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Hi everyone,

I am writing about Ella Hall and have found it extremely hard to find any first-person interviews or even personal data. Anything you know about her - including obscure surviving stills or periodical references — much appreciated!

Myra

I have a load of stills of Ella. Mostly from the serial THE MASTER KEY. I'll dig through them and see if I can find any really good ones. I don't think I have any interviews, but I will check.

Hi everyone,

I am writing about Ella Hall and have found it extremely hard to find any first-person interviews or even personal data. Anything you know about her - including obscure surviving stills or periodical references — much appreciated!

Myra

I, too, have some photos. She lived until 1982, and I seem to recall that Tony Slide may have spoken with her.

Have you seen these:
http://archive.org/stream/movingpicture ... 7/mode/1up"
http://archive.org/stream/motography00t ... 8/mode/1up"
http://archive.org/stream/PhotoplayMaga ... 6/mode/1up"

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/omdb2wzw2ss5czh/jGcAKQtLeT

Here are three good pictures of Ella that I dug up. Didn't find any interviews.

Thanks everyone! The stills were quite incredible and so were the bibliographical suggestions. If you have any photos/stills from her post 1916-work that would be great as well.

Myra

Not quite what you asked for, but I've seen two of her films at LOC:
THE WINNING OF MISS CONSTRUE (Univ. Gold Seal 1916) co-starring and co-directed by Robert Z. Leonard and
THE LITTLE ORPHAN (Univ. Bluebird 1917, reels 2 and 3) co-starring and directed by Jack Conway.
I would not be surprised if they had more.

Hi David,

I’ll be going there this Fall to see those films and yes they do have a couple more; what did you think of the two you watched?

I believe Library of Congress has about half of THE MASTER KEY as well, but I'm not positive, nor do I know if it's in viewable condition.

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I've got some memorabilia featuring her on my website, but unfortunately no stills.





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ELLA HALL

Ella Hall was born in New York March 17, 1897, and was educated in a New York private school. When a little girl, she was chosen to David Belasco to play a principal part in "The Grand Army Man." After that she understudied Mary Pickford in "The Warrens of Virginia" and following these appeared with Isabelle Irving in "The Girl Who Has Everything."

In 1910 she joined David Griffith's Biograph company, where she was connected for two years; going to the Reliance company for a few months. She became a star with the Universal company with whom she has been ever since. She has been featured in the serial "The Master Key" also in innumerable five-act productions. Among her many features "Jewel," "Secret Love," and "The Love Girl," "The Bugler of Algiers," and "Her Soul's Inspiration" have shown her to best advantage.

Miss Hall is 5 feet 1 inch in height and weighs 105 lbs. She has light hair and blue eyes. Her favorite diversions are swimming, driving and classic and ball room dancing.

Myra,

I remember liking MISS CONSTRUE, never having seen either of them in leading roles before, nice chemistry between them. LITTLE ORPHAN, I remember less well. Since it was incomplete, coming in after the beginning and leaving before the end I'm sure didn't help.