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.














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