Coffee With Jeff

In Hollywood, a name alone can attract a big paycheck. It wasn’t always that way. There was a time in the early days of filmmaking that the big studios wouldn’t allow the actors name to be known. They feared their actors becoming stars, because they knew the consequences. This changed with one person, a female actor named Florence Lawrence, who is credited at the first film star in America. She was know as “The Biograph Girl” and she made 300 films for various motion picture companies throughout her career. Show notes and links: Florence Lawrence – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) Florence Lawrence: The First Movie Star (history.com) Florence Lawrence – Women Film Pioneers Project (columbia.edu) The first ever movie star: Florence Lawrence – Page 2 of 3 (queensofvintage.com) Florence Lawrence, the Biograph Girl: America’s First Movie Star (9780786430895): Kelly R. Brown: Books (amazon.com) Carl Laemmle, Sr. Biography | Fandango (fandango.com) Florence Lawrence: Automotive Inventor and the “World’s First Movi