It would be nice if the "nitpickers" would read your home page to see what your parameters are for "forgotten actors" before they comment. I bookmarked your blog a few years ago but hadn't visited in a long while. Between you and ANM, you "guys" will have every "forgotten actor" covered by the year 2050 (LOL). I see why imdb would steal your photos---they are the best, bar none.
I did GEORGE ROWE about 8 or 9 years ago for ANM. At that time, the imdb had both his birth and death wrong. Now they have his death correct----probably stole it from ANM. The GEORGE ROWE they still have as born in ME was a real person. He spent about a year in CA in the 1920's and went back East. He ended up playing viola for the Cleveland Symphony. I emailed their archivist and she sent me a beautiful picture of GEORGE playing his viola. I sent it to LordHeath! (LOL).
If you visit his Hall of Fame Page, it's a bit messy as we both were developing our posting patterns. https://www.lordheath.com/menu1_355.html
Thank you. And thank you for researching George Rowe. I don't mind anyone using the information from my site. I mean the facts have to come from somewhere and your research is very thorough. With that said I have changed the birth date for George. My main focus is to try and identify the actor visually, especially if they are likely to be forgotten by everyone but the most ardent fan. I try to watch every film that I capture the pictures from to make sure I get the character information right and the identification correct (not always easy and I have made mistakes along the way). The IMDB problem comes from people who are trying to give credit where it due for the actors concerned, but who are actually feeding a lazy corporation who should have a paid department dedicated to such activities, but would rather feed off the good will of the public. There is a whole website in the UK that seems to be dedicated to making sure that IMDB is up to date with British actors, especially extras, rather than creating their own list of credits.
It would be nice if the "nitpickers" would read your home page to see what your parameters are for "forgotten actors" before they comment.
ReplyDeleteI bookmarked your blog a few years ago but hadn't visited in a long while. Between you and ANM, you "guys" will have every "forgotten actor" covered by the year 2050 (LOL). I see why imdb would steal your photos---they are the best, bar none.
I did GEORGE ROWE about 8 or 9 years ago for ANM. At that time, the imdb had both his birth and death wrong. Now they have his death correct----probably stole it from ANM.
The GEORGE ROWE they still have as born in ME was a real person. He spent about a year in CA in the 1920's and went
back East. He ended up playing viola for the Cleveland Symphony. I emailed their archivist and she sent me a beautiful picture of GEORGE playing his viola. I sent it to LordHeath! (LOL).
If you visit his Hall of Fame Page, it's a bit messy as we both were developing our posting patterns.
https://www.lordheath.com/menu1_355.html
Thank you. And thank you for researching George Rowe. I don't mind anyone using the information from my site. I mean the facts have to come from somewhere and your research is very thorough. With that said I have changed the birth date for George. My main focus is to try and identify the actor visually, especially if they are likely to be forgotten by everyone but the most ardent fan. I try to watch every film that I capture the pictures from to make sure I get the character information right and the identification correct (not always easy and I have made mistakes along the way). The IMDB problem comes from people who are trying to give credit where it due for the actors concerned, but who are actually feeding a lazy corporation who should have a paid department dedicated to such activities, but would rather feed off the good will of the public. There is a whole website in the UK that seems to be dedicated to making sure that IMDB is up to date with British actors, especially extras, rather than creating their own list of credits.
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