Leatrice Joy
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Leatrice Joy was an American actress most prolific during the silent film era.
Joy c. 1926
Joy, early 1920s
Joy as Mary Leigh in The Ten Commandments (1923)
The Ten Commandments is a 1923 American silent religious epic film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille. Written by Jeanie MacPherson, the film is divided into two parts: a prologue recreating th
Leatrice Joy
…public and was given leading-lady status opposite such performers as Wallace Beery, Conrad Nagel, Nita Naldi, and Irene Rich. Joy as Mary Leigh in The Ten Commandments (1923) Directors often cast Joy in the strong-willed independent woman role, and the liberated atmosphere of the Jazz Age Roaring Twenties solidified…
Theatrical release poster
The four main characters of the modern story (from left to right): John McTavish, a carpenter; his mother, Mrs. Martha McTavish; his sister-in-law, Mary Leigh; and his brother, Dan McTavish
The Gates of Rameses in one of the film's Technicolor sequences
Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt in one of the film's Technicolor sequences