Lila Chester

Lila Chester

Wiki - Lila Hayward Chester was born in Richmond, Virginia, and was educated at the University of California. She followed a career in stock and vaudeville on the stage. Her middle name was rarely used in publicity. She worked with P.A. Powers in 1911 and January 1912. Around the same time she also was an actress with Gaumont and Edison. Early in 1912 Lila Chester moved to Thanhouser, for whom she played in many films through 1915. In 1913 The New York Times named her as "one of the prettiest girls of today," in a contest judged by artists who specialized in the so-called "American girl," including James Montgomery Flagg, C. Allen Gilbert, Clarence F. Underwood, and Penrhyn Stanlaws. In the same year, by arrangement with Thanhouser, she was seen in Sapho, a Majestic film starring Florence Roberts and Shelley Hull, produced in Los Angeles for release on the Mutual Program. A publicist for Thanhouser, quoted in The Chicago Tribune, February 14, 1914, stated that by that time she had appeared in over 400 films. If most of these bore the Thanhouser label, then she must have played hundreds of minor roles, for Lila Chester appeared in relatively few film credits or publicity notices. Her most important role with Thanhouser was as Susan Farlow, companion to Florence LaBadie, in the extremely successful serial, The Million Dollar Mystery. Miss Chester left Thanhouser toward the end of 1914. The New Rochelle Pioneer, June 19, 1915, reported: "Lila Chester has returned to the studio to work in screenplays." However, her stay there was brief, and soon she again departed. By 1916 she had moved to Fort Lee, New Jersey, where she appeared in the August 1916 film, Miss Petticoats, produced by Peerless for World. She remained with World, and by 1918 had played roles in Sins of Society, The Unpardonable Sin, The Page Mystery, and A Self-Made Widow. A 1918 directory noted that she was 5'5" tall, weighed 123 pounds, and had a fair complexion, titian hair, and blue eyes. Her home address at the time was 118 West 72nd Street, New York City, and she worked with the World Film Corporation in Fort Lee, New Jersey. Her hobby was clothesmaking, embroidery, knitting, and other needlework.

  • Title : Lila Chester
  • Popularity : 0.61
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1888-04-22
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Lila Chester Movies

  • 1916
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    Miss Petticoats

    Miss Petticoats

    1 1916 HD

    Miss Petticoats stops a runaway horse, saves a wealthy woman from death, is rewarded with position as a private secretary. Society shuns her. She...

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  • 1918
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    Stolen Hours

    Stolen Hours

    1 1918 HD

    During a raid on a gambling establishment run by her father, Cosmo Lester, Diana Lester rescues Hugh Carton, a member of the English Parliament and a...

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  • 1912
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    Cousins

    Cousins

    1 1912 HD

    One little girl lived in the country. She was a model child, everybody admitted it, but it cannot be denied that she was more or less of a cry-baby...

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  • 1913
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    Peggy's Invitation

    Peggy's Invitation

    1 1913 HD

    A society woman who lives in the suburbs near the sea had laid her plans to insure the marriage of her daughter to a wealthy young banker.

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  • 1912
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    The Cry of the Children

    The Cry of the Children

    5.308 1912 HD

    An indictment of the evils of child labor, the film was controversial in its time for its use of actual footage of children employed in a working...

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  • 1917
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    A Self-Made Widow

    A Self-Made Widow

    1 1917 HD

    On the promise of marriage, Sylvia Smith, a simple girl from Lone Meadows, follows her lover to the city only to discover that he already has a wife.

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    The Unpardonable Sin

    The Unpardonable Sin

    1 1916 HD

    David Spencer (Holbrook Blinn) is a basically good man, but like all men he has a few character flaws. Alas, these flaws deepen into weaknesses,...

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  • 1913
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    Moths

    Moths

    1 1913 HD

    A French woman has to marry a Russian to preserve the reputation of her society mother. However she is in love with someone else.

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  • 1913
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    Uncle's Namesakes

    Uncle's Namesakes

    5 1913 HD

    An American family in need of some money decides to pull a little innocent scam on a wealthy English relative.

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    Just a Shabby Doll

    Just a Shabby Doll

    5 1913 HD

    A romantic story utilizing flashback sequences, featuring Harry Benham, Mignon Anderson and Helen Badgley (http://thanhouser.org/).

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    The Legend of Provence

    The Legend of Provence

    1 1913 HD

    A foundling is raised in a convent and becomes a nun there, until she falls in love with a wounded soldier under her care. When she leaves the...

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  • 1914
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    The Million Dollar Mystery

    The Million Dollar Mystery

    1 1914 HD

    This twenty-three episode serial told the story of a secret society called The Black Hundred and its attempts to gain control of a lost million...

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  • 1915
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    A Plugged Nickel

    A Plugged Nickel

    1 1915 HD

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