Juliette Day (1892-1957) by George Maillard Kesslere (1894-1979).
From VARIETY: “There are but two other principal women of note, Juliette Day as the wife of the American [that is, Sam Hardy], and Viola Cain as the daughter of the baron. The former works hard and is extremely pleasing in all that she does. The work of the latter is hardly more than a bit.”
Sam Hardy in GET-RICH-QUICK WALLINGFORD (1921). Photo by Moffett Studio
The VARIETY reviewer did not much care for Marc Klaw and A. L. Erlanger’s production of THE RIVIERA GIRL (1917), even with its book by Guy Bolton and P. G. Wodehouse. The sets and costumes by Joseph Urban were duly admired, but some of the other production choices seem questionable.
Sam Hardy, as a vulgar American investigating the Monte Carlo scene, gets chided for his broad acting and blatant cribbing from other comics, but he does seem like a bright spot in the cast: “A quartet, ‘Man, Man, Man,’ might have been a hit had the lyrics been distinguishable by the audience, while [a] duet by Hardy and Juliette Day, ‘Let’s Build a Little Bungalow in Quogue,’ could have been developed into the hit of the show but for the same reason. It was not until the last act that one of the numbers really got over, and that was the comedy number, ‘Why Don’t They Hand It to Me?’ led by Hardy with the chorus working well behind him.”
Reginald Denny (Reginald Leigh Dugmore, 1891-1967) and Sam Hardy (1883-1935) in THE NIGHT BIRD (1928), Denny’s last silent film.
Samuel B. Hardy was a Yale man (1905x); he left college to go on stage, and made his Broadway début in THE FORTUNES OF THE KING (1904-5). He supported Douglas Fairbanks and Irene Fenwick in HAWTHORNE OF THE U.S.A. (1912) and appeared in the ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1916 with Fanny Brice, Ina Claire, and Marion Davies.
