Thursday, 24 October 2024

Iris Hall

Born: 10 December 1892, Barbados
Died: 11 July 1984, East Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA

The Symbol Of The Unconquered (1920) as Eve Mason


















Tuesday, 22 October 2024

Ralph Lewis

Born: 28 October 1872, Englewood, Illinois, USA
Died: 4 December 1937, Los Angeles, California, USA

Married to actress Vera Lewis.
Obviously not to be confused with the actor of the same name who was in a handful of B movies in the 1940s.

The Third Alarm (1923) as Dan McDowell


















Frankie Lee

Born: 31 December 1911, Gunnison, Colorado, USA
Died: 29 July 1970, Los Angeles, California, USA

A juvenile actor of silent films.

The Third Alarm (1923) as Little Jimmie

Frankie Lee is on the right in the cap, with Josephine Adair.
































Fred Ott

Born: 1860, New Jersey, USA
Died: 24 October 1936, West Orange, New Jersey, USA

Fred Ott was an employee of Thomas A. Edison's laboratories and he and his brother John were close friends of Edison himself.

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze (1894) as Himself - Sneezing Man
































Monday, 21 October 2024

Alice Ward

Born: 19 March 1891, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 4 June 1973, Santa Clara, California, USA 

Saturday Afternoon (1926) as Mrs. Harry Higgins


















Saturday, 12 October 2024

Félix Mayol

Born: 18 November 1872, Toulon, Var, France
Died: 26 October 1941, Toulon, Var, France

Félix Mayol was a French singer who was popular around the end of the 19th Century.

Questions indiscrètes aka Indiscreet Question (1905) as Himself

A performance by Félix as part of ongoing early experiments with synchronised sound.














Germaine Serand

Born: unknown
Died: unknown

The Cabbage Patch Fairy (1900) as The Cabbage Patch Fairy

This was a remake of an earlier film directed by Alice Guy in 1896.













Monday, 7 October 2024

Edna Reiss Merin

Born: 31 July 1913, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 31 March 1998, Los Angeles, California, USA

Knock on Any Door (1949) as Reporter (uncredited)

Edna Reiss Merin is on the far right in the background. John Derek and Humphrey Bogart are in the foreground.























Sunday, 6 October 2024

Noel Cravat

Born: 11 December 1909, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 20 February 1960, Hollywood, California, USA 

Escape in the Fog (1945) as Kolb - Henchman (uncredited)

Noel Cravat stands on the right over Konstantin Shayne. Ivan Triesault is on the left.












Saturday, 5 October 2024

Wing Foo

Born: 9 January 1901, California, USA
Died: 9 December 1953, Los Angeles, California, USA

Escape in the Fog (1945) as Chang Yong (uncredited)

Wing Foo is on the right, with a seated Otto Kruger and Leslie Denison.















William Wright is second from the left smiling at Wing Foo.











Leslie Denison

Born: 16 June 1905, Warwickshire, England, UK
Died: 25 September 1992, Austin, Texas, USA

Escape in the Fog (1945) as Hilary Gale (uncredited)

Leslie Denison is in the middle. Otto Kruger is seated and Wing Foo is standing on the right.














2nd right.












Friday, 4 October 2024

William Wright

Born: 5 January 1911, Ogden, Utah, USA
Died: 19 January 1949, Ensenada, Mexico

Escape in the Fog (1945) as Barry Malcolm


















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