“Social contacts? Yes, they count a lot. If you are seen you are discussed. If you are a recluse (unless you’re Garbo) you are very apt to be forgotten.” — Anita Page
Source: Ben Maddox (1932)
Photographer: C.S. Bull
“I was only 16 when I went into the pictures. Outside of school plays I had no acting experience at the time.” — Anita Page. However, according to IMDB, Page entered films as an extra when she was 15.
Source: Oscar Smith (1933)
“I’ll never forget the centuries I lived through those few days waiting for that call. If I knew then as much as I do now about the motion picture game I would realize that I was lucky. But then I thought I was neglected. I hung on that telephone, hour upon hour, waiting for the call, until finally, mother advised me to go out. I did and the message came from the studio.” — Anita Page
Source: 1933
“I wanted to get into the movies and I didn’t want to be married when I got into the movies. Maybe after I was in them for a long while or something. But I knew I was going to need everything I had in the movies if I was going to go in them and so–a lot of people don’t. They go in whether they can do it or not, but I wanted to give everything I had to the movies at the time.” – Anita Page
Photo by George Hurrell.
“Between movies I signed fan mail. Or I modelled, or went on publicity tours. I received so much fan mail.” — Anita Page
Source: Austin Mutti-Mewse (2000)
Photo: C.S. Bull
Carroll Nye and Anita Page in the silent crime thriller WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1928).
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Anita Page pleads with boyfriend Carroll Nye in silent crime thriller WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS (1928).
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While the City Sleeps (1928). With Carroll Nye.
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While the City Sleeps (1928). With Carroll Nye.
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“I ended up loathing Joan. For one thing, she tried hitting on me several times.” — Anita Page
Photo: Our Dancing Daughters (1928). With Dorothy Sebastian and Joan Crawford.
At the beach with Dorothy Sebastian, c. 1929.
Photographer: C.S. Bull
“I took MGM into the sound era and made them a huge buck.” — Anita Page
Source: Austin Mutti-Mewse (2000)
The Broadway Melody (1929). Costarring Bessie Love and Charles King.
In his first talking picture, William (Billy) Haines stars with Anita Page in the 1929 romantic comedy NAVY BLUES.
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War Nurse (1930)
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“It’s a lot of fun playing a ‘party girl’ but when one thinks of the really dramatic actresses it looks rather frivolous.” — Anita Page in 1930.
Source: Kenneth R. Porter
“You haver no idea how much better I feel since we moved away from town. I was perpetually tired and never wanted to do anything when we were living in town. Of course, when we had a house up in the mountains I was afraid to spend much time up there for fear I might be wanted at the studio. So we moved to the beach and you’re crazy if you think I’m not enjoying it. Even when I’m working I get up early enough to take a dip in the ocean before going to the studio. That peps me up for the entire day. Then when I come home at night I go in for a swim. And when I’m not working I spend practically all of my time down on the beach.” — Anita Page
Source: Dan Thomas (1931)
Photo: Ruth Harriet Louise
“I’m sure where I feared to tread Joan Crawford, Constance Bennett, and maybe even Jean Harlow didn’t give it a second thought…Irving [Thalberg] was obviously so mad with me he ruined my career.” — Anita Page
Anita Page models a wedding gown in front of Marian Marsh in the 1931 precode film, UNDER 18. The film’s working title at the time this photo was taken was “Poor Little Ritz Girl.”
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“If I’d known my films were going to be watched again by a whole new audience, I’d have acted a whole lot better!” — Anita Page
Old Hollywood Collection: Anita Page with Camera 03 Framed photo paper poster
Paper dolls of Anita Page and Claudette Colbert from 1931.
