Dorothy Dalton was an American silent film actress and stage personality who worked her way from a stock company to a movie career. Beginning in 1910, Dalton was a player in stock companies in Chicago; Terre Haute, Indiana; and Holyoke, Massachusetts. She joined the Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation vaudeville circuits. By 1914 she was working in Hollywood.
Dalton in 1920
Dalton in 1924. In 1922, she had bobbed her hair.
Dalton on the cover of Motion Picture Classic, November 1921, cover art by Benjamin Eggleston (1867-1937).
The Dark Road (1917)
Moran of the Lady Letty is a 1922 American silent adventure drama film directed by George Melford and stars Rudolph Valentino and Dorothy Dalton. Melford and Valentino had previously worked together on the box office hit The Sheik, in 1921. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Frank Norris and was adapted for the screen by Monte Katterjohn.
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Rudolph Valentino, Walter Long and Dorothy Dalton in a scene from the film.