CHARMING Ella Hall never had a role more particularly suited to her delicately
tinted type of blonde beauty than that of leading woman in "Westbound
99." Her remarkable beauty is further augmented by a rare histrionic
ability to interpret any kind of emotional role called for before the motion
picture camera.
Miss Hall left the screen at the height of her career, soon after her
marriage to Emory Johnson. She was born in New York City and made her first
stage appearance while a child. Under the direction of David Belasco, she
appeared in "The Grand Army Man," and later understudied Mary
Pickford in "The Warrens of Virginia." While playing with Isabel
Irving in "The Girl Who Had Everything." Miss Hall paid a visit
to Mary Pickford at the old Biograph studios and was offered a small part
by D. W. Griffith.
She remained with Biograph for two years, appearing in minor roles under
Griffith's direction, and then left to go with Universal, where she was
starred in a serial, "The Master Key." She later appeared in "The
Green Orphan," "Jewel in Pawn," "We Are French,"
"My Little Boy," "Green Magic" and "Jewel,"
in which production she scored her greatest triumph.
During her retirement from the screen, Miss Hall was besieged with offers
to appear again on the silver sheet, but she was so busy caring for junior
and Brother, her two babies, she turned a deaf ear to the furthering of
her professional career. Friend husband, Emory Johnson, finally persuaded
her to again don make-up and grease paint for "In the Name of the Law,"
She scored so heavily in the production that she was selected as the feminine
lead in "Westbound 99."
Miss Hall says her favorite hobby, as well as her favorite sport, is
taking care of her two children. She has blue eyes and beautiful golden
hair, Dickens is her favorite author. |