Florence Lawrence

Florence Lawrence (born Florence Annie Bridgwood; January 2, 1886 – December 28, 1938) was a Canadian-American actress and inventor. She is often referred to as the "first movie star", and was long thought to be the first film actor to be named publicly until evidence published in 2019 indicated that the first named film star was French actor Max Linder. At the height of her fame in the 1910s, she was known as the "Biograph Girl" for work as one of the leading ladies in silent films from the Biograph Company. She appeared in almost 300 films for various motion picture companies throughout her career. Outside of her film career, she is best known for inventing the car turn and brake signals.

Early life Florence Annie Bridgwood was born on 2 January 1886 in Hamilton, Ontario. She was the youngest of three children of George Bridgwood, an English-born carriage builder and Charlotte "Lotta" Bridgwood (née Dunn), a vaudeville actress. Charlotte Bridgwood had emigrated to Canada from Ireland after the Great Famine with her family as a child. She was known professionally as Lotta Lawrence and was the leading lady and director of the Lawrence Dramatic Company. At the age of three, Lawrence made her debut onstage with her mother in a song and dance routine. When she was old enough to memorize lines of dialogue, she performed with her mother and other members of the Lawrence Dramatic Company in dramatic plays. After performing tear-jerking dramas like Dora Thorne and East Lynne began to depress Lawrence, her mother dropped them from the company's repertoire. While Lawrence performed on stage at the behest of her mother, she recalled that she enjoyed the work but did not like the traveling that all vaudeville performers were required to do. By the age of six, Lawrence had earned the nickname "Baby Flo, the Child Wonder".

On February 18, 1898, George Bridgwood died from accidental coal gas poisoning at his home in Hamilton (Lawrence's parents had been separated since she was four years old). Lotta Lawrence moved the family from Hamilton to Buffalo, New York to live with her mother Ann Dunn. She chose to stop bringing her children along for stage performances and for the first time, Florence was enrolled in school. After graduating, Lawrence rejoined her mother's dramatic company. However, her mother disbanded the Lawrence Dramatic Company shortly thereafter; the two moved to New York City around 1906.

Early career: film and stage

Lawrence was one of several Canadian pioneers in the film industry who were attracted by the rapid growth of the fledgling motion picture business. In 1906, she appeared in her first motion picture. The next year, she appeared in 38 movies for the Vitagraph film company. During the spring and summer of 1906, Lawrence auditioned for a number of Broadway productions, but she did not have success. However, on December 27, 1906, she was hired by the Edison Manufacturing Company to play Daniel Boone's daughter in Daniel Boone; or, Pioneer Days in America. She got the part because she knew how to ride a horse. Both she and her mother received parts and were paid five dollars per day for two weeks of outdoor filming in freezing weather.

In 1907, she went to work for the Vitagraph Company in Brooklyn, New York, acting as Moya, an Irish peasant girl in a one-reel version of Dion Boucicault's The Shaughraun. She returned briefly to stage acting, playing the leading role in a road show production of Melville B. Raymond's Seminary Girls. Her mother played her last role in this production. After touring with the roadshow for a year, Lawrence resolved that she would "never again lead that gypsy life". In 1908, she returned to Vitagraph where she played the lead role in The Dispatch Bearer. Largely as a result of her equestrian skills, she received parts in 11 films in the next five months.

Biograph Studios

Also at Vitagraph was a young actor, Harry Solter, who was looking for "a young, beautiful equestrian girl" to star in a film to be produced by the Biograph Studios under the direction of D. W. Griffith. Griffith, the most prominent producer-director at Biograph Studios, had noticed the beautiful blonde-haired woman in one of Vitagraph's films. Because the film's actors received no mention, Griffith had to make discreet inquiries to learn she was Florence Lawrence and to arrange a meeting. Griffith had intended to give the part to Florence Turner, Biograph's leading lady, but Lawrence managed to convince Solter and Griffith that she was the best suited for the starring role in The Girl and the Outlaw. With the Vitagraph Company, she had been earning $20 per week, working also as a costume seamstress over and above acting. Griffith offered her a job, acting only, for $25 per week.

After her success in this role, she appeared as a society belle in Betrayed by a Handprint and as an Indian in The Red Girl. In total, she had parts in most of the 60 films directed by Griffith in 1908. Toward the end of 1908, Lawrence married Harry Solter. Lawrence gained much popularity, but because her name never was publicized, fans began writing to the studio asking to know her identity. Even after she had gained wide recognition, particularly after starring in the comedy series Mr. and Mrs. Jones and the highly successful Resurrection, Biograph Studios refused to publicly announce her name and fans simply called her the "Biograph Girl". During cinema's formative years, silent screen actors were not named because studio owners feared that fame might lead to demands for higher wages and because many actors were embarrassed to be performing pantomime in motion pictures. She continued to work for Biograph in 1909. Her demand to be paid by the week rather than daily was met, and she received double the normal rate.

Arthur V. Johnson and Florence Lawrence in Resurrection (1909)

Independent Moving Pictures Company

Finding themselves 'at liberty', Lawrence and Solter in 1909 were able to join the Independent Moving Pictures Company of America (IMP). The company, founded by Carl Laemmle, the owner of a film exchange (who later absorbed IMP into Universal Pictures, of which he was founder and president), was looking for experienced filmmakers and actors. Needing a star, he lured Lawrence away from Biograph by promising to give her a marquee. First, Laemmle organized a publicity stunt by starting a rumor that Lawrence had been killed by a street car in New York City. Then, after gaining much media attention, he placed ads in the newspapers that announced "We nail a lie" and included a photo of Lawrence. The ad declared she is alive and well and making The Broken Oath, a new movie for his IMP Film Company to be directed by Solter.

Laemmle had Lawrence make a personal appearance in St. Louis, Missouri in March 1910 with her leading man to show her fans that she was very much alive, making her one of the early performers not already famous in another medium to be identified by name by her studio.

Lubin Studios By late 1910, Lawrence left IMP to work for Lubin Studios, advising her fellow Canadian, the 18-year-old Mary Pickford, to take her place as IMP's star. In August 1912, she had a fight with her husband, in which he "made cruel remarks about his mother-in-law". He left and went to Europe. However, he wrote "sad" letters to her every day, telling her of his plans to commit suicide. His letters "softened her feelings", and they were re-united in November 1912. Lawrence announced her intention to retire.

She was persuaded to return to work in 1914 for her company (Victor Film Company), which had been acquired by Universal Studios. During the filming of Pawns of Destiny in 1915, a staged fire got out of control. Lawrence was burned, her hair was singed, and she suffered a serious fall which fractured her spine.

Personal life

Lawrence was married three times. Her first marriage was to actor, screenwriter and director Harry Solter in 1908. They remained married until Solter's death in 1920. She then married automobile salesman Charles Byrne Woodring in 1921. They separated in 1929; Lawrence was granted an interlocutory divorce in February 1931, which was finalized the following year. During the 1920s, Lawrence and Woodring opened a cosmetics store in Los Angeles called Hollywood Cosmetics. The store sold theatrical makeup and also sold a line of cosmetics that Lawrence developed. They continued their partnership after their separation in 1929, but the store was forced to close in 1931.

In 1933, Lawrence wed for the third and final time, to Henry Bolton, who turned out to be an abusive alcoholic and beat her severely. Lawrence, along with other "old timers" from the silent era whose careers had all but ended when sound films replaced silent films, signed with M-G-M. Lawrence remained with the studio until her death.

In mid-1937, Lawrence was diagnosed with what her doctor described as "a bone disease which produces anemia and depression." The disease was likely myelofibrosis, a rare bone marrow disease, or agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, both of which were incurable at the time. Due to her poor health and chronic pain, Lawrence became depressed but attempted to keep working. Around this time she moved into a home on Westbourne Drive in West Hollywood, with a studio worker named Robert "Bob" Brinlow and his sister.

Death At 1 p.m. on December 28, 1938, Lawrence phoned the offices of M-G-M where she was to report to work that afternoon, claiming that she was ill. Sometime later in the afternoon, Lawrence ingested ant poison and cough syrup at her home in West Hollywood. Accounts differ as to how Lawrence was discovered; some media reports stated her neighbor Marian Menzer heard her screams, while others say that Lawrence called Menzer stating that she poisoned herself. Menzer called an ambulance, and Lawrence was rushed to Beverly Hills Emergency Hospital. Doctors were unable to save Lawrence, who died at 2:45 p.m. Lawrence left a suicide note in her home addressed to her housemate Bob Brinlow, stating:

Dear Bob, Call Dr. Wilson. I am tired. Hope this works. Good bye, my darling. They can't cure me, so let it go at that. Lovingly, Florence – P.S. You've all been swell guys. Everything is yours.

Lawrence's death was ruled a "probable suicide" owing to her "ill health". The Motion Picture & Television Fund paid for Lawrence's funeral, held on December 30, and for her unmarked grave in the Hollywood Cemetery (now Hollywood Forever Cemetery) in Hollywood. Her grave remained unmarked until 1991, when an anonymous British actor paid for a memorial marker for her. It reads: "The Biograph Girl/The First Movie Star". The date of birth on Lawrence's headstone is given as 1890. This inaccuracy was also stated on her death certificate filled out by the coroner. Lawrence's biographer, Kelly R. Brown, owed this mistake to "Lawrence's own brand of fiction" as she routinely subtracted years off her age. The mistake was repeated by the Pierce Brothers Mortuary, where Lawrence's funeral was held, although most obituaries printed her correct year of birth: 1886.

Cultural references In William J. Mann's novel The Biograph Girl (2000), Mann blends the facts of Lawrence's life with fiction. Instead of fading into oblivion and committing suicide, Lawrence, with the help of a doctor, fools the public into thinking she committed suicide. A journalist discovers Lawrence at the nursing home where she has lived secretly, and he decides to write a biography of her.

Filmography Short subject Year Title Role Notes 1906 The Automobile Thieves Female accomplice 1907 Daniel Boone Boones' daughter 1907 The Boy, the Bust and the Bath 1907 Athletic American Girls Lost film 1907 Lost film 1907 Moya Lost film 1907 1907 Lost film 1908 Lost film 1908 Macbeth Banquet Guest Lost film 1908 Romeo and Juliet Juliet 1908 Lady Jane's Flight Lady Jane Lost film 1908 The Viking's Daughter: The Story of the Ancient Norsemen Theckla, the Viking's Daughter Lost film 1908 Love Laughs at Locksmiths; an 18th Century Romance Lost film 1908 The Bandit's Waterloo 1908 Salome Salome Lost film 1908 Betrayed by a Handprint Myrtle Vane 1908 The Girl and the Outlaw Woman Lost film 1908 Behind the Scenes Mrs. Bailey 1908 The Red Girl The Red Girl 1908 The Heart of O'Yama O'Yama 1908 Where the Breakers Roar At the Beach 1908 A Smoked Husband Mrs. Bibbs 1908 Richard III Lost film 1908 The Stolen Jewels Mrs. Jenkins 1908 The Devil A Model 1908 The Zulu's Heart The Boer's Wife 1908 Father Gets in the Game First Couple 1908 Ingomar, the Barbarian Parthenia 1908 The Vaquero's Vow Wedding Party / In Bar 1908 The Planter's Wife Tomboy Nellie 1908 Romance of a Jewess Ruth Simonson 1908 The Call of the Wild Gladys Penrose 1908 Concealing a Burglar Mrs. Brown Lost film 1908 Antony and Cleopatra Cleopatra 1908 After Many Years Mrs. John Davis 1908 The Pirate's Gold Lost film 1908 The Taming of the Shrew Katharina 1908 The Song of the Shirt Working Woman – 1st Sister Incomplete film 1908 A Woman's Way Lost film 1908 The Ingrate The Trapper's Wife Lost film 1908 An Awful Moment Mrs. Mowbray 1908 The Clubman and the Tramp Bridget / Dinner Guest 1908 Julius Caesar Calpurnia Lost film 1908 Money Mad Bank Customer / Landlady 1908 The Valet's Wife Nurse 1908 The Feud and the Turkey Nellie Caufield's Sister Lost film 1908 The Reckoning The Wife Lost film 1908 The Test of Friendship Jennie Colman Lost film 1908 The Dancer and the King: A Romantic Story of Spain Lost film 1908 The Christmas Burglars Mrs. Martin Lost film 1908 Mr. Jones at the Ball Mrs. Jones 1908 The Helping Hand At Brothel / Wedding Guest Lost film 1908 A Calamitous Elopement 1909 One Touch of Nature Mrs. John Murray Lost film 1909 Mrs. Jones Entertains Mrs. Jones Lost film 1909 The Honor of Thieves Rachel Einstein Lost film 1909 The Sacrifice Mrs. Hardluck Lost film 1909 Those Boys! The Maid Lost film 1909 The Criminal Hypnotist The Maid Lost film 1909 The Fascinating Mrs. Francis Visitor Lost film 1909 Mr. Jones Has a Card Party Mrs. Jones 1909 Those Awful Hats Theatre Audience Uncredited 1909 The Cord of Life Woman in Tenement 1909 The Girls and Daddy Dr. Payson's First Daughter 1909 The Brahma Diamond The Guard's Sweetheart Lost film 1909 A Wreath in Time Mrs. John Goodhusband 1909 Tragic Love The Maid / In Factory Lost film 1909 The Curtain Pole Mrs. Edwards 1909 His Ward's Love The Reverend's Ward Lost film 1909 The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals Mrs. Jones 1909 The Politician's Love Story 1909 The Golden Louis 1909 At the Altar Girl at Wedding 1909 Lost film 1909 The Prussian Spy The Maid Lost film 1909 His Wife's Mother Mrs. Jones Lost film 1909 A Fool's Revenge Lost film 1909 The Wooden Leg Claire Lost film 1909 The Roue's Heart Noblewoman Lost film 1909 The Salvation Army Lass Mary Wilson 1909 The Lure of the Gown Veronica 1909 I Did It Lost film 1909 The Deception Mabel Colton Lost film 1909 And a Little Child Shall Lead Them 1909 The Medicine Bottle Mrs. Ross 1909 Jones and His New Neighbors Mrs. Jones 1909 A Drunkard's Reformation Woman In the Play 1909 Trying to Get Arrested The Nanny 1909 The Road to the Heart Miguel's daughter 1909 Schneider's Anti-Noise Crusade Mrs. Schneider 1909 Lady-in-Waiting Lost film 1909 A Sound Sleeper Second Woman Lost film 1909 Confidence Nellie Burton 1909 Lady Helen's Escapade Lady Helen 1909 A Troublesome Satchel In Crowd Lost film 1909 The Drive for Life Mignon Lost film 1909 Lucky Jim Wedding Guest 1909 Tis an Ill Wind that Blows No Good Mary Flinn 1909 The Eavesdropper Lost film 1909 The Note in the Shoe Ella Berling Lost film 1909 One Busy Hour Customer Lost film 1909 The French Duel Nurse Lost film 1909 Jones and the Lady Book Agent Mrs. Jones 1909 A Baby's Shoe The Poor Mother 1909 The Jilt Mary Allison – Frank's Sister Lost film 1909 Resurrection Katucha 1909 The Judgment of Solomon Lost film 1909 Two Memories Party Guest Lost film 1909 Eloping with Auntie Margie Lost film 1909 What Drink Did Mrs. Alfred Lucas 1909 Eradicating Aunty Flora – Aunty's Ward Lost film 1909 The Lonely Villa Lost film 1909 Her First Biscuits Mrs. Jones 1909 The Peachbasket Hat Mrs. Jones 1909 The Way of Man Mabel Jarrett 1909 The Necklace 1909 The Country Doctor Mrs. Harcourt 1909 The Cardinal's Conspiracy Princess Angela 1909 Tender Hearts Minor role 1909 Sweet and Twenty Alice's Sister 1909 Jealousy and the Man Mrs. Jim Brooks Lost film 1909 The Slave Nerada 1909 The Mended Lute Rising Moon 1909 Mr. Jones' Burglar Mrs. Jones 1909 Mrs. Jones' Lover Mrs. Jones Lost film 1909 The Hessian Renegades 1909 Lines of White on a Sullen Sea 1909 Love's Stratagem The Girl Lost film 1909 Nursing a Viper 1909 The Forest Ranger's Daughter The Forest Ranger's Daughter Lost film 1909 Her Generous Way Lost film 1909 Lest We Forget Lost film 1909 The Awakening of Bess Bess Lost film 1909 Mrs. Jones Entertains Mrs. Jones Lost film 1909 The Awakening Lost film 1910 The Right of Love Lost film 1910 The Tide of Fortune Lost film 1910 Never Again Mrs. Henpecker, Temperance Crusader Lost film 1910 The Coquette's Suitors Lost film 1910 Justice in the Far North Lost film 1910 The Blind Man's Tact Lost film 1910 Jane and the Stranger Jane Lost film 1910 The Governor's Pardon Lost film 1910 The New Minister Lost film 1910 Mother Love The Mother Lost film 1910 The Broken Oath Lost film 1910 The Time-Lock Safe The Mother 1910 His Sick Friend The Wife Lost film 1910 The Stage Note Lost film 1910 Transfusion Lost film 1910 The Miser's Daughter The Miser's Daughter Lost film 1910 His Second Wife Lost film 1910 The Rosary Lost film 1910 The Maelstrom 1910 The New Shawl Marie Lost film 1910 Two Men The Orphan Lost film 1910 The Doctor's Perfidy Lost film 1910 The Eternal Triangle The Wife Lost film 1910 The Nichols on Vacation Mrs. Nichols Lost film 1910 A Reno Romance Grace Lost film 1910 A Discontented Woman Lost film 1910 A Self-Made Hero The Girl Lost film 1910 A Game for Two Mrs. Henderson Lost film 1910 The Call of the Circus Lost film 1910 Old Heads and Young Hearts Lost film 1910 Bear Ye One Another's Burden Mrs. George Rand Lost film 1910 The Irony of Fate Lost film 1910 Once Upon a Time Lost film 1910 Among the Roses The Rose Girl Lost film 1910 The Senator's Double Lost film 1910 The Taming of Jane Jane Lost film 1910 The Widow The Widow Lost film 1910 The Right Girl Lost film 1910 Debt Lost film 1910 Pressed Roses Lost film 1910 All the World's a Stage Lost film 1910 The Count of Montebello The Heiress Lost film 1910 The Call Lost film 1910 The Mistake Lost film 1911 His Bogus Uncle The Object of Their Affection Lost film 1911 Age Versus Youth Nora Blake Lost film 1911 A Show Girl's Stratagem Ethel Lane Lost film 1911 The Test Miss Gillman Lost film 1911 Nan's Diplomacy Nan Lost film 1911 Vanity and Its Cure Effie Hart Lost film 1911 His Friend, the Burglar Mrs. Tom Dayton – The Wife Lost film 1911 The Actress and the Singer The Actress Lost film 1911 Her Artistic Temperament Flo Lost film 1911 Her Child's Honor The Mother Lost film 1911 The Wife's Awakening The Wife Lost film 1911 Opportunity and the Man Flora Hamilton Lost film 1911 The Two Fathers Gladys Lost film 1911 The Hoyden Gladys Weston Lost film 1911 The Sheriff and the Man Lost film 1911 A Fascinating Bachelor The Nurse Lost film 1911 That Awful Brother Florence Lost film 1911 Her Humble Ministry The Reformed Woman Lost film 1911 A Good Turn Lost film 1911 The State Line The Sheriff's Daughter Lost film 1911 A Game of Deception The Actress Lost film 1911 The Professor's Ward Edith – The Professor's Ward Lost film 1911 Duke De Ribbon Counter Lillian De Mille Lost film 1911 Higgenses Versus Judsons Freda Judson Lost film 1911 The Little Rebel Rosalind Trevaine Lost film 1911 Always a Way Ruth Craven Lost film 1911 The Snare of Society Mary Williams Lost film 1911 During Cherry Time Violet – the Country Girl Lost film 1911 The Gypsy Zara – the Gypsy Lost film 1911 Her Two Sons The Younger Brother's Wife Lost film 1911 Through Jealous Eyes Flo – the Doctor's Office Nurse Lost film 1911 A Rebellious Blossom Flo = the Rebellious Daughter Lost film 1911 The Secret Diana Stanhope Lost film 1911 Romance of Pond Cove Florence Earle Lost film 1911 The Story of Rosie's Rose Rosie Carter Lost film 1911 The Life Saver Jessie Storm – the Local Girl Lost film 1911 The Matchmaker Evelyn Bruce – the Young Governess Lost film 1911 The Slavey's Affinity Peggy – a Boarding House Drudge Lost film 1911 The Maniac Dora Elsmore Lost film 1911 A Rural Conqueror Marjorie Thorne Lost film 1911 One on Reno Mrs. Appleby Lost film 1911 Aunt Jane's Legacy Bessie Elkins – the Niece Lost film 1911 His Chorus Girl Wife Sybil Sanford – a Chorus Girl Lost film 1911 A Blind Deception Ellen Austin – the Nurse Lost film 1911 A Head for Business Phyllis Moore Lost film 1911 A Girlish Impulse Gladys Stevens Lost film 1911 Art Versus Music Ethel Vernon Lost film 1911 The American Girl Lost film 1912 A Village Romance Flo – the Country Girl Lost film 1912 The Players Flo Lakewood Lost film 1912 Not Like Other Girls Flo Lost film 1912 Taking a Chance Mrs. Flo Mills Lost film 1912 The Mill Buyers Flo Lost film 1912 The Chance Shot Flo Lost film 1912 Her Cousin Fred Flo Ballard Lost film 1912 The Winning Punch Nellie Wilson Lost film 1912 After All Margie Lost film 1912 All for Love Flo Lost film 1912 Flo's Discipline Florence Dow 1912 The Advent of Jane Dr. Jane Bixby Lost film 1912 Tangled Relations Florence the Governess Lost film 1912 Betty's Nightmare Betty Lost film 1912 The Cross-Roads Annabel Spaulding 1912 The Angel of the Studio Roxie Lost film 1912 The Redemption of Riverton June Martin Lost film 1912 Sisters Annie / Mary (twin sisters) Lost film 1912 The Lady Leone Lady Leone Mervyn Lost film 1912 A Surgeon's Heroism Lost film 1913 The Closed Door Florence Ashleigh Lost film 1913 The Girl o'the Woods Mab Hawkins Lost film 1913 The Spender Flo Lost film 1913 His Wife's Child Flo Lost film 1913 Unto the Third Generation Esther Stern Lost film 1913 The Influence of Sympathy The Wife Lost film 1913 A Girl and Her Money Florence Kingsley Lost film 1913 Suffragette's Parade in Washington Lost film 1913 The Counterfeiter 1914 The Coryphee Florence Lost film 1914 The Romance of a Photograph Flo Lost film 1914 The False Bride Florence Gould & Amy St. Clair (Dual Role) Lost film 1914 The Law's Decree Flo Lost film 1914 The Stepmother Flo Lost film 1914 The Honeymooners Florence Blair Lost film 1914 Diplomatic Flo Flo Lost film 1914 The Little Mail Carrier Flo – the Little Mail Carrier Lost film 1914 The Pawns of Destiny Flo Lost film 1914 The Bribe Lost film 1914 A Disenchantment Flo – the Maid Lost film 1914 The Doctor's Testimony Florence Lund Lost film 1914 A Singular Cynic Flo Welton Lost film 1914 Her Ragged Knight Flo – Bob's Ward Lost film 1914 The Mad Man's Ward Lost film 1914 The Honor of the Humble Flo Soule – The Gamekeeper's Daughter Lost film 1914 Counterfeiters Flo Lost film 1914 A Mysterious Mystery Miss Lawrence Lost film 1914 The Woman Who Won Florence Lloyd Lost film 1914 The Great Universal Mystery Herself Lost film 1917 Face on the Screen Lost film 1918 The Love Craze Lost film

Features Year Title Role Notes 1908 The Red Girl The Red Girl Lost film 1914 A Singular Sinner Lost film 1916 Elusive Isabel Isabel Thorne Lost film 1922 The Unfoldment Katherine Nevin Lost film 1923 The Satin Girl Sylvia Lost film 1923 Lucretia Lombard 1924 Gambling Wives Polly Barker Lost film 1926 The Johnstown Flood Townswoman Uncredited 1926 The Greater Glory Woman Uncredited Lost film 1930 Sweeping Against the Winds 1931 Homicide Squad 1931 Pleasure Martha 1931 The Hard Hombre The Sister Uncredited 1932 So Big Mina Uncredited 1932 Sinners in the Sun Minor role Uncredited 1933 Secrets Minor role Uncredited 1933 The Silk Express Minor role Uncredited 1934 The Old Fashioned Way Minor role Uncredited 1935 Man on the Flying Trapeze Minor role Uncredited 1935 The Crusades Minor role Uncredited 1936 Yellow Dust Minor role Uncredited 1936 One Rainy Afternoon Minor role Uncredited 1936 Hollywood Boulevard Minor role Scenes deleted 1937 Night Must Fall Minor role Uncredited