
Adolphe Menjou (1890-1963)
Adolphe Menjou was born to a French-American family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 18th, 1890, and he graduated from a high school military academy and […]
Adolphe Menjou was born to a French-American family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on February 18th, 1890, and he graduated from a high school military academy and […]
Born Arnold Kaiser in Rochester, New York, of German lineage, on June 16, 1894, Arnold later changed his name to Norman Kerry, as Kaiser was […]
Dorothy Gish was born Dorothy Elizabeth de Guiche in Dayton, Ohio on March 11th, 1898. She was already a veteran actress by the time she […]
Silent screen star Francis Xavier Bushman was born in Norfolk, Virginia on January 10th, 1883, and was educated at Ammendale College, Maryland. Early in life […]
The amazing and dynamic person who was John Gilbert was born John Cecil Pringle in Logan, Utah, on July 10th, 1897, into a dysfunctional, itinerant […]
Today Max Linder is probably one of the least known silent comedy actors and filmmakers, but his influence upon the medium of film was profound. […]
“Cuddles” The beautiful, sweet and petite silent film actress Lila Lee was born Augusta Appel in Union Hill, New Jersey on July 25th, 1901. Her […]
With all the love of her son, Wallace Reid Christmas 1904 Dedicated to My Mother: “She who has stood by her two erring boys […]
Silent film star Charles Ray was born Charles Edgar Alfred Ray in Jacksonville, Illinois on March 15th, 1891. His parents moved him to Los Angeles […]
Carol Dempster was born in Duluth, Minnesota on December 9th, 1901. Her family moved to California when she was a baby. Carol attended Ruth St. […]