Esther Ralston
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American film actress, born in 1902. Known as the "American Venus" for her blonde beauty, she was a leading lady of the silent era. She played Mrs. Darling in the 1924 Peter Pan and graduated to starring roles in Paramount features through the late 1920s. Her career faded with sound. She died in 1994.
Acted In
Comedy
A district attorney, hoping to surprise his wife, disguises himself as a woman, just as his wife secretly returns home and a pair of mistaken-identity impostors descend on the house. Edward Everett Horton stars in this farcical pre-Code comedy. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Comedy
Lonely Wives
1931 - as Madeline
Fantasy, Adventure
The first film adaptation of J.M. Barrie's play, made with Barrie's blessing and his personal choice of Betty Bronson for the title role. Herbert Brenon's production preserves the stage business, including an animal impersonator as the Darling family's dog Nana and the crocodile, and the famous moment when the audience is asked to clap if they believe in fairies. Ernest Torrence's Captain Hook set the template for every screen Hook to follow, and the film's success helped convince a young Walt Disney that Peter Pan was worth adapting himself. Long thought lost, a copy was recovered by film historian James Card in the 1950s. The film entered the public domain in the United States in 2020.
Fantasy · Adventure · Family · Silent
Peter Pan
1924 - as Mrs. Darling