Alatia Marton
Alatia Marton | |
|---|---|
 Alatia Marton, from a 1918 publication | |
| Born | September 15, 1894 Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | June 4, 1972 (age 77) Dallas, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
Alatia Lee Marton (September 15, 1894 – June 4, 1972) was an American actress who appeared in about a dozen silent film shorts between 1917 and 1918.
Early life and education
Marton was born in Dallas, Texas,[1] the daughter of Henry Marton and Clara Anne Davis Marton (later Arnold). She graduated from Dallas High School.[2]
Career
Marton answered phones at a cement company as a young woman.[2] She was one of the eleven winners of a Photoplay Magazine national beauty contest in 1916.[2][3] She won a screen test,[3] and traveled to Chicago, Detroit, and New York City as part of the contest's publicity tour.[4] She was known as one of Mack Sennett's "Bathing Beauties".[5]
Marton left the film industry to marry in 1918,[6] but returned to Los Angeles later in life, and was active in the Women's Guild of the Church of Religious Science in Beverly Hills.[7]
Filmography
All of Marton's credits were in short silent comedy films from 1917 and 1918.
- A Toy of Fate (1917)[8][9]
- A Hotel Disgrace (1917)[8][9]
- A Warm Reception (1917)[8][9]
- His Taking Ways (1917)[8][9]
- Pearls and Perils (1917)[10]
- Their Husband (1917, co-starring Harry Depp)[9][11]
- False to the Finish (1917)[5]
- An Iceman's Bride (1917, starring Mal St. Clair and Eddie Gribbon)[12]
- His Hidden Shame (1918, starring Max Asher, Mal St. Clair, and Eddie Gribbon)[13]
- Ruined by a Dumb Waiter (1918)[14]
- The Kitchen Lady (1918)[9]
- Fork Over (1918)
Personal life
Marton married Marcus McClellan Plowman in 1918;[6][15] they had a daughter. Her husband died in 1944, her daughter died in 1969, and she died in 1972, at the age of 77, in Dallas.[16]
References
- ^ Parker, S. G. (June 17, 1916). "Texas Flickers". Motography: 1412.
- ^ a b c "Here Are the Winners!". Photoplay. 10 (2): 65, 68. July 1916 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "She Vindicates the Judges" Photoplay Magazine 13(3)(February 1918): 76.
- ^ "Beauty Winners Face the Camera!" Photoplay Magazine (November 1916): 125-126.
- ^ a b "Bathing Girls as Models". The Moving Picture World: 1049. November 17, 1917 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ a b "Plays and Players". Photoplay. 13 (5): 102. April 1918 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Set Card Party". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 1963-05-13. p. 11. Retrieved 2025-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c d Walker, Brent E. (2010-01-13). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland. p. 345, 346. ISBN 978-0-7864-5707-6.
- ^ a b c d e f Warren M. Sherk (1998). The films of Mack Sennett. Internet Archive. Scarecrow Press. pp. 99, 109, 119–120, 205, 208, 216. ISBN 978-0-8108-3443-9.
- ^ "Judith Theatre (advertisement)". Lewistown Daily News. 1917-12-18. p. 3. Retrieved 2025-07-26 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Ginibre, Jean-Louis (2005). Ladies Or Gentlemen: A Pictorial History of Male Cross-dressing in the Movies. Filipacchi Publishing. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-933231-04-4.
- ^ "Warm Treatment of Cool Keystone Subject". The Moving Picture World: 1526. December 8, 1917 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Seven Keystones Finished". Motion Picture News: 4037. December 8, 1917 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Keystone Comedies". Exhibitors Herald. 6 (7): 42. February 9, 1918 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Marriages". The Billboard. 30 (4): 74. January 26, 1918 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Doyle, Billy H. (1995). The Ultimate Directory of Silent Screen Performers: A Necrology of Births and Deaths and Essays on 50 Lost Players. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 978-0-8108-2958-9.