows up to become a celebrated violinist, only to enlist and head to the trenches as war breaks out. Frank Borzage directed this Cosmopolitan Productions release, adapted by Frances Marion from a Fannie Hurst story, with Vera Gordon's Mama Kantor anchoring the family and Gaston Glass as the adult Leon. The film was a hit and a model for the immigrant-family melodramas that followed. As a work published before 1930, it is in the public domain in the United States.
Drama · Silent
Humoresque
1920 - as Gina Berg
Drama, Musical
The 1929 Show Boat was the first film adaptation of Edna Ferber's 1926 novel, produced by Carl Laemmle at Universal Pictures and directed by Harry A. Pollard. Laura La Plante stars as Magnolia Hawks, the daughter of a show boat captain, who falls for the gambler Gaylord Ravenal (Joseph Schildkraut). The film incorporates songs from Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II's 1927 stage musical, including "Ol' Man River" and "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man." Made during the transition to sound, the film is a part-talkie with both silent intertitles and sound sequences. As a work published before 1930, it is in the public domain in the United States.
Drama · Musical · Romance
Show Boat
1929 - as Julie Dozier