(LOUISE FAZENDA Stunning photograph of the actress and com...)
LOUISE FAZENDA Stunning photograph of the actress and comedian holding a bouquet Photograph inscribed and signed: "To/John -/With the very/best wishes/of/Louise Fazenda". Sepiatone, 7x8¾. Louise Fazenda (1895-1962) joined Mack Sennett's Keystone Company in 1915, getting her first starring role in Down on the Farm (1920). Skilled at slapstick, she played mostly comic character roles for two decades until retiring from film after her marriage to producer Hal Wallis in 1939. She was known for her country rube roles, which inspired later comedians like Judy Canova and Minnie Pearl. Fazenda was known for her charitable work, not just donations of money but actively helping needy people. Rippled. Corners lightly worn. Otherwise, fine condition. - Please contact us if you have any questions or require additional information. HFSID 19586
Louise Fazenda 1930's original clipping magazine photo 1pg 8x10 #R3350
(Original vintage paper clipping from original source such...)
Original vintage paper clipping from original source such as magazine newspaper book calendar or other printed material (please note larger clippings will not all show in scan)
The Broadway Hoofer POSTER Movie (27 x 40 Inches - 69cm x 102cm) (1929)
(This is a brand new single sided reproduction print of a ...)
This is a brand new single sided reproduction print of a The Broadway Hoofer poster. The paper size is approximately 27 x 40 Inches - 69cm x 102cm
The condition of this item is brand new - mint condition. No pinholes or tape and has never been hung or displayed.
Paper size may not be exact so we recommend waiting until you receive the poster to purchase a frame.
This quality reproduction makes a great gift and is perfect for framing.
CAST: Marie Saxon, Jack Egan, Louise Fazenda, Howard C. Hickman; DIRECTED BY: George Archainbaud; PRODUCER: Harry Cohn;
Louise Fazenda was an American film actress, appearing chiefly in silent comedy films.
Background
She was born in West Lafayette, Iniana, the daughter of Joseph Altamar Fazenda and Nelda Schilling. Her father, born in Mexico, was apparently of mixed Italian, French, and Portuguese parentage.
Her mother was a native of Chicago.
Louise grew up in Los Angeles, where her father opened a grocery store.
Education
After graduation from Los Angeles High School in 1913, she became an extra at Universal Studios.
Career
At an early age she worked after school and during vacations to supplement the family income. After graduation from Los Angeles High School in 1913, she became an extra at Universal Studios.
Her versatility soon led to offers of minor roles, and she became a member of Universal's "Joker" comedy unit.
In 1915 she signed a contract with Mack Sennett's Keystone Company.
Fazenda's rise at Keystone was remarkable.
By 1917, Motion Picture called her the "star comedienne of Mack Sennett's aggregation, and perhaps the most popular 'slap-stick' actress" in Hollywood.
Her athletic ability and talent for improvisation were important assets in working for Sennett, whose films relied heavily upon fast and zany physical activity and horseplay for comic effects. Among her more notable Keystone films were Are Waitresses Safe? (1917), with Ben Turpin; The Kitchen Lady (1918), the first of many movies in which she appeared in pigtails, gingham dress, and long pantalettes; and Down on the Farm (1920), her first five-reel motion picture.
Leaving the Keystone Company in 1920, Fazenda sought unsuccessfully to obtain financial backing to produce her own films.
A shrewd businesswoman, Fazenda invested her screen earnings wisely, particularly in real estate. She avoided the Hollywood social limelight, and remained close to her parents.
Fazenda easily made the transition from silent films to talkies in The Terror (1928).
During the next five years she appeared in approximately thirty films, playing mainly eccentric comedy roles although occasionally performing in melodramas and musicals. She first sang on screen in The Desert Song (1929).
By the mid-1930's her career was becoming less important to her, particularly after the birth of her son in 1933. That same year her husband became executive producer for Warner Brothers, and Fazenda was content to devote more attention to her private roles of wife and mother.
While not abandoning her career, she curtailed her screen activities. She had star billing in The Winning Ticket (1935) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and in Swing Your Lady (1938) for Warner's, but she mainly played minor character parts. Her last appearance, as a servant in Warner's The Old Maid (1939), was a straight dramatic role.
Fazenda left the screen with no regrets. She often remarked that moviemaking had become an impersonal and none too benign industry; she preferred the spontaneity and camaraderie of the early Hollywood years.
After 1939 she spent her time cooking, hooking rugs, and supervising the agricultural enterprises of the San Fernando Valley ranch, where she and her family lived.
In her retirement Fazenda's circle of friends consisted largely of neighbors.
Lacking the glamour of Sennett's highly publicized "bathing beauties, " she proved more durable than any of them. Her appearance on the screen belied her natural good looks. She wore outlandish clothes and used ludicrous makeup; her hair was drawn back severely from her brow. She generally had either a woebegone or a blank expression.
Personality
She was warm-hearted, generous, and unpretentious, but she could also be moody and at times quick to anger and slow to forgive.
Quotes from others about the person
Sennett once said that just by making an appearance on the screen, Fazenda "could get a laugh, or at least a smile, from everybody. "
Interests
She also devoted much time to charitable and benevolent endeavors.
Connections
Her first marriage was to film director Noel Mason Smith on March 7, 1917; they had no children. They separated six years later, and she obtained a divorce on the grounds of desertion in 1926. She married Hal B. Wallis, then director of publicity for Warner Brothers, on November 24, 1927; they had one son.