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Howard Missimer was born on November 17, 1867 and died November 19, 1917, just five years after this interview was published. He is buried in Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania. Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual describes Howard Missimer as being 5′ 10″ and weighing 140 pounds, having gray hair and blue eyes. Howard … Continue reading Howard Missimer
This is a fantastic article out of the January 1915 Photoplay Magazine. They are some thoughts looking into the new year by some silent film players. I especially like Mary Fuller’s list. It’s funny that just a few years ago, when I first found this article, I didn’t know many of these names! There is … Continue reading Silent Photoplayer’s New Years Resolutions
This was printed in the December 1912 Motion Picture Story Magazine. Can you name all the photoplayers featured? I thought this was pretty awesome. Some of them have names under the pictures, but others don’t. I’d have to consult the Gallery of Players section and compare faces to be able to name them all! As … Continue reading Silent Photoplayer Christmas Tree
John E. Halliday was chatted in the December 1911 issue of Motion Picture Story Magazine. Multiple sources have different birth years, but all say September 14. Wikipedia says 1869, but that has to be way off, since he fought with the British Army in the Boer War, and it seems this would make him too … Continue reading John E. Halliday
Here are the answers to the previous word find game from Motion Picture Story Magazine. Original post here. I did not get them all! The answers I got in full were Costello, Joyce, Hotely, Pickford, Myers, Mason, Anderson, Bushman, Robinson, Kerrigan, Walker, Wayne, Normand and Hawley. Please follow and like us: Continue reading Silent Photoplayer Word Find Answer Sheet
I wonder how many of these our silent photoplay lovers can figure out? This is from February 1913 Motion Picture Story Magazine. Please follow and like us: Continue reading Silent Photoplayer Word Find
Edwin August was born (let me take a deep breath before saying this) Edwin August Philip Von der Butz on November 10, 1883 in St. Louis Missouri, and died on March 4th, 1964. His mother was Sarah Mykins, and his father’s name was August Butz. Edwin August was one of the players of the legitimate stage … Continue reading Edwin August
This is a super exciting Kickstarter for 5 silent films. These films are literally 100 years old, made in 1917 and were sold as a package to theaters. If they reach their goal, they are going to transfer all of these to one dvd, making it possible to see the feature, two shorts, and two … Continue reading Kickstarter for 5 Silent Films
Florence LaBadie, lovingly nicknamed Fearless Flo, was born on April 27, 1888 to Marie Russ in New York. When she was three, her father died, and her mother was unable to take care of her, either because of mental instability or money, or both. No matter the reason, in 1891, Florence was adopted by the … Continue reading Florence LaBadie
Sometimes the most interesting stars of the silent era are the ones who are the most elusive—the ones who seemed to just fall off the planet at some point, with not much information to be had on them. One such actor was a child actor named Roswell Buster Johnson. He was extremely popular for … Continue reading Roswell Buster Johnson
