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3 unusual facts about Norma Talmadge


Joseph M. Schenck

Through his involvement in the film business, in 1916 Joseph Schenck met and married Norma Talmadge, one of the top young stars with Vitagraph Studios.

The Prospect Studios

The Prospect Studios (also known as ABC Television Center West) is a lot containing several television studios located at 4151 Prospect Avenue in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, at the corner of Prospect and Talmadge Avenues (named in honor of silent screen star Norma Talmadge), just east of Hollywood.

Villa Riviera

In 1937, silent film star Norma Talmadge and her ex-husband Joseph Schenk, president of 20th Century Fox, bought the building for $1.5 million.


Fred Niblo

Niblo followed up on this success with two major 1926 works, The Temptress starring Greta Garbo in her second film in America, and Norma Talmadge in Camille.


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Margaret Leahy

Leahy was selected as one of thirteen WAMPAS Baby Stars in 1923, probably due to the help of producer Joseph Schenck, Norma Talmadge's husband, who had signed a three-year contract with the girl.