Lora Baxter was employed as a scenario writer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer before making her performing debut in vaudeville. From that she was given a contract by Al Woods, a noted stage producer and appeared in "Goodbye Again", "The Comic Artist", "The Sex Fable", "The Behavior of Mrs. Crane, "The Unsophisticates", and with Mrs. Patrick Campbell in "A Party." "Before Morning" was her first talking picture.