Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Jiggs in Society -- April 29, 2020


Cartoonist George McManus created Bringing Up Father, the story of Maggie and Jiggs, in 1913.  It was still appearing in the Sunday Examiner-Chronicle when I was a kid.  It finally stopped in 2000.

The Christie Company produced Jiggs in Society, starring Johnny Ray as Jiggs, Margaret Cullington as Maggie and Laura La Plante as their daughter Nora.

Monday, April 27, 2020

August Wilson, RIP -- April 27, 2020

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Playwright August Wilson was born 75 years ago today, on 27-April-1945.  I have not seen his whole Pittsburgh Cycle, but I have enjoyed everything of his that I have seen.  He was great with language.


Saturday, April 25, 2020

Clarine Seymour 100 Years -- April 25, 2020

Washington Times, 25-April-1920
Clarine Seymour dazzled audiences in films like DW Griffith's The Idol Dancer but died after an operation.

YOUNG FILM STAR DIES
FOLLOWING OPERATION

Miss Clarine Seymour Appeared Here On Screen Last Week in "The Idol Dancer."

NEW YORK, April 27 -- Miss Clarine Seymour, one of the youngest and most popular motion picture players, died here on Sunday evening following an operation at the Misericordia Hospital from intestinal ailment. The passing of Miss Seymour removes from the motion picture screen an exceptionally talented player, one whose career was just blossoming into a particularly bright future. Her work In "The Girl Who Stayed at Home." "True Heart Susie," "Scarlet Days" and "The Idol Dancer" established her as an actress of unusual charm and beauty. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Albert V. Seymour, her parents, at New Rochelle, N. Y. Miss Seymour appeared on the screen here last week In "The Idol Dancer," which was featured at the Rialto Theater.

Indiana Daily Times, 02-April-1920

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Thursday, April 23, 2020

Down on the Farm -- April 23, 2020

Film Daily, 01-April-1920
Film Daily offered two single column advertising cuts for Mack Sennett's feature Down on the Farm.  I see Ben Turpin in the left one, and perhaps Marie Prevost.  I see Teddy the Dog in the other. 

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Not a Movie Serial -- April 21, 2020

Motion Picture World, 03-April-1920
Escapologist Harry Houdini wanted to expand his exposure to the public, so he began to appear in movies starting in 1918 with the serial The Master Mystery. Terror Island was his second full-length feature.  The South Seas plot was silly. 


Sunday, April 19, 2020

Brian Dennehy, RIP -- April 19, 2020

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I remember seeing actor Brian Dennehy on television and in movies for most of my life.  He reminded me of some of the old Irishmen at Saint Monica's.  I don't think he died of COVID-19. 

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Saturday, April 18, 2020

San Francisco Earthquake -- April 18, 2020

New York Clipper, 20-May-1906
Today is the 114th anniversary of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco.

A mere month after the 1906 Earthquake and Fire in San Francisco, Lubin offered several films showing the city before and after the disaster.

The Following Films are Ready for Delivery:

PANORAMA OF SAN FRANCISCO IN FIRE AND SMOKE

REFUGEES ON MARKET STREET

ARRIVAL OF REFUGEES AT OAKLAND

THE FIRST TROLLEY CAR AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE

WATERFRONT REFUGEES LEAVING SAN FRANCI8CO

THE DOOMED CITY
Showing Falling Houses and Burning Homes.

REFUGEE8 AT THE GOLDEN GATE PARK
Soldiers Feeding the Starving People.

PANORAMAS OF NOB HILL, CHINATOWN, ST. FRANCIS HOTEL
Showing the Terrible Havoc Wrought by Earthquake and Fire.

PANORAMAS OF MARKET STREET, THE CITY HALL, TAKEN FROM THE ROOF OF THE U. S. MINT

THE MISSION
This Section has been Entirely Destroyed.

REFUGEES IN JEFFERSON SQUARE
An Appalling Sight.

SHOT FOR LOOTING
Showing the Dead Bodies of Human Hyenas.

AND 36 OTHERS. ALSO 100 SLIDES NOW READY.

FILMS 11 CENTS PER FOOT.