Rubye De Remer
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Rubye De Remer was an American dancer and actress in silent films.
Born Ruby Burkhardt, she began her stage career with the Midnight Frolic, a Florenz Ziegfeld
show, in New York City
.
, a motion picture directed by Ivan Abramson
. De Remer's abundant physical beauty impeded her attempts to secure quality film roles. The Fox Film production of the comedy, The Evil Eye (1920), starred De Remer, Catherine Calvert
and Eugene O'Brien. In 1921, she played a hand organ while a monkey on a leash accompanied her through the streets of New York City
. Her character was Christine in Pilgrims of the Night. She worked for Associated Producers, acting opposite Lewis Stone
in a number of films. One of these was Passersby, a Frothingham production, adapted from the novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim
.
, coal and iron magnate Benjamin Throop 2nd (1889–1935) in Paris, France. She was his second wife. Her husband had reportedly spent the entire family fortune by the time of this death.
De Remer's home in the Hollywood hills was called Sunkist. Its location was so high above the movie colony that it was said the clouds park right in her front yard.
Born Ruby Burkhardt, she began her stage career with the Midnight Frolic, a Florenz Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld
Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. , , was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies , inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris. He also produced the musical Show Boat...
show, in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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Film actress
Her first film role came in 1917 in Enlighten Thy DaughterEnlighten Thy Daughter (1917 film)
Enlighten Thy Daughter is a 1917 silent film directed by Ivan Abramson.The exploitation film/sexual hygiene film warns against the dangers of premarital sex. Lillian Stevens is young woman who ends up having sex with Harold Winthrop after both are caught in an unexpected storm during a date. Of...
, a motion picture directed by Ivan Abramson
Ivan Abramson
Ivan Abramson was a director of American silent films active in the 1910s and 1920s.Abramson emigrated to the United States from Russia in the 1880s and soon became involved in Jewish newspaper field. In 1905 he founded an opera company. In 1914, he founded Ivan Film Productions to produce...
. De Remer's abundant physical beauty impeded her attempts to secure quality film roles. The Fox Film production of the comedy, The Evil Eye (1920), starred De Remer, Catherine Calvert
Catherine Calvert
Catherine Calvert, as she was known on the screen, or Mrs. Paul Armstrong, as she was in real life, was born in Baltimore, Md., and after many years experience on time stage in "Brown of Harvard," "The Deep Purple," a play from the pen of her husband, and many other productions she entered the...
and Eugene O'Brien. In 1921, she played a hand organ while a monkey on a leash accompanied her through the streets of New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Her character was Christine in Pilgrims of the Night. She worked for Associated Producers, acting opposite Lewis Stone
Lewis Stone
Lewis Shepard Stone was an American actor.Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, son of Bertrand Stone and Philena Heald Ball. Stone's hair grew gray by the time he was twenty. He fought in the Spanish-American War, then returned to a career as a writer. He soon began acting...
in a number of films. One of these was Passersby, a Frothingham production, adapted from the novel by E. Phillips Oppenheim
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Edward Phillips Oppenheim , was an English novelist, in his lifetime a major and successful writer of genre fiction including thrillers.-Life:...
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Ideal beauty
French artist Paul Helleu chose De Remer as his ideal of American beauty in 1920. Ziegfeld called De Remer the most beautiful blonde since Venus.Marriage
On April 7, 1924, De Remer wed Scranton, PennsylvaniaScranton, Pennsylvania
Scranton is a city in the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, United States. It is the county seat of Lackawanna County and the largest principal city in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area. Scranton had a population of 76,089 in 2010, according to the U.S...
, coal and iron magnate Benjamin Throop 2nd (1889–1935) in Paris, France. She was his second wife. Her husband had reportedly spent the entire family fortune by the time of this death.
De Remer's home in the Hollywood hills was called Sunkist. Its location was so high above the movie colony that it was said the clouds park right in her front yard.