Instead of spamming the favorite pics thread, I decided to start a new thread devoted solely to this mysterious Danish actress. If I or anyone manages to track down anything new on her - be it any available footage, or personal info - this is the thread to share!
Here's a short 4 minute film from 1916 called Diana the Huntress. That's Valda as Diana. Shame the image quality's so poor though.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2lGxZbTFL4w
Valda Valkyrien
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Re: Valda Valkyrien
The Women Film Pioneers Project has a list of Valda's extant filmography. So far I've found Diana the Huntress on YouTube. I bolded the titles to make the list easier to parse.
Filmography
A. Archival Filmography: Extant Film Titles:
1. Valda Valkyrien as Actress
Dødsspring til hest fra cirkuskuplen /The Great Circus Catastrophe. Dir.: Eduard Schnedler-Sorensen (Nordisk Film Denmark 1912) cas.: Valdemar Psilander, Aage Hertel, Frederik Jacobsen, Valda Valkyrien, si, b&w, 35mm. Archive: DKK.
De Heldige Friere /Unsuccessful Flirtation. (Nordisk Film Denmark 1912) cas.: Hilmar Clausen, Valda Valkyrien, si, b&w, 35mm. Archive: USM.
Den Stærkeste /Vanquished. Dir.: Eduard Schnedler-Sørensen. (Nordisk Film Denmark 1912). cas.: Else Frølich, Valda Valkyrien. si., b&w. Archive: DKK.
Youth. Dir.: Harry Handworth (Vitagraph Company US 1915) cas.: Antonio Moreno, Valda Valkyrien, si, b&w. Archive: GBB.
Silas Marner. Exec. prod. Gertrude Thanhouser, Edwin Thanhouser, dir.: Ernest C. Warde (Thanhouser Film Corp. US 1916) cas.: Frederick Warde, Louise E. Bates, Morgan Jones, Valda Valkyrien, si, b&w. Archive: USW.
Diana the Huntress. Dir.: Charles W. Allen and Francis T. Miller, sc., Francis T. Miller. (Pluragraoh Co., US 1916) cas.: Valda Valkyrien (as Baroness Von Dewitz), Paul Swan. si., b&w. 35mm & 16mm. Archive: USW, ITG.
The Image Maker. Exec. Prod. Gertrude Thanhouser, Edwin Thanhouser, dir.: Eugene Moore (Thanhouser Film Corp. US 1917) cas.: Valda Valkyrien, Harris Gordon, si, b&w. Archive: Private Collection.
Bolshevism on Trial. Dir.: Harley Knoles, sc.: Harry Chandlee (Mayflower Photoplay Corp. US 1919) cas.: Henry Truesdell, Robert Frazer, Inez Nesbitt, Valda Valkyrien, si, b&w. Archive: ITG, USW, USF.
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Re: Valda Valkyrien
Great news! Here's Bolshevism On Trial (also called Shattered Dreams). Valda makes a credited appearance at 3:25 (though her surname is spelled Valkyrian). Now we can properly see her in action!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PwM3qVpRuqw#fauxfullscreen
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PwM3qVpRuqw#fauxfullscreen
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
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Re: Valda Valkyrien
Good work! Bolshevism On Trial looks very interesting. I’m looking forward to watching that.
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Re: Valda Valkyrien
An advertisement from the June 1916 issue of Moving Picture World for Diana the Huntress.
https://archive.org/stream/moviewor28ch ... 3/mode/1up
https://archive.org/stream/moviewor28ch ... 3/mode/1up
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Re: Valda Valkyrien
Valda as seen in the April 1919 issue of Photoplay. Photo by Alfred Cheney Johnston.
https://archive.org/stream/phojanjun16c ... 0/mode/1up
https://archive.org/stream/phojanjun16c ... 0/mode/1up
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"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
~ Cicero, Letters to Friends, Book IX Letter IV
~ Cicero, Letters to Friends, Book IX Letter IV
Re: Valda Valkyrien
Wow! That's a striking one!
You trying to tell me you didn't hear that shriek? That was something trying to get out of its premature grave, and I don't want to be here when it does. - Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
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Re: Valda Valkyrien
Previous video of Bolshevism on Trial got nuked, so here is another upload (here titled Shattered Dreams).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTnY4wntLvg
Valda pops up in February of 1927 in both The Film Daily and Variety. Of course, the comeback never did materialize.
https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/f ... 0newy_0233
https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/v ... 27-02_0007
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTnY4wntLvg
Valda pops up in February of 1927 in both The Film Daily and Variety. Of course, the comeback never did materialize.
https://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/f ... 0newy_0233
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"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
~ Cicero, Letters to Friends, Book IX Letter IV
~ Cicero, Letters to Friends, Book IX Letter IV