page_title: Elaine Hammerstein
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Elaine Hammerstein / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Colorized photograph of actress Elaine Hammerstein published on page 21 of the September 1919 Shadowland (credit on page 79).
context_page_description: Elaine Hammerstein was an American silent film and stage actress.
context_section_description: She appeared in her first Broadway production in 1913, at the age of 17. This was a musical entitled High Jinks, which featured actor Snitz Edwards. After school she was given a position in production work by her father. In 1915 she performed on Broadway a second time, in The Trap. In the drama she acted opposite actor Holbrook Blinn.
  From this work Hammerstein went into motion pictures. She appeared in 44 movies from 1915 until 1926. Among her film credits are The Girl From Nowhere (1921), The Drums of Jeopardy (1923), Reckless Youth (1922), Broadway Gold (1923), and The Midnight Express (1924), opposite William Haines. With the latter film, the studio tried to promote Hammerstein and Haines as a couple, however, in real life, Haines was a gay man.
caption: Hammerstein in Shadowland magazine (September 1919)
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