Aileen Pringle
Aileen Pringle's favorite film was a mid-1920s silent based on a book by Elinor Glyn: Three Weeks (1924), sort of a "Lady Chatterly's Lover". She recalled in a 1980 telephone conversation: "The film was in good taste; some people thought the book was trashy". Anita Loos wrote in "A Girl Like I", the first volume of her autobiography, vaudeville comic Joe Frisco telling Glynn: "Leave me get this straight. You want to find some tramp that don't look like a tramp, to play that English tramp in your picture. But take it from me, that kind of tramp don't hang out in Hollywood". Aileen had spent her 20s married to Charles McKenzie Pringle, the son of Sir John Pringle, a Jamaica landowner and a member of the Privy and Legislative Councils of Jamaica. Aileen lived in Jamaica until she went on stage with George Arliss. When she began divorce proceedings against Pringle in 1926, Hollywood gossip columnists speculated she would marry H.L. Mencken. She did not remarry until 1944 when she became the bride of James M. Cain, author of "The Postman Always Rings Twice". I opened my 1980 telephone conversation with Aileen by mentioning that the day before I had been reading her correspondence with Mencken at the New York Public Library. "But all the letters were destroyed", she said. I knew that Mencken had asked for all of his letters to her back at the time he became engaged to Sara Haardt. Aileen was the only woman who received such a request from Mencken at that time. "It was your letters from the late '30s and '40s I was reading", I told Aileen. "In one of them Mencken was urging you to write a book. Did you ever finish it?" "No. I got married instead." In a 1946 letter she wrote to Mencken. "If I had remained married to that psychotic Cain, I would be wearing a straitjacket instead of the New Look." Date of Death 16 December 1989, New York City, New York
Filmography
Laura
as Woman (uncredited)
Laura
as Woman (uncredited)
Since You Went Away
as Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Since You Went Away
as Woman at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
Happy Land
as Mrs. Prentiss (uncredited)
Happy Land
as Mrs. Prentiss (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Chaperon (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Chaperon (uncredited)
Between Us Girls
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Between Us Girls
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Sharp (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Mrs. Sharp (uncredited)
Appointment for Love
as Nurse Gibbons (uncredited)
Appointment for Love
as Nurse Gibbons (uncredited)
The Night of Nights
as Dress Saleslady (uncredited)
The Night of Nights
as Dress Saleslady (uncredited)
The Women
as Miss Carter the Saleslady (uncredited)
The Women
as Miss Carter the Saleslady (uncredited)
Should a Girl Marry?
as Mrs. White
Should a Girl Marry?
as Mrs. White
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Mrs. Thatcher (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Kildare
as Mrs. Thatcher (uncredited)
The Hardys Ride High
as Miss Booth
The Hardys Ride High
as Miss Booth
Too Hot to Handle
as Mrs. Arthur MacArthur (uncredited)
Too Hot to Handle
as Mrs. Arthur MacArthur (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
as Mrs. Bullock (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
as Mrs. Bullock (uncredited)
She's No Lady
as Mrs. Douglas
She's No Lady
as Mrs. Douglas
Thanks for Listening
as Lulu
Thanks for Listening
as Lulu
John Meade's Woman
as Mrs. Melton
John Meade's Woman
as Mrs. Melton
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Lady Maria Frinton
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
as Lady Maria Frinton
Criminal Lawyer
as Mrs. Manning (uncredited)
Criminal Lawyer
as Mrs. Manning (uncredited)
Wanted: Jane Turner
as Norris' Secretary (uncredited)
Wanted: Jane Turner
as Norris' Secretary (uncredited)
Piccadilly Jim
as Paducah Pomeroy
Piccadilly Jim
as Paducah Pomeroy
The Unguarded Hour
as Diana Roggers
The Unguarded Hour
as Diana Roggers
Wife vs. Secretary
as Mrs. Anne Barker (uncredited)
Wife vs. Secretary
as Mrs. Anne Barker (uncredited)
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Herries Servant
Vanessa: Her Love Story
as Herries Servant
Sons of Steel
as Enid Chadburne
Sons of Steel
as Enid Chadburne
Once to Every Bachelor
as Judy Bryant
Once to Every Bachelor
as Judy Bryant
Jane Eyre
as Lady Blanche Ingram
Jane Eyre
as Lady Blanche Ingram
Love Past Thirty
as Caroline Burt
Love Past Thirty
as Caroline Burt
By Appointment Only
as Diane Manners
By Appointment Only
as Diane Manners
The Phantom of Crestwood
as Mrs. Walcott
The Phantom of Crestwood
as Mrs. Walcott
The Age of Consent
as Barbara
The Age of Consent
as Barbara
Police Court
as Diana McCormick
Police Court
as Diana McCormick
Convicted
as Claire Norville
Convicted
as Claire Norville
Murder at Midnight
as Esme Kennedy
Murder at Midnight
as Esme Kennedy
Subway Express
as Dale Tracy
Subway Express
as Dale Tracy
Soldiers and Women
as Brenda Ritchie
Soldiers and Women
as Brenda Ritchie
Prince of Diamonds
as Eve Marley
Prince of Diamonds
as Eve Marley
Puttin' on the Ritz
as Mrs. Teddy Van Rennsler
Puttin' on the Ritz
as Mrs. Teddy Van Rennsler
Wall Street
as Ann Tabor
Wall Street
as Ann Tabor
Night Parade
as Paula Vernoff
Night Parade
as Paula Vernoff
A Single Man
as Mary Hazeltine
A Single Man
as Mary Hazeltine
Dream of Love
as The Duchess
Dream of Love
as The Duchess
The Baby Cyclone
as Lydia
The Baby Cyclone
as Lydia
Beau Broadway
as Yvonne
Beau Broadway
as Yvonne
Wickedness Preferred
as Kitty Dare
Wickedness Preferred
as Kitty Dare
Tea For Three
as Doris Langford
Tea For Three
as Doris Langford
Body and Soul
as Hilda
Body and Soul
as Hilda
Adam and Evil
Adam and Evil
Life in Hollywood No. 7
as Herself
Life in Hollywood No. 7
as Herself
Tin Gods
as Janet Stone
Tin Gods
as Janet Stone
The Great Deception
as Lois
The Great Deception
as Lois
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Estelle
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
as Estelle
The Mystic
as Zara
The Mystic
as Zara
A Thief in Paradise
as Rosa Carmino
A Thief in Paradise
as Rosa Carmino
Wildfire
as Claire Barrington
Wildfire
as Claire Barrington
Soul Mates
as Velma
Soul Mates
as Velma
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
A Kiss in the Dark
as Janet Livingstone
A Kiss in the Dark
as Janet Livingstone
One Year to Live
as Elsie Duchanier
One Year to Live
as Elsie Duchanier
The Wife of the Centaur
as Inez Martin
The Wife of the Centaur
as Inez Martin
His Hour
as Tamara Loraine
His Hour
as Tamara Loraine
True As Steel
as Mrs. Eva Boutelle
True As Steel
as Mrs. Eva Boutelle
Three Weeks
as The Queen
Three Weeks
as The Queen
Name the Man
as Isabelle
Name the Man
as Isabelle
In the Palace of the King
as Princess Eboli
In the Palace of the King
as Princess Eboli
Don't Marry for Money
as Edith Martin
Don't Marry for Money
as Edith Martin
Souls for Sale
as Lady Jane
Souls for Sale
as Lady Jane
The Tiger's Claw
as Chameli Brentwood
The Tiger's Claw
as Chameli Brentwood
The Christian
as Lady Robert Ure
The Christian
as Lady Robert Ure
The Strangers' Banquet
as Mrs. Schuyler-Peabody
The Strangers' Banquet
as Mrs. Schuyler-Peabody
My American Wife
as Hortensia deVereta
My American Wife
as Hortensia deVereta
Oath-Bound
as Alice
Oath-Bound
as Alice
Stolen Moments
as Inez Salles
Stolen Moments
as Inez Salles
Earthbound
Earthbound
The Cost
as Olivia
The Cost
as Olivia
The Wilderness Woman
as Juneau MacLean
The Wilderness Woman
as Juneau MacLean