1917 SILENT FILM ACTRESS NINA BYRON AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO BY EVANS L.A.

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1917 SILENT FILM ACTRESS NINA BYRON AUTOGRAPHED PHOTO BY EVANS L.A.THIS IS A FANTASTIC 1917 AUTOGRAPHED 7 1/4" X 9 1/8" PHOTOGRAPH BY EVANS L.A. OF NINA BYRON. THIS IS A AUTOGRAPH NOT A FACSIMILE. I HAVE ALSO ADDED PICTURES OF HOW THE COLLECTION LOOKED AT TIME OF ACQUISITION. ONLY THIS PHOTO IS IN THIS AUCTION. FREE SHIPPING!!! Nina Byron (born July 27, 1900, date of death unknown) was a silent film actress from Christchurch , New Zealand. Her given name was Nina Betts. She came to America with her mother. Her father stayed behind in New Zealand and committed suicide. She studied dancing, went on tour, and joined the Hitchykoo company. Only a year after coming to New York City , Byron came to Los Angeles to make Truthful Tulliver (1917) with William S. Hart . As Abby Hope in The Heir of the Ages (1917), Byron was described by a critic as having substantial acting skills. She was the ingenue (stock character) for House Peters. The material she was given to work with, according to the reviewer, did not test her ability. He likens Byron's laughter in the film to Mary Pickford . Her character was merely required to laugh like the silent film icon. Her other film credits are for roles in The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918), The Source (1918), The Dub (1919), Johnny Get Your Gun (1919), The Boomerang (1919), and The Broken Butterfly (1919). In June 1922 Nicholas Dunaew, actor and leading man with Pauline Frederick , sued Byron for divorce. Dunaew was also a film director who desired to produce a series of anti- Bolshevist motion pictures. He resided at the Green Room Club in New York at the time. In his divorce petition he stated that he had attempted to lift his wife from poverty to his own level, but failed. He concluded by saying one cannot make a silk purse from a sow's ear. Dunaew met Byron in New York when she was at the August and Louis Lumiere studio having some pictures taken. He quickly fell in love with her and brought her, together with mother, to Los Angeles. Byron and Dunaew married in September 1918 and resided at 1504 McCadden Place in Hollywood . They separated on January 4, 1920. Dunaew claimed Byron deserted him. It was during the time she was a member of the Hitchykoo troupe that he did not see her again. Dunaew made reference to Byron's reprehensible conduct which he later became aware of through his friends. Byron was a member of the Ziegfeld Follies in 1925, after she was out of movies. Her fellow dancers included Ruth Fallows, Helen MacDonald, and Doris Lloyd. In February 1925 they performed at the Moulin Rouge . Byron was a musical comedy theater performer on Broadway and was associated with Eddie Cantor . She was among the 100 travelers who returned to Los Angeles aboard the Dollar around-the-world liner President Wilson in March 1929. Others included John Barrymore and his bride, Dolores Costello . Byron was featured in the Florenz Ziegfeld show, Woopee , in 1929. The cruise she returned from was a trip through the tropics and up the west coast.Nina Byron Motion Picture Magazine (1919) Born Nina BettsJuly 27, 1900Christchurch , New Zealand Occupation Actor Dancer Spouse(s) Nicholas Dunaew (1884-1963) THIS AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM A VINTAGE COLLECTION THAT WAS AMASSED BETWEEN 1916 AND 1928. MOST ARE PERSONALIZE TO THE LADY WHO WROTE LETTERS TO THE STARS ASKING FOR AUTOGRAPHED PHOTOS. BELOW IS A LIST OF THE ACTRESS AND ACTORS THAT I CAN IDENTIFY. THERE WERE 210 PHOTOS IN THE COLLECTION. I HAVE LISTED THEM ALL SO CHECK OUT MY AUCTIONS ALSO CK OUT THE ONES I COULD NOT IDENTIFY MAYBE A GEM IN THE ROUGH.FEMALE STARS:: MAY ALLISON, NORMA TALMADGE, NAOMI CHILDERS, VIVIAN RICH, HAZEL DAWN, ETHEL CLAYTON, LINA BASQUETTE, HEDDA HOPPER, LEAH BAIRD, MARCELLE CORDAY, ALICE JOYCE, NINA BYRON, MOLLIE KING, VERA GORDON, CARRIE DAUMERY, BILLIE BILLINGS, AUGUSTA ANDERSON, JANE KECKLEY, ORA CAREW, ANN LITTLE, EVELYN SELBIE, JUNE CAPRICE, LOIS WILSON, JEWEL CARMEN, DORIS KENYON, OLIVE BORDEN, IRENE RICH, MARY PICKFORD, LEATRICE JOY, DOROTHY GISH, ELLA HILL, VIRGINIA VALLI, MILDRED MAN... read more

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