A handsome blond whose career encompassed stage and screen, Gene Raymond was one of the few performers who was successfully able to make the transition from child actor to adult star. Born Raymond Guion in NYC, he started acting in children's shows in stock at age five. By age 12, he was appearing on Broadway in "The Piper" (1920). Over the course of the decade, he was constantly employed in stage productions, including a two-year run in "The Cradle Snatchers" (1925-27), featured alongside Humphrey Bogart and Edna May Oliver. With the advent of talking pictures, he was among the many
