This week in 1000 Words we continue our "Hollywood Goes Fishing" theme with a great studio photograph of starlet Leila Hyams. Hyams was one of those silent film stars who transitioned into talking pictures. Beginning in 1924, she began as a supporting character in silent films but by the late 1920s had graduated to speaking leads. In 1930, she co-starred with Robert Montgomery and Wallace Beery (both ardent anglers) in The Big House. She retired from films in 1936 but remained active in Hollywood as the wife of noted agent Phil Berg. Here she poses for a studio still ca. 1930 with an Ocean City surf reel.
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