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Luana Walters

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Luana Walters
Luana Walters as Jane Forbes inMisbehaving Husbands(1940)
Born(1912-07-22)July 22, 1912
Los Angeles, California,U.S.
DiedMay 19, 1963(1963-05-19)(aged 50)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
Years active1930–1956
Known forWestern movies
Spouse
Max Hoffman Jr.
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(m.1936; died 1945)​

Luana Walters(July 22, 1912 – May 19, 1963) was an American motion picture actress fromLos Angeles, California.[1]

Biography

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Her film career began when she visited a friend on aUnited Artistslot.Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.was excited about her screen possibilities and arranged for a film test. However, only three days later Fairbanks went to Europe, and the test was never completed. Not long afterwardsJoe Schencksaw Walters on the dance floor at the Cocoanut Grove inLos Angeles, California.After viewing the abbreviated test made by Fairbanks, Schenck offered her a contract with United Artists. The studio did not make a movie in the next six months so Walters' option was not taken up.[citation needed]

Luana Walters in 1933

Walters' screen credits start with an uncredited role inReaching for the Moon(1930). Her skill as anequestrianhelped her in parts in westerns likeRide 'Em Cowboy(1936),Where the West Begins(1938),Mexicali Rose(1939), andLaw of the Wolf(1939).[2]On several occasions Walters made films in which her work was left in the cutting room, from the final edit. This began when she madeReaching for the Moonwith Fairbanks. Her parts were also deleted fromSpawn of the North(1938) andSouls at Sea(1937). The former was aHenry Fondafeature and the latter paired Walters withRobert Cummings.[3]

Walters appeared in "Superman Comes to Earth", the first chapter of the 1948Supermanmovie serial starringKirk Alynas Superman. Portions of this depiction appear in flashback in "At the Mercy of Atom Man!", the seventh chapter of the 1950 serialAtom Man vs. Superman.She worked in a number ofmovie serialsandB-Movies,especially in Westerns, featuring her riding skills, and sci-fi or horror genres.[4]She played a female reporter on the trail of a fiend's story inThe Corpse Vanishes(1942), withBela Lugosi.She appears as a cellblock guard inGirls in Prison(1956).[5]Her final role came inThe She Creature(1956).[6]

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^"Luana Walters - Overview".Allmovie.RetrievedSeptember 8,2009.
  2. ^"Luana Walters, film actress".digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu.RetrievedNovember 19,2018.
  3. ^Anderson, Chuck."Luana Walters".www.b-westerns.com.RetrievedNovember 19,2018.
  4. ^"RottenTomatoes Mobile".Rotten Tomatoes.Archived fromthe originalon January 2, 2014.RetrievedJanuary 24,2012.
  5. ^"Luana Walters | TV Guide".TVGuide.com.RetrievedNovember 19,2018.
  6. ^"Filmography for Luana Walters".Tcm.com.RetrievedNovember 6,2016.
  7. ^Blottner, Gene (December 22, 2011).Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926–1955: The Harry Cohn Years.McFarland.ISBN9780786486724.

Sources

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  • The Helena Independent,Harrison In Hollywood,December 23, 1938, Page 11.
  • Ironwood, MichiganDaily Globe,In Hollywood,December 8, 1936, Page 6.
  • Mansfield, OhioNews Journal,Theaters,June 29, 1942, Page 13.
  • Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune,At The Theaters,March 3, 1938, Page 13.
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