Pauline Starke (January 10, 1901 – February 3, 1977) was an American silent-film actress born in Joplin, Missouri. She made her acting debut appearing as a dance extra in D.W. Griffith's film ...

Adventure. From Jack London’s story of the Solomon Islands this story was stripped and put on reels. A girl lands in the Islands, gets into the management of a plantation, is kidnapped, survives a ...

If you listed film stars coming from Joplin, the list would probably start with Dennis Weaver, Bob Cummings, John Beal, and Dabbs Greer might appear in the list though he was from Anderson. But you’d ...

Films featuring local talent or events — from the 1920s silent film “Captain Salvation” and Alfred Hitchcock’s spy thriller “Saboteur,” starring, respectively, Joplin natives Pauline Starke and Robert ...

Mignon Anderson -- Mary Astor -- William Bakewell -- Lina Basquette -- Madge Bellamy -- Constance Binney -- Priscilla Bonner -- Hobart Bosworth -- Evelyn Brent ...