Acting
Vola Vale
From Wikipedia She was born Vola Smith in Buffalo, New York. Vale was educated in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She began her career in amateur theatricals in Rochester, New York. Then she played in stock companies for a while. Her first movie experience was with Biograph, under the tutelage of the great film director D.W. Griffith. After a month of playing atmosphere parts, Vola was offered a genuine role. She wore a velvet gown with a train and a feathered hat. Soon she was appearing in short reel films for Biograph. Among the actors she was cast with were William S. Hart, Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, William Haines, Harry Carey, Tully Marshall and William Russell. She was adept in playing Spanish, Italian, French, and Gypsy roles. Aside from Biograph Vola worked for Fox Film, Famous Players-Lasky, Universal Pictures, and Paramount Pictures. Her ambition was to play Madame Butterfly with an actual Japanese company, as well as to act as Lorna Doone. She was most inspired by Hayakawa and hoped to learn to act inside, as he did. With Sessue Hayakawa she made Each To His Kind (1917). Before filming began it was decided that the name Smith was too common to be used by a motion picture star. She changed her professional name to Vola Vale.
Filmography
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Film · 2002
One Rainy Afternoon
Film · 1936
Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Film · 1932
Black Tears
Film · 1927
Two Can Play
Film · 1926
Home Sweet Home
Film · 1926
Her Big Adventure
Film · 1926
The Sky Pirate
Film · 1926
Little Annie Rooney
Film · 1925
The Phantom of the Opera
Film · 1925
Heartless Husbands
Film · 1925
Who Cares
Film · 1925
The Mirage
Film · 1924
Crashin' Thru
Film · 1923
Soul of the Beast
Film · 1923
The Midnight Flower
Film · 1923
Mothers-in-Law
Film · 1923
The Man Between
Film · 1923
Good Men and True
Film · 1922
White Oak
Film · 1921
The Duke of Chimney Butte
Film · 1921
Overland Red
Film · 1920
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Film · 1920
The Iron Rider
Film · 1920
Common Sense
Film · 1920
Singing River
Film · 1920
Someone in the House
Film · 1920
The Purple Cipher
Film · 1920
A Master Stroke
Film · 1920
Six Feet Four
Film · 1919
A Heart in Pawn
Film · 1919
Hornet's Nest
Film · 1919
Hearts Asleep
Film · 1919
Happy Though Married
Film · 1919
Wolves of the Rail
Film · 1918
The Locked Heart
Film · 1918
Perils of the Secret Service
Film · 1917
The Son of His Father
Film · 1917
The Bond Between
Film · 1917
The Silent Man
Film · 1917
The Lady in the Library
Film · 1917
Zollenstein
Film · 1917
The Secret of Black Mountain
Film · 1917
The Topsy Turvy Twins
Film · 1917
The Last Cigarette
Film · 1917
Mentioned in Confidence
Film · 1917
The Winning of Sally Temple
Film · 1917
Each to His Kind
Film · 1917
The Woman He Feared
Film · 1916
A Great Love
Film · 1916
The Eagle's Wings
Film · 1916
The Price of Silence
Film · 1916
It Sounded Like a Kiss
Film · 1916
The Soul of Pierre
Film · 1915
Cupid Entangled
Film · 1915
Liberty Belles
Film · 1914
The Iron Master
Film · 1914