Vera James Munro (born Vera Gwendoline James, 2 April 1892 â€" 19
October 1980) was a New Zealand actress who worked in theatre and
film. In 1929 she appeared in the first all-talking, all-colour
feature length movie ever made, Warner Bros On with the Show!, and was
already well known for starring in A Girl of the Bush in 1921.James
was born Vera Gwendoline James on 2 April 1892, the daughter of
William Francis James and Alice Jane James (née Hill) of Dunedin, New
Zealand. She moved to Australia in 1919 and appeared in two films for
Franklyn Barrett. The first was A Girl of the Bush, which was
screened in both Australia and New Zealand. Her performance in the
lead role was widely praised for the versatility of her acting, her
mimicry, feats of horsemanship, and her good looks. She had learned to
ride horses and swim in order to land the role. The second film was
Know Thy Child, in which James' character was first shown at the age
of seventeen, then aged twenty-five, and finally aged about forty; "in
each age she plays the part with restraint and dramatic skill".After
these successes, James moved to Hollywood in 1922, with her new
husband, Arthur Henry Munro, who she had married on 29 June 1921 at
the Presbyterian Church, Neutral Bay, Sydney. In Hollywood, James
appeared in a B-Western, McGuire of the Mounted (1923), playing a
member of a drug smuggling gang who was married to the hero while he
was doped. She was cast in Bavu (1923), and appeared in pre-release
publicity images, but does not appear in the cast list of the final
release. James also had supporting roles in The Hunchback of Notre
Dame (1923), The Radio Detective (1925) (a serial), Three Wise Men
(1925) with Janet Gaynor and Ben Corbett, Fade-Away Foster (1926), and
On with the Show! which was the first all-colour, all-talking
full-length movie in history. She was one of the few New Zealand
actors to find some fame in Hollywood at the time. Vera James Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter