Louise Emerald Bates Explained

Louise Emerald Bates
Birth Date:	December 28, 1886
Birth Place:	Massachusetts, U.S.
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation:	Actress

Louise Emerald Bates (December 28, 1886 - June 11, 1972) was an American actress whose photo was covered in the 1915 issue of Motion Picture Classic.^[1] Born in Massachusetts, U.S,^[2] she left the stage and theater productions, where she starred in musical comedies, for Thanhouser's Falstaff comedies produced at its New Rochelle studio.^[3] She was a female lead in Falstaff comedies. In 1916 she worked at Thanhouser's studio in Jacksonville, Florida.^[2] where the Falstaff crew relocated.^[4] In 1916, actor Harris Gordon was noted as her husband.^[5] She married Edmund Mortimer and became Louise Bates Mortimer.^[6]

Theater

• The Passing Show
• The Fascinating Widow^[3]

Filmography

• Foiling Father's Foes (1915)^[7]
• Minnie the Mean Manicurist (1915)
• Conductor's Classy Champion (1915) as Cordelia
• Hilda's Husky Mother (1915) as Hilda^[7]
• Film Favorite's Finish (1915)^[8]
• Inspiration (1915 film)
• Grace's Gorgeous Gowns (1916)^[2]
• The Men She Married (1916) as Ada Semple
• Her Father's Gold (1916)^{[9] [10]} a drama feature film^[2]
• Grace's Gorgeous Gowns (1916)^[2]
• Pete's Persian Princess (1916)^[2]
• Lucky Larry's Lady Love (1916)^[2]
• Levy's Fashion Exhibit (1916), private release^[2]
• Perkins' Peace Party (1916^[2]
• Silas Marner (1916 film) as His sweetheart
• What Doris Did (1916)^[2]
• Maud Muller Modernized (1916)^[2]
• Theodore's Terrible Thirst (1916)^[2]
• The Weakling (1916)^[2]
• The Kiddie's Kaptain Kid (1916)^[11]
• Disguisers (1916)^[2]
• Advertisemters (1916)^[2]
• Real Estaters (1916)^[2]
• Guiders (1916)^[2]
• Musickers (1916)^[2]
• Wrath of Love (1917)^{[12] [13]}
• The Easiest Way (1917 film)
• Arms and the Girl (1917) as Olga Karnovitch^[14]
• The Marionettes (film) (1918) as Madame de Lancey
• A Wife's Romance (1923) as Isabel de Castellar (credited as Louise Bates Mortimer)
• The Beloved Brat (1938) as Mrs. Morgan's Guest
• Laugh It Off (1939 film)

Notes and References

1. Book: Motion Picture Classic . 1915 .
2. Web site: BATES, Louise Emerald. www.thanhouser.org.
3. Web site: Moving Picture World and View Photographer. September 5, 1915. World Photographic Publishing Company. Google Books.
4. Book: Anders van Haden: A Pictorial Biography . 978-1-5320-5248-4 . Howard . Terris C. . 12 July 2018 . iUniverse .
5. Web site: Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines. September 5, 1916. Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company. Google Books.
6. Book: Vazzana, Eugene Michael. Silent Film Necrology. September 5, 2001. McFarland. 978-0-7864-1059-0 . Google Books.
7. Web site: Moving Picture World and View Photographer. September 5, 1915. World Photographic Publishing Company. Google Books.
8. Web site: FILM FAVORITE'S FINISH, THE. www.thanhouser.org.
9. Book: The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996 . 978-1-4766-0925-6 . Langman . Larry . 11 July 2015 . McFarland .
10. Book: Langman, Larry. The Media in the Movies: A Catalog of American Journalism Films, 1900-1996. July 11, 2015. McFarland. 978-1-4766-0925-6 . Google Books.
11. Web site: Nickelodeon. September 5, 1916. Google Books.
12. Book: Connelly, Robert B.. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. September 5, 1998. December Press. 978-0-913204-36-8 . Google Books.
13. Web site: The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. Aubrey. Solomon. January 10, 2014. McFarland. Google Books.
14. Web site: Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke. Grant. Hayter-Menzies. April 22, 2009. McFarland. Google Books.