Via Wireless (play)
''Via Wireless'' is a 1908 play dramatized by Paul Armstrong and Winchell Smith from an original story idea by Frederic Thompson, and incorporating one scene devised by Edwin Balmer and Irving W. Edwards. It is a melodrama with four acts, five settings, six scenes, a large cast and fast pacing. The story concerns a Navy lieutenant who has designed a new marine artillery piece, the royalty owner of a rival gun who wants to sabotage it, and the girl who both men want. The story depends for its climax on the use of ship-to-ship wireless telegraphy. The play was first produced by Frederic Thompson, and staged by Thompson and Smith. There was a tryout in Washington, D. C. during October 1908. The Broadway premiere came in early November 1908. The production ran on Broadway through January 1909, for over 85 performances. The play was later adapted for a silent film of the same title in 1915. Characters The characters are as given in theatre programs, newspaper cast lists and rev ...
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Paul Armstrong (playwright)
Paul Armstrong may refer to: * Paul Armstrong (Irish footballer) (born 1978), Irish football midfielder * Paul Armstrong (Scottish footballer) (born 1965), Scottish football forward * Paul Armstrong (Australian footballer) (born 1957), Australian rules football player and administrator * Curly Armstrong Paul Carlyle "Curly" Armstrong (November 1, 1918 – June 6, 1983) was an American professional basketball player and coach. A 5'11" guard/forward, Armstrong starred at Central High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he reached two state champ ...

Midvale Steel
Midvale Steel was a succession of steel-making corporations whose flagship plant was the Midvale Steel Works in Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The mill operated from 1867 until 1976. In the 1880s, Frederick Winslow Taylor rose through the ranks at Midvale, from lathe operator, to gang boss, to engineer, to chief engineer of the works. During this time he developed the core of his philosophy of scientific management. Overview Midvale produced high-quality steels (including many alloy steels) and for providing the casting, forging, and machining needed to use them in special applications such as heavy artillery ( naval, coastal, and field); steam turbines; naval armor plate; and pressure vessels for use in chemical plants (for example, petroleum refineries). Midvale also helped pioneer the steel formulas used in the early automotive industry.. Midvale was never a particularly large company (relative to giants such as Carnegie, Bethlehem, and U.S. Steel), and the f ...
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Ethel Roosevelt Derby
Ethel Carow Derby ( Roosevelt; August 13, 1891 – December 10, 1977) was the youngest daughter and fourth child of the President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt. Known as "The Queen" or "The First Lady of Oyster Bay" by its Long Island residents, Ethel was instrumental in preserving both the legacy of her father as well as the family home, " Sagamore Hill" for future generations, especially after the death of her mother, Edith, in 1948. Early years Ethel Carow Roosevelt was born in Oyster Bay, New York to Theodore Roosevelt and Edith Kermit Carow. She had a half-sister Alice, and four brothers; Ted (Theodore III), Kermit, Archie, and Quentin. From an early age, young Ethel Carow showed practical leadership qualities. Her father once remarked: "she had a way of doing everything and managing everybody." She quickly made her place in the family, causing upsets in her numerous fights with the sensitive Kermit. Her sensitivity also showed. When she was four, her father ...
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Edith Roosevelt
Edith Kermit Roosevelt (née Carow; August 6, 1861 – September 30, 1948) was the second wife of President Theodore Roosevelt and the First Lady of the United States from 1901 to 1909. She also was the Second Lady of the United States in 1901. Roosevelt was the first First Lady to employ a full-time, salaried social secretary. Her tenure resulted in the creation of an official staff and her formal dinners and ceremonial processions served to elevate the position of First Lady. Early life Edith was born on August 6, 1861, in Norwich, Connecticut, to merchant Charles Carow (1825–1883) and Gertrude Elizabeth Tyler (1836–1895). Gertrude's father Daniel Tyler (1799–1882) was a Union general in the American Civil War. Edith's younger sister was Emily Tyler Carow (1865–1939). Edith also had an older brother, Kermit (February 1860 – August 1860), who died one year before her birth. ''Kermit,'' her brother's first name and her middle name, was the surname of a paternal g ...
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously served as the 25th vice president under President William McKinley from March to September 1901 and as the 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900. Assuming the presidency after McKinley's assassination, Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive policies. A sickly child with debilitating asthma, he overcame his health problems as he grew by embracing a strenuous lifestyle. Roosevelt integrated his exuberant personality and a vast range of interests and achievements into a "cowboy" persona defined by robust masculinity. He was home-schooled and began a lifelong naturalist avocation before attendi ...
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National Theatre (Washington, D
National Theatre or National Theater may refer to: Africa *Ethiopian National Theatre, Addis Ababa * National Theatre of Ghana, Accra * Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi *National Arts Theatre, Lagos, Nigeria * National Theatre of Somalia, Mogadishu * National Theatre (Sudan), Omdurman *National Theatre of Tunisia, Tunis * National Theatre of Uganda, Kampala Asia Japan *National Theatre of Japan, Tokyo *New National Theatre Tokyo * National Noh Theatre, Tokyo * National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka * National Theater Okinawa, Urasoe, designed by Shin Takamatsu Other Asian countries *National Theatre of Yangon, Burma * Preah Suramarit National Theatre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia *Habima Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel * Palestinian National Theatre, Jerusalem * National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan * National Theatre, Singapore * National Theater of Korea, Seoul, South Korea *National Theatre (Thailand) Oceania * National Theatre, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia *National Theatre, Melbo ...
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Joseph Kaufman (director)
Joseph Kaufman (1882 – February 1, 1918) was an American silent film actor and director prominent during the World War I years. He was born in Washington, D.C. and died in New York City. Kaufman graduated from Georgetown University. His wife was silent film star Ethel Clayton. Kaufman started out as an actor appearing on Broadway in ''Mistakes Will Happen'' (1906) and ''The Pretty Sister of Jose'' (1903) with Maude Adams. His other Broadway credits included ''Three Twins'' (1908), ''Caught in the Rain'' (1906), ''Twiddle-Twaddle'' (1906), and ''La Belle Marseillaise'' (1905). He acted in a troupe of Henry B. Harris. He eventually changed to acting in and then directing silent films, his output being numerous short films. As American films began to expand to feature length, Kaufman followed suit. He proved particularly adept and popular at directing beautiful Broadway actresses, including his wife Ethel Clayton. He directed Pauline Frederick, Marguerite Clark, and Billie ...
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Ethel Wright (actor)
Ethel Wright Nesbitt (June 24, 1884 – November 7, 1958) was an American actress and teacher. Wright was born in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, the second of three daughters born to lawyer Samuel Wright and his wife Catherine J Wright. All four of her grandparents were born in England. She had an older sister, Edna Wright, who was an activist and suffragette, and a younger sister, Rowe Wright, who was a magazine and book editor.Ethel Wright Nesbitt in ''U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925'' Wright appeared in several silent films, including as Marguerite Leonard in '' A Leap for Love'' (1912), the working mother in '' The Cry of the Children'' (1912), the bank teller's wife in '' Vengeance Is Mine'' (1912), Catherine Wolff in '' Bolshevism on Trial'' (1919) and Mrs. Minnett in '' The Enchanted Cottage'' (1924). In addition to acting, Wright was a high school teacher. She married mechanical engineer Hugh Nesbitt from New Jersey on June 12, 1915, in Milwaukee. From 1920 to 1945, ...
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William B
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Liam, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germa ...
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Maude Granger
Maude Granger (1849-August 17, 1928) was a popular American stage actress of the latter part of the 19th century, and early 20th century. Biography Granger was born Anna Brainard in Middletown, Connecticut. She made her Broadway debut in ''A Woman's Heart'' at the Union Square Theatre.(14 September 1890Maude Granger's Career ''San Francisco Call'' She took over the lead part in ''Led Astray'' when Rose Eytinge became ill. She also appeared in '' The Two Orphans'', ''Two Nights in Rome ''Two Nights in Rome'' is an 1880 American play by Archibald Clavering Gunter. Directed to and consumed by the popular masses like all of Gunter's output, it has been described by modern critics as a success, and a "crude but powerful drama."

Robert McWade
Robert McWade (January 25, 1872 – January 19, 1938), was an American stage and film actor. McWade was born in Buffalo, New York. He was the third actor named Robert McWade, after his father and grandfather. In 1902, McWade debuted on stage with the Murray Hill Stock Company. From 1903 to 1927, he appeared in at least 38 Broadway productions, his last being ''Devil In The Cheese'' (1926), with Bela Lugosi and Fredric March. McWade also appeared in 83 films between 1924 and 1938, for example ''42nd Street'' with Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler (1933). His older brother was character actor Edward McWade. McWade was married to Minne Lee, and they had two sons. On January 19, 1938, McWade died of heart disease in Culver City, California, at age 65. Selected filmography *'' Second Youth'' (1924) - Department Store Clerk (uncredited) *'' New Brooms'' (1925) - Robert Bates Sr. *''The Home Towners'' (1928) - P. H. Bancroft *'' The Sins of the Children'' (1930) - Joe Higginson *'' ...
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Vera McCord
Vera McCord (born 1872 — March 3, 1949) was an American stage actress. She also wrote, directed and produced a silent film, ''The Good-Bad Wife'' (1921). Early life Vera McCord was born in Marshalltown, Iowa (the date varies in sources), the daughter of George Brown McCord and Clara Sophrona Smalley McCord."Miss Vera McCord" ''New York Times'' (March 4, 1949): 21. via ProQuest Her father was a veteran of the American Civil War, and her mother was said to be a niece of American president Andrew Jackson. She moved to Oakland, California with her family as a girl, and attended Snell's Women's Seminary in Berkeley, California.Christina Lane"Vera McCord"in Jane Gaines, Radha Vatsal, and Monica Dall’Asta, eds. ''Women Film Pioneers Project'', Center for Digital Research and Scholarship, Columbia University Libraries, 2013. Career Stage McCord began acting during an extended visit in London. She performed in ''The President'' (1902) and ''When We Were Twenty-One'' (1903), and gave ...
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