Edith Reeves was an American silent film actress who also appeared on
Broadway in the early th century. She was a Quaker and a lineal
descendant of William Penn.Before her transition to motion pictures,
Reeves was well-known to American theater audiences. Aside from
Broadway she performed in many houses showing high class vaudeville.
She was in the cast of Take My Advice in November . The play was
staged at the Fulton Theatre (Helen Hayes Theatre), West th Street,
in New York City. William Collier was the star player in this comedy
in three acts staged under the management of Lew Fields. Reeves was
with a company headed by William Lampe at the Empress Theatre in Los
Angeles, California, in August . James Gallagher was also in this
melodrama, One Flight Up, which was written by Ivy Ashton Root.The
Lost Secret () featured Reeves in her second screen appearance. Paul
Gilmore and Daniel Gilfeather are in the cast. She teamed with Frank
Mills and Howard Rickman in The Moral Fabric, a movie which debuted in
March . Reeves plays Amy Winthrop, a wife who is bored with her
traditional husband. She becomes attracted to the theory of free love.
The movie was produced by Thomas Ince. Her last film character is Ruth
in The Song of the Soul (). The silent production stars Alice Joyce.
Percy Standing, Barney Randall, Stephen Carr, and Walter McGrall play
contributing roles. Tom Terriss is the director.
Broadway in the early th century. She was a Quaker and a lineal
descendant of William Penn.Before her transition to motion pictures,
Reeves was well-known to American theater audiences. Aside from
Broadway she performed in many houses showing high class vaudeville.
She was in the cast of Take My Advice in November . The play was
staged at the Fulton Theatre (Helen Hayes Theatre), West th Street,
in New York City. William Collier was the star player in this comedy
in three acts staged under the management of Lew Fields. Reeves was
with a company headed by William Lampe at the Empress Theatre in Los
Angeles, California, in August . James Gallagher was also in this
melodrama, One Flight Up, which was written by Ivy Ashton Root.The
Lost Secret () featured Reeves in her second screen appearance. Paul
Gilmore and Daniel Gilfeather are in the cast. She teamed with Frank
Mills and Howard Rickman in The Moral Fabric, a movie which debuted in
March . Reeves plays Amy Winthrop, a wife who is bored with her
traditional husband. She becomes attracted to the theory of free love.
The movie was produced by Thomas Ince. Her last film character is Ruth
in The Song of the Soul (). The silent production stars Alice Joyce.
Percy Standing, Barney Randall, Stephen Carr, and Walter McGrall play
contributing roles. Tom Terriss is the director.
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