Shirley Mason

Shirley Mason

Date of Birth: 06 Jun 1900

Country: USA

Biography: She and her two sisters Edna and Virginia (Viola Dana) went on to pursue careers in the stage, through the insistence of their mother. Mason made her film debut at the age of 11 in the film The Threshold of Life (1911). As a child actress, she was not in very high demand, and it was not until 1915 that she played her next role in the film Vanity Fair. In 1917, her career saw a major advance as she was cast in thirteen films that year alone, and was given the title role in the movie The Awakening

Total Credits at Criticker: 8 (Actor)

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    Treasure Island
    Young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of the buried treasure of the buccaneer Captain Flint, in this adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. (imdb)
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    Don Juan\
    Johann Aridi, famous pianist and noted lover, finds that Ninette Cavallar, daughter of his hostess, has fallen in love with him, he welcomes the chance for yet another boudoir-conquest until he discovers she is only sixteen-years-old. He suggest that she look with favor upon a younger suitor, Guilio Roberti. When he returns from his world concert-tour, he finds that Ninette still holds her love for him... (imdb)
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    A Christmas Carol
    Based on the story by Charles Dickens: Ebenezer Scrooge is well known for his harsh, miserly ways, until he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, and then by three other spirits. (imdb)
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    Let It Rain
    American silent comedy film produced by and starring Douglas MacLean, featuring Boris Karloff.
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    Desert Gold
    Based on a story by Zane Grey, Desert Gold is a remake of the 1919 film of the same name. Neil Hamilton stars as George Thorne, a U.S. cavalry lieutenant in love with fair senorita Mercedes Castaneda (Shirley Mason). When Mercedes is kidnapped by scurrilous outlaw Snake Landree (William Powell in his swarthy-villain period), Lt. Thorne and his Eastern-dude pal Dick Gale (Robert Frazer) gallop to her rescue.
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    Vanity Fair
    "Vanity Fair" is a historical drama, based on the classic English novel written by William Thackeray, featuring Shirley Mason. Shirley Mason was 15 y.o. and played the role of the young Becky Sharp. Directors obviously took notice of her performance, because in 1917 she appeared in 17 feature films, in many of them playing the star role.
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    Pawn Ticket 210
    Harris Levi ( Fred Warren ) brings up Meg ( Shirley Mason ), who was left in his father's pawnshop by her mother. Anxious that she have a good environment, Harris takes her to live with his friend Robert. When her mother returns to claim Meg, Robert is revealed to be both Meg's father and the man with whom Harris' wife eloped. Meg is happily reunited with her parents and her sweetheart, Chick Saxe.
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    So This Is Love
    Jerry McGuire (William Collier Jr.) is a dress designer in love with shop-girl Hilda Jenson (Shirley Mason). But the problem is that prizefighter Spike Mullins (Johnny Walker) is also in love with Hilda. Jerry, undaunted by the obvious fact that , physically speaking, is no match for the bull-like Spike. Jerry Takes a few boxing lessons and, aided by Hilda, who deliberately overfeeds Spike before the big fight between the two rivals.
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