Illustration on the dust jacket of "Under the Crescent," the novelization of the stories Shipman wrote for the the Universal movie series of the same name. Shipman's first years in Hollywood were spent writing stories and scenarios for the silent...
Nell Shipman (center) with other actors in a scene from one of the early silent films in which she appeared, possbily one of the films from Vitagraph's Wolfville series (1918).
Nell Shipman (right) with two actors in a scene from one of the early silent films in which she appeared, possbily one of the films from Vitagraph's Wolfville series (1918).
The actor Walt Whitman (1859-1928), who appeared in more than sixty films between 1915 and 1924, portraying Nell Shipman's father, the Skipper, in "The Grub-Stake."
