Marino Leo Pomares, an electrical engineer married Maude Mullane on Oct. 5, 1909 in New York City. They had a girl, Anita, born in Flushing on Aug. 4, 1910. They lived in Long Island City at 21-24 45 Ave. (45th Avenue was called 12th Street then).
Encouraged by her mother, Anita met with casting directors, signing with MGM. The studio changed her name to Ann Page, but learned it was used by another actress, so she got to keep Anita. She was referred to as a blonde, blue-eyed Latin and the most beautiful girl in Hollywood. Census records show her father was born in Cuba and her mother in Venezuela; and Spanish was spoken at home: facts omitted from her bio.
Her first movie was in 1928 and she worked until she retired in 1933, claiming she was refused a pay raise. Years later she said a powerful executive had offered her three big roles if she would sleep with him, and she refused. She married Lt. Hershel A. House in 1937; they had two kids and were together until he died.
Page was the last surviving attendee of the first Academy Awards in 1929. Her film “The Broadway Melody” won Best Picture the next year. She died in her sleep at 98 and has a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.