Anita Page

Written by Cliff Aliperti and originally published on Immortal Ephemera

Anita Page (1910-2008)

Born Anita Evelyn Pomares in Queens, New York, by the end of the silent era Anita Page was one of the most popular stars in the world. She made the transition to talkies—sort of: that Queens accent held her back from MGM's more prestigious pictures, and then a greedy agent helped sour the studio on her too. A chance meeting with the Bronson family in Queens earned her a bit in Paramount's A Kiss for...