De Sacia Mooers
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De Sacia Mooers (November 19, 1888-January 11, 1960) was a movie actress from Los Angeles, California. Her hair was a brilliant red-blonde and her eyes were fiery and brown.
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[edit] Disputed Origins
Newspaper accounts of the era differ as to her birthplace. One report contends that she was a Los Angeles native and a member of the California Saville family. The Savilles were among California's pioneer settlers. Another article says that Mooers was from New York. Yet another source has her birthplace as Michigan [1] A 1927 movie review described her ancestry as French-Holland. She was once a pupil at the Egan school in Los Altos, California.
[edit] Searcher
In October 1920 Mooers was enticed by St. Louis Cardinals owner, Warren Fuzzy Anderson, to locate his nephew, Jimmy Anderson. Fuzzy Anderson was once a partner of Henry Ford. He handled foreign distribution for Ford Motor Company parts. He had no other close relatives to leave his wealth to aside from Jimmie, who left St. Louis, Missouri in 1918.
Mooers resided at the Canterbury Inn on Westlake Avenue in Los Angeles while she performed her investigation. She was promised a diamond necklace by the baseball owner if she could find Jimmie. The nephew was rumored to have relocated to Hollywood and become a stunt man in motion pictures.
[edit] Vamp
Mooers began working on a series of vamp roles starting with The Blonde Vampire, in 1922. Mooers was writing a book at the time. It was due to be published when the vamp film was released. A natural blond, Mooers defied the stereotype of a vamp having to have black or dark hair.
[edit] Movie Career
She began her career with the Samuel Goldwyn Company. At first she was known as De Sacia Saville. In the comedy Potash and Perlmutter (1923), she was cast with Martha Mansfield and Ben Lyon. Mooers appeared in over one hundred movies in the silent film era. Among her co-stars were Tom Mix and Warner Baxter. Mooers made Lonesome Ladies (1927), a First National Pictures comedy-drama about romance and marital strife. The screenplay was written by Lenore Coffee and the film featured Lewis Stone and Anna Q. Nilsson.
Her final movie was a western, The Arizona Kid (1930). It stars Baxter, Carole Lombard, and Mona Maris
Mooers also performed on stage in New York City.
[edit] Difficult Marriage
Mooers became the wife of Edward Demarest Mooers, owner of the Yellow Aster gold mine in Randsburg, California. It was the richest gold mine in the United States. The couple married in 1917 and divorced in May 1925. Eddie Mooers' family disapproved of Mooers' career from the time she left her home on Alvarado Terrace, barely out of her teens. An agreement was made in which representatives of the wealthy husband's family accompanied him to Mooers' studio once a month. They observed her behavior for signs of changes. The union between actress and mining scion became fractured and collapsed after the inquisitors decided Mooers had become less "lovely, charming, and conventional."
Mooers later wed actor Harry Lewis. She was a member of the Woman's Breakfast Club and director of the McKinley Home For Boys.
[edit] Death
In 1960 De Sacia Mooers died following a six week illness in Hollywood, California Presbyterian Hospital. She was seventy-two years old. Her residence was at 1523 North McCadden Place, Los Angeles.
[edit] References
- Danville Bee, Charmers of Six Nations In New Film At Rialto, November 28, 1927, Page 13.
- Frederick Post, Wanted Career-Not Husband, May 27, 1925, Page 10.
- Los Angeles Times, Blonde Vamp Lives, September 26, 1920, Page III15.
- Los Angeles Times, Hunting..Heir..To..Millions, October 9, 1922, Page II3.
- Los Angeles Times, De Sacia Mooers Dies; Tom Mix Leading Lady, January 12, 1960, Page 9.
- Modesto Evening News, California Girl Tells How Vamp Does Her Stuff In Modern Business World, June 19, 1923, Page 2.
- New York Times, The Cisco Kid Returns, May 17, 1930, Page 24.
- New York Times, De Sacia Mooers Dead, January 13, 1960, Page 47.
- Sandusky Register, Can A Blonde Be A Vampire?, December 28, 1919, Page 17.
- Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune, Moviegrams, Saturday, December 3, 1927, Page 8.
