Ora Carew Joins Universal (1916) 🇺🇸
One of the latest of recent players to join Universal forces at their Pacific Coast studios is Ora Carew, at present playing the feminine lead in Henry McRae’s production of Frank Wiltermood’s two-reel drama, Rival Towns.
Miss Carew is regarded as one of the most versatile photoplayers in the Los Angeles colony, her work having been divided between comedy and drama in each of which she was equally successful.
Miss Carew’s first film experience was at the old Reliance-Majestic studios where she worked under the director of D. W. Griffith in the production of Mutual releases. Following her engagement with this company, she joined the Keystone to try an entirely different line of work — that of comedy. She remained with this latter company until McRae offered her a better place with his 101 Bison company as leading woman opposite Lee Hill, also a recent arrival at the Universal studios.
Prior to her joining the Griffith companies, Miss Carew had earned an enviable reputation for her work on the legitimate and vaudeville stages which has proved invaluable since joining the film game. She is regarded as one of the most able ingénue leads at the big plant and will continue in the leading roles opposite Hill in McRae’s productions.
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Collection: Moving Picture World, March 1916
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