Grace Darmond was a [[silent film]] actress between 1915 and 1929.<ref>[http://silentladies.com/OSLDarmond.html Silent Ladies website]</ref> She starred in the first [[Technicolor]] film, ''[[The Gulf Between]]'' ([[1917 in film|1917]]), alongsidewith actor [[Niles Welch]],. whichThe film premiered on September 13 in [[Boston]] and on September 21 at the [[Aeolian Hall (New York)|Aeolian Hall]] in [[New York City]]. However, when the film went into limited release in early 1918 on a tour of Eastern U. S. cities, it was a critical and commercial failure. The early Technicolor process ("System 1") was an [[additive color]] process which required a special projector, and which suffered from "fringing" and "haloing" of colors.<ref>[http://web.ukonline.co.uk/m.gratton/September/September%2021st.htm UKOnline entry]</ref>
SheDarmond was pretty, slender, and starred in many notable films of the period, but never was able to break through as a leading actress in big budget films. Most of her roles were in support of bigger names of the time, and most of her starring roles were smaller, lesser known films. Her breakthrough role came in ''Below the Surface'' ([[1920 in film|1920]]), in which she starred with [[Hobart Bosworth]] and [[Lloyd Hughes]]. <ref>[http://www.grapevinevideo.com/Below_Surface.htm Grapevine Video website]</ref>, and that same year she played in ''A Dangerous Adventure'', produced and directed by [[Warner Brothers]]. <ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/D/DangerousAdventure1920.html SilentEra entry]</ref> This led to her being cast alongside [[Boris Karloff]] in the mystery thriller ''The Hope Diamond Mystery'' ([[1921 in film|1921]]).<ref>[http://www.serialsquadron.com/dvds/pledgeprojects/hopediamondmystery/index.htm Serials Squadron website]</ref> In the July edition of ''Motion Picture Magazine'', she was featured in an article by Joan Tully entitled "Mantled With Shyness (A Word Portrait of Grace Darmond)".<ref>[http://www.sunrisesilents.com/M21-07_des.html Sunrises Silents website]</ref>