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Ann Christy (actress)
Ann Christy (born Gladys Cronin; May 31, 1905 – November 14, 1987) was an American motion picture actress, whose screen career was relatively brief, spanning only five years, from 1927 in the late silent era to the early years of sound. Career Born Gladys Cronin in Logansport, Indiana, Christy left Indiana and relocated to California where she attended Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles. She intended to pursue a career in business, but was persuaded by friends to try acting. She made her film debut in a bit part in the 1927 film ''Long Pants'', starring Harry Langdon. That same year, she was awarded an Al Christie comedy leading lady film contract in May 1927. She appeared in film comedies with Bobby Vernon and Neal Burns. In 1928, Christy was selected by Harold Lloyd from more than fifty applicants to play his leading lady in the comedy ''Speedy'' (1928). That same year, she was selected one of thirteen WAMPAS Baby Stars. Following her success in ''Speedy'', Christy v ...
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Logansport, Indiana
Logansport is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, Indiana, United States. The population was 18,366 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Logansport is located in northern Indiana at the junction of the Wabash River, Wabash and Eel River (Wabash River), Eel rivers, northwest of Kokomo, Indiana, Kokomo. History Logansport was settled and named after a Shawnee warrior named James Logan, better known as "Captain Logan," who served as a scout for U.S. forces in the surrounding area during the War of 1812. Logansport is home to a refurbished Spencer Park Dentzel Carousel, Dentzel Carousel. Of many carousels built by the Dentzel Carousel Company, the refurbished Spencer Park Dentzel Carousel, Dentzel Carousel is "one of the three earliest Dentzel menagerie carousels that are virtually intact". The carousel resides in Riverside Park on the banks of the Eel River. Riders may attempt to grab a brass ring while riding, this carousel game serves as the current basis for ...
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Behind Stone Walls
''Behind Stone Walls'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Edward J. Nugent, Priscilla Dean and Ann Christy.Pitts p.238 Plot Esther Clay, the wife of district attorney John Manson Clay, is carrying on an affair with her husband's friend Jack Keene. When Keene announces he wants to end it, she grabs a gun and shoots him. Her stepson Bob comes upon the scene and helps her escape, but Bob is discovered with the gun and body by Keene's valet, Drugget, who has Bob arrested. His father offers to resign as DA and defend him. Bob refuses to cooperate, so his father takes over the prosecution, sending him to jail. Drugget, who knows the truth, starts blackmailing Esther. Bob's girlfriend Peg Harper, believes in his innocence and works to get the evidence to clear Bob. She finds the truth and asks John to come to Esther's apartment to discover it. He confronts Esther and she threatens him with a gun. She leads him to another room and there's a ...
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1987 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency. * January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade. * January 3 – Afghan leader Mohammad Najibullah says that Afghanistan's 1978 Communist revolution is "not reversible," and that any opposition parties will have to align with Communist goals. * January 4 – ** 1987 Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route from Washington, D.C. to Boston collides with Conrail engines at Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. ** Televangelist Oral Roberts announces to his viewers that unless they donate $8 million to his ministry by March 31, God will "call [him] home." * January 15 – Hu Yaobang, General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, is forced into retirement by political conservatives. * January 16 – León Febres Cordero, president of Ecuador, is kidnapped for 11 hours by followers of imprisoned ...
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1905 Births
As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Dmitri Shostakovich, Shostakovich's Symphony No. 11 (Shostakovich), 11th Symphony is subtitled ''The Year 1905'' to commemorate this) and the start of Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland (1905–07), Revolution in the Kingdom of Poland. Canada and the U.S. expand west, with the Alberta and Saskatchewan provinces and the founding of Las Vegas. 1905 is also the year in which Albert Einstein, at this time resident in Bern, publishes his four Annus Mirabilis papers, ''Annus Mirabilis'' papers in ''Annalen der Physik'' (Leipzig) (March 18, May 11, June 30 and September 27), laying the foundations for more than a century's study of theoretical physics. Events January * January 1 – In a major defeat in the Russo-Japanese War, Russian General Anatoly Stessel su ...
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Olean, New York
Olean ( ) is a Administrative divisions of New York#City, city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. Olean is the largest city in Cattaraugus County and serves as its financial, business, transportation and entertainment center. It is one of the Principal city, principal cities of the Southern Tier region of Western New York. The city is surrounded by the Olean (town), New York, town of Olean and is located in the southeastern part of Cattaraugus County. History The first European in the area was possibly Joseph de La Roche Daillon, a missionary and explorer from Canada. La Roche reported on the presence of oil near Cuba, New York, Cuba, the first petroleum sighting in North America. At that time the area was a part of the territory of the Wenrohronon or Wenro Indians, an Iroquois speaking people. In 1643, the Wenro tribes became the first victims of a series of brutal conflicts known as the Beaver Wars, Second Beaver War. The area was first settled by Europeans aroun ...
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Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper#Daily, daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California, in 1881. Based in the Greater Los Angeles city of El Segundo, California, El Segundo since 2018, it is the List of newspapers in the United States, sixth-largest newspaper in the U.S. and the largest in the Western United States with a print circulation of 118,760. It has 500,000 online subscribers, the fifth-largest among U.S. newspapers. Owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by California Times, the paper has won over 40 Pulitzer Prizes since its founding. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to Trade union, labor unions, the latter of which led to the Los Angeles Times bombing, bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. As with other regional newspapers in California and the United Sta ...
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Dream House (1931 Film)
''Dream House'' is a 1932 Educational-Mack Sennett Featurette (No. S2688) starring Bing Crosby and directed by Del Lord. This was the third of the six short films Crosby made for Sennett and which helped launch his career as a solo performer. Crooner's Holiday is the title it was reissued as in 1939. Background Six shorts were made by Crosby for Mack Sennett, of which were four filmed in a three-month period in 1931 and two in 1932. The shorts were: * ''I Surrender Dear'' (released September 1931) * ''One More Chance'' (released November 1931) *Dream House (released January 1932) *''Billboard Girl'' (released March 1932) *'' Sing, Bing, Sing'' (released March 1933) * ''Blue of the Night'' (released January 1933) Crosby’s records were selling very well when Sennett signed him and “It Must Be True”, one of his big hits with Gus Arnheim was included in “Dream House”. Plot Preparing to meet his girlfriend Betty, plumber Bing Fawcett sings in his bath and whilst dressing ...
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Big Ears (film)
''Big Ears'' is a 1931 ''Our Gang'' short comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 108th ''Our Gang'' short to be released. Plot Wheezer's mother and father continue to fight in an unconvincing and thoroughly hammy fashion over many different silly things, such as the coffee being too cold or the toast being burned. Wheezer overhears his father telling his mother that he is getting her a divorce. Not knowing what a divorce is, Wheezer tells Stymie, Dorothy, and Sherwood. They speculate on what a divorce means, at one point deciding it might be something good. Then Donald tells the gang what a divorce is, and people start sobbing. He even tells Wheezer that he will have no father anymore. His mother might either remarry and give him a stepfather and states that his step father beats him regularly. He also says that maybe his mother will throw him into an orphanage and not want him anymore. Wheezer is frightened so he concocts a plot to make himself abominably sick s ...
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The Lariat Kid
''The Lariat Kid'' is a lost 1929 American silent Western film directed by B. Reeves Eason and starring Hoot Gibson. It was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Cast * Hoot Gibson as Tom Richards * Ann Christy as Mary Lou * Cap Anderson as Scar Hagerty * Mary Foy as Aunt Bella * Walter Brennan as Pat O'Shea * Andy Waldron as George Carson * Bud Osborne as Trigger Finger * Joseph Bennett as Pecos Kid * Jim Corey as Jackknife * Francis Ford as Cal Gregg * Joe Rickson Joe Rickson (born Oscar Erickson; September 6, 1880 – January 8, 1958) was an American actor of the silent era. He appeared in 90 films between 1913 and 1945. He was born in Clearcreek, Montana and died in Los Angeles, California. Partial fi ... as Tony References External links * 1929 films Films directed by B. Reeves Eason Universal Pictures films 1929 Western (genre) films Lost American Western (genre) films American black-and-white films 1929 lost films Silent American Wester ...
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Just Off Broadway (1929 Film)
''Just Off Broadway'' is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Frank O'Connor and starring Donald Keith, Ann Christy and Larry Steers.Pitts p.87 Plot Cast * Donald Keith as Tom Fowler * Ann Christy as Nan Morgan * Larry Steers as Marty Kirkland * De Sacia Mooers as Rene * Jack Tanner as William Grady * Syd Saylor Syd Saylor (born Leo Sailor; March 24, 1895 – December 21, 1962) was an American comedic actor and movie cowboy sidekick who appeared in 395 films and television series between 1926 and 1962. Early years Saylor was born Leo Sailor in 18 ... as Bennie Barnett * Beryl Roberts as Bessie * Curley Dresden as Ed Fowler References Bibliography * Michael R. Pitts. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005. External links * 1929 films 1929 drama films Silent American drama films American silent feature films 1920s English ...
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The Water Hole
''The Water Hole'' is a 1928 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by F. Richard Jones starring Jack Holt (actor), Jack Holt, Nancy Carroll, and John Boles (actor), John Boles It was based on a novel by Zane Grey and released by Paramount Pictures. The film had sequences filmed in Technicolor, and it was shot during July in Death Valley, California.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Water Hole''
at silentera.com
No copies of ''The Water Hole'' are known to exist, suggesting that it is a lost film.


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* Jack Holt (actor), Jack Holt as Philip Randolph * Nancy Carroll as Judith Endicott * John Boles (actor), John Boles as Bert Durland * C. Montague Shaw as Mr. Endicott * Ann Christy (actress), Ann Christy as Dolor ...
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The Kid Sister (1927 Film)
''The Kid Sister'' is a lost 1927 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Graves and starring Marguerite De La Motte, Ann Christy and Malcolm McGregor.Munden p.404 A small-town girl goes to join her elder sister who is working as a chorus girl in New York City, but soon becomes disillusioned with city life. Cast * Marguerite De La Motte as Helen Hall * Ann Christy as Mary Hall * Malcolm McGregor as Thomas Webster * Brooks Benedict as Ted Hunter * Tom Dugan as Stage Manager * Sally Long Sally Long (December 5, 1901 – August 12, 1987) was an American dancer and actress. Early years Long was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis J. Long. She graduated from Eden Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1921. Dancer Florenz Ziegfeld ... as Ann Howe * Barrett Greenwood as Ann's Friend References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 199 ...
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