THE Zeigfeld Follies has been the stepping stone to the screen for many
girls. Most of them have sunk into oblivion after their first effort before
the camera, but a few others have mounted the ladder of achievement steadily,
adding fame and popularity with each new release.
Prominent among these latter is Shannon Day, a petite creature, just
briming of life and pep and possessed of that one absolutely necessary quality
for success in pictures -a screen personality. In her latest effort, the
role of the little French model in "The Woman He Married," with
Anita Stewart as star, Miss Day is called upon for some intensely dramatic
work, and she carries the part with the ease of a Broadway star.
Another unusual phase of her connection with the Zeigfeld Follies is
that she is one of the comparatively few New York girls who have qualified
for that famous aggregation. Most of the Zeigfeld girls come from out of
town. Miss Day was under Zeigfeld's management for three years, starting
in the Follies and graduating to the Midnite Frolic, where she made her
last stage appearance two years ago. Her first name originally was Sylvia,
but she was called Shannon so much because of impersonating the Shannon
River in a feature song act that she finally adopted it as her name.
Prior to joining the cast of "The Woman He Married," which
will be released as a Louis B. Mayer - First National attraction, Miss Day
appeared in "Man-Woman-Marriage," "The Affairs of Anatol,"
"His Back Against the Wall," "After the Show," "Sacred
and Profane Love" and other big specials.
Recently Miss Day has attained greater fame as an emotional actress in
"One Clear Call," "All the Brothers Were Valiant," "Captain
Fly by Night" and "North of the Rio Grande." Miss Day is
fond of outdoor sports and her hobby is dancing.
She is five feet one inch tall; she weighs 107 pounds, and has dark hair
and blue eves. She is unmarried and lives in Los Angeles. |