Dorothy Seastrom (March 16, 1903 â€" January 31, 1930) was an American
silent film actress.Born in Texas, Seastrom got into acting after
winning a beauty competition. Her family later relocated to Chicago.
Her film career began in 1923 with the role of Eleanor Harmon in The
Call of the Canyon, directed by Victor Fleming. Later she acted under
the direction of Cecil B. Demille. She signed a five-year contract
with First National Pictures in September 1925. Seastrom was called
the "Candy Kid" at First National due to her taffy colored
hair.[clarification needed]She appeared in The Perfect Flapper with
Colleen Moore and Classified with Corinne Griffith. Seastrom barely
avoided a potentially disfiguring accident during the filming of We
Moderns (1925). A shower of sparks from a short-circuited light fell
upon her hair and shoulders at the United Studios. Seastrom escaped
injury when assistant director James Dunne grabbed a tablecloth from a
prop table and covered the actress's head. Electricians shut off the
power to a light which hung from the fly system above the scene.
Seastrom made a full recovery from the burns she sustained. She
returned to complete the film.
silent film actress.Born in Texas, Seastrom got into acting after
winning a beauty competition. Her family later relocated to Chicago.
Her film career began in 1923 with the role of Eleanor Harmon in The
Call of the Canyon, directed by Victor Fleming. Later she acted under
the direction of Cecil B. Demille. She signed a five-year contract
with First National Pictures in September 1925. Seastrom was called
the "Candy Kid" at First National due to her taffy colored
hair.[clarification needed]She appeared in The Perfect Flapper with
Colleen Moore and Classified with Corinne Griffith. Seastrom barely
avoided a potentially disfiguring accident during the filming of We
Moderns (1925). A shower of sparks from a short-circuited light fell
upon her hair and shoulders at the United Studios. Seastrom escaped
injury when assistant director James Dunne grabbed a tablecloth from a
prop table and covered the actress's head. Electricians shut off the
power to a light which hung from the fly system above the scene.
Seastrom made a full recovery from the burns she sustained. She
returned to complete the film.
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