Phyllis Haver — Blue Book of the Screen (1923) 🇺🇸
The very mention of Phyllis Haver’s name is synonymous with comedy, the variety dispensed by Mack Sennett for years. Though she has by no means done her share of “emoting” as yet, Miss Haver has shed many briny tears, wrung her hands and cried, and otherwise portrayed feeling in dramatic characterizations.
Only recently the Sennett company loaned Miss Haver to the Goldwyn company to fill an important part in the cast of Hall Caine’s “The Christian,” and the unstinted praise given her description of the role of Polly Love in this cinema play is proof of her versatility.
The new star counts herself among the real California girls on the screen, laying claim to being a better “native” than those born in the “Sun-Kist” State, since she deliberately choose California, while the other “natives” had it thrust upon them, so to speak, this despite the fact that Kansas is the natal State from which Phyllis and her parents removed so long ago that she does not remember the journey.
Miss Haver attended classes in Los Angeles, and after graduating determined on a screen career for herself. Through a mutual friend she was taken to the Mack Sennett studios, where she was introduced to the comedy king, to whom she made known her aspirations. Mr. Sennett consented to giving her a screen test, which proved so successful that she was engaged to appear, first as an extra girl and later a regular member of the company.
Phyllis Haver has served her apprenticeship. As a matter of fact, she will start with production shortly as the star in an original story specially written and ideally suited to her personality, and the title of which, “The Extra Girl,” brings back reminiscences of the days when she was actually known as such.
Miss Haver has light hair and blue eyes, stands 5 feet 6 inches tall, and weighs 126 pounds. Her favorite sport is swimming.
Some of her starring pictures are: “Married Life,” “Love, Honor and Behave” and “A Small Town Idol.”
Collection: The Blue Book of the Screen (1923)