Editing Fay Wray (section)

===Early acting career===
[[File:Phillips Holmes, William Powell, and Fay Wray in 'Pointed Heels', 1929.jpg|right|thumb|[[Phillips Holmes]], [[William Powell]], and Fay Wray are in ''[[Pointed Heels]]'' (1929).]]
[[File:Cheating Cheaters (1934) set 1.jpg|right|thumb|[[Cesar Romero]], Wray, director [[Richard Thorpe]], and cinematographer [[George Robinson (cinematographer)|George Robinson]] (in background) on the set of ''[[Cheating Cheaters (1934 film)|Cheating Cheaters]]'' (1934)]]
In 1923, Wray appeared in her first film at the age of 16, when she landed a role in a short historical film sponsored by a local newspaper.<ref>SL Tribune, January 26, 2009</ref> In the 1920s, Wray appeared in the silent film ''The Coast Patrol'' (1925), and uncredited bit parts at the [[Hal Roach Studios]].

In 1926, the Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers selected Wray as one of the "[[WAMPAS Baby Stars]]", a group of women whom they believed to be on the threshold of movie stardom. She was at the time under contract to [[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]], mostly co-starring in low-budget [[Western (genre)|Westerns]] opposite [[Buck Jones]].{{Citation needed |date=March 2024}}

The following year, Wray was signed to a contract with [[Paramount Pictures]]. In 1926, director [[Erich von Stroheim]] cast her as the main female lead in his film ''[[The Wedding March (1928 film)|The Wedding March]]'', released by Paramount two years later. The film was noted for its high budget and production values, but was a financial failure.  It also gave Wray her first lead role. Wray stayed with Paramount to make more than a dozen films and made the transition from silent films to "[[Sound film|talkies]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=209593 |title=Fay Wray |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305184552/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/participant.jsp?spid=209593 |access-date=March 9, 2011|archive-date=March 5, 2011 }}</ref>