Helen Ferguson
1901 - 1977Helen Ferguson (July 23, 1901 – March 14, 1977) was an
American actress later turned publicist.
Born in Decatur, Illinois in 1901, she graduated from
Nicholas High School of Chicago and the Academy of Fine Arts. Ferguson was a
newspaper reporter before entering the motion picture field.
It is thought she made her debut in films in 1914, although
her first recorded credits are in 1917. She soon starred in roles for Fox Film
Corporation by 1920, which is when her career really took off with films such
as Hungry Hearts (1922) for Samuel Goldwyn. She was cast mostly in westerns,
comedies, and serials. She was selected as a WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1922.
She married actor William Russell in 1925, but he died in
1929. The following year, she married wealthy banker Richard L. Hargreaves.
Following her second marriage, she left films to concentrate on stage work,
though she only received minimal success in this medium.
In 1933, she left acting altogether to focus on publicity
work, a job she became very successful in and which made her a major power in
Hollywood, because she was representing such big name stars as Henry Fonda,
Barbara Stanwyck, and Robert Taylor, among others. Ferguson represented actress
Loretta Young for more than nineteen years. She kept reporters from needlessly
disturbing Young and was considered one of the foremost "suppress agents"
in Hollywood.
In 1941, her second husband died, and she retired from
publicity work in 1967. She died in Clearwater, Florida in 1977, aged 75. She
is buried at Forest Lawn Glendale in Glendale, California.
Helen Ferguson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for
her contributions to Motion Pictures at 6153 Hollywood Blvd.
Spook Ranch
Edward Laemmle
Hoot Gibson, Ed Cowles
Bill Bangs and his Negro valet, George Washington Black, stray into a mining town and are arrested when they attempt to steal something to eat. The sheriff promises them their freedom if they solve the mystery of a haunted house near the town. Bill agrees.....
Spook Ranch
Miss Lulu Bett
William C. de Mille
Lois Wilson, Milton Sills
Lois Wilson (as Lulu) is the spinsterish member of the Deacon family: "The family beast of burden, whose timid soul has failed to break the bonds of family servitude." Her brother-in-law is patriarchal Theodore Roberts (as Dwight Deacon); running the house with an iron fist, he is both a dentist and a Justice of the Peace. As the latter, he accidentally marries Ms. Wilson to his visiting brother Clarence Burton (as Ninian Deacon) while they are out for dinner. Schoolteacher Milton Sills (as Neil Cornish) is also interested in Wilson...
Miss Lulu Bett
Just Pals
John Ford
Buck Jones, Helen Ferguson
Bim (Buck Jones) seems to be his town's biggest loser, but when he takes a needy 13-year-old boy named Bill (George Stone) under his wing, it seems there may be some hope for Bim. After learning about Bill, a young teacher, Mary (Helen Ferguson), whom Bim secretly adores, helps get the young boy into school. And when Bim then helps Mary repay a loan, defaulted on by shifty boyfriend (William Buckley), it becomes evident that Bim can reform. As the plot in this captivating film twist and turns, the stakes get higher, the action gets more intense and hope for Bim bounds upward.
Just Pals
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
Marion Aye, Helen Ferguson
The WAMPAS Baby Stars was a promotional campaign sponsored by the United States Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers, which honored 13 (15 in 1932) young actresses each year whom they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. 1922 was the first.
The Wampas Baby Stars of 1922
The Lost Battalion
Burton L. King
Robert Alexander, George McMurtry
World War I, October 1918. The more than 500 men of the 77th Infantry Division of the United States Army, who have been recruited in New York City and trained in Yaphank, are sent to France, to help break down the German defenses located in the Argonne forest…
The Lost Battalion
Jaws of Steel
Ray Enright
Rin-Tin-Tin, Jason Robards Sr.
Our doggy hero is abandoned in the desert while in pup-hood. Upon reaching maturity, Tin Tin has undeservedly earned the reputation as a killer canine. Thus, the human characters spend most of their time hunting down the dog in hopes of collecting a huge bounty.
Jaws of Steel
