Showing posts with label Tommy Gibbons. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tommy Gibbons. Show all posts

Friday, February 16, 2024

Harold Lloyd -- Exit Worry! Enter Joy! -- February 16 2024

Brownsville Herald, 17-February-1924

Why Worry? was one of Harold Lloyd's most popular movies. Of course, everyone loved the giant, played by John Aasen. 

Seattle Star, 09-February-1924

Heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey defeated challenger Tommy Gibbons in Selby, Montana on 04-July-2023:

Wolf Point Herald, 21-February-1924

"I Do" was a 1921 short comedy starring Harold Lloyd and his soon to be wife Mildred Davis. 

Monday, July 17, 2023

Majestic Theater, Memphis -- July 17, 2023

Motion Picture News, 21-July-1923

The Majestic Theater in Memphis, Tennessee used an elaborate display to promote Down to the Sea in Ships, a whaling movie directed by Elmer Clifton. I like the whale above the ticket booth. 

In Down to the Sea in Ships, Clara Bow made her first big impression in a movie. It led to Clara being named a WAMPAS Baby Star.

Johnson City Tennessee Daily Staff, 29-October-1922

On 04-July-1923, in the tiny town of Selby, Nebraska, heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey defeated challenger Tommy Gibbons in a 15-round decision. No one expected Gibbons to avoid a knockout. Read a contemporary newspaper article on my other blog: