Marguerite Clark, Silent Movies Star Actress c1920 Antique Playing Card- Swap For Sale

You are offerding on a single antique game card that depicts a movie star from the silent movie era.It dates from 1918-1923.

This card depicts Marguerite Clark.

Marguerite Clark (February 22, 1883 – September 25, 1940) was an American stage and silent film actress. At age 31 it was relatively late in life for a film actress to begin a career with starring roles, but the diminutive Clark, who stood 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m) tall, had a little-girl look, like Mary Pickford, that belied her years. Also, film was not developed or mature enough to showcase Clark at her youthful best at the turn of the century. These were one of the reasons established Broadway stars refused early film offers. Feature films were unheard of when Clark was in her early 20s. She made her first appearance on screen in the short film Wildflower, directed by Allan Dwan. In 1915 she starred as "Gretchen" in a feature-length production of The Goose Girl based on a 1909 best-selling novel by Harold MacGrath. She performed in the feature-length production The Seven Sisters (1915), directed by Sidney Olcott, and she reprised a Broadway role, starring in the first feature-length film version of Snow White (1916). Clark and Williams' former mansion on St. Charles Avenue in Uptown New Orleans now houses the Latter branch of the New Orleans Public Library Clark was directed in this by J. Searle Dawley, as well as in a number of films, notably when she played the characters of both "Little Eva St. Clair" and "Topsy" in the feature Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918). That year Marguerite Clark married New Orleans, Louisiana plantation owner Harry Palmerston Williams (1880–1936) with whom she would remain until his death. She starred in Come Out of the Kitchen (1919), which was filmed in Pass Christian, Mississippi, at Ossian Hall. The same year, she enrolled as a yeowoman in the naval reserves. Marguerite Clark made all but one of her 40 films with Famous Players-Lasky, her last with them in 1920 titled Easy to Get, in which she starred opposite Harrison Ford. Her next film, in 1921, was made by her own production company for First National Pictures distribution. As one of the most popular actresses going into the 1920s, and one of the industry's best paid, her name alone was enough to ensure reasonable box office success. As such, Scrambled Wives was made under her direction, following which she retired at age 38 to be with her husband at their country estate in New Orleans.

The back is a pretty playing card design with a a four-horse Roman chariot race.

The card size is approximately2.5 x 3.4inches (63 x 88cm). It has cut rounded corners. It shows littlewear, andis clean and bright. See scan for condition.

This is NOT a recent copy or modern reproduction, but a GENUINE antique item.

All cards are delivered in an archival sleeve. I stand behind my products and offer a FULL REFUND if you think the product does not match the description in any way.

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