Viola Dana

Viola Dana; born Virginia Flugrath (June 26, 1897 – July 3, 1987), American film actress who was successful during the era of silent films, vintage postcard.  

With the stage name of "Viola Dana," she entered films in 1910, including 'A Christmas Carol' (1910). Her first motion picture was made at a former Manhattan (New York) riding academy on West 61st Street. The stalls had been transformed to dressing rooms. Dana became a star with the Edison Manufacturing Company, working at their studio in the Bronx. She fell in love with Edison director John Hancock Collins and they married in 1915. Dana's success in Collins's Edison features such as 'Children of Eve' (1915) and 'The Cossack Whip' (1916) encouraged producer B. A. Rolfe to offer the couple lucrative contracts with his company, Rolfe Photoplays, which released through Metro Pictures Corporation. Dana and Collins accepted Rolfe's offer in 1916 and made several important films for Rolfe/Metro, notably 'The Girl Without a Soul' and 'Blue Jeans' (both 1917).

Verso bears original graphics, else blank and clean. In very good condition.