Dorothy Hall was a beautiful Broadway actress who had a brief film career
She was born Dorothy E. Hall on December 3, 1897 in Bradford, Pennsylvania (she would later claim she was born in 1906). Her parents, Charles and Katherine Hall, were strict and very religious. During her childhood she earned five cents a week helping her aunt harvest vegetables in their garden. Dorothy later worked in the box-office of the local theater. Since her parents did not want her to become an actress she secretly enrolled in a New York drama school and told them she was studying interior decorating. A talent scout discovered her and she began acting with a stock company in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She made her film debut in the 1921 silent drama The Price Of Possession. Dorothy went on to appear in numerous Broadway shows including The Complex, Speak Easy, and The Love Duel. In 1926 she married Neal Andrews, a wealthy cosmetics manufacturer. The following year independent producer Samuel Zierler signed her to a film contract. She starred opposite Raul Walsh in three movies – The Broadway Drifter, Back To Liberty, and The Winning Oar.
With Judith Wood in Working Girls
