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[Update: Here’s a little more information. The photo was published June 21, 1936, in The Times rotogravure section, which wasn’t microfilmed, so I can’t refer to the original. The occasion was a meeting at the Riverside Drive Breakfast Club in which silent screen stars "organized a club of their own to perpetuate memories of the past, though many of them still are active in 'the pictures.' "] They had faces then – and here they are: A reunion of silent film stars in the 1930s. There are a lot of folks in this photo so I’ll leave it up for a few days. I suspect it will be more fun if I post the entries as they come in rather than waiting until the end. Enjoy! And you will see where I had to paste this together from two scans. |
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Off the top of my head:
2) J. Stuart Blackton
11) Victor Potel
15) William Farnum
17) Charles Middleton
25) flora Finch
30) Creighton Hale
36) Bryant Washburn
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16) James Gleason
18) Kenneth Harlan
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7) Maurice Costello
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#15 looks like charles coburn and #17 is charles middleton of flash gordon serials
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Oh Larry you have outdone yourself this time. Number 24 Donald Crisp?
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I was wrong, #16 is Charley Chase.
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4) King Baggot.
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I spotted Agnes Ayres, Florence Lawrence, Beverly Bayne, Flora Finch . . .
Scary thing is, if this was taken in, say, 1935, they are less than TEN YEARS past their heyday. It would be like taking an “olde-timey photo” today of Stars of the 1990s.
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This is murder! In no particular order…Charley Chase, Charles Middleton, Kenneth Harlan, J. Stuart Blackton, William Austin, Creighton Hale, Heinie Conklin, Helen Jerome Eddy, Otis Harlan, Bryant Washburn, Victor Potel, William Farnum, Flora Finch and lastly I think Joe Bordeaux.
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1) Evangeline Russell
3) Alice lake?
6) florence Lawrence
20) Heinie Conklin
23) Helen Jerome Eddy
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24) Otis Harlan
29) William Austin
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Between #36 & #37, is that a very young Norman Lloyd?
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The only one that I can identify is no. 17 Ming the Merciless Charles Middleton. I recognize some of the others but no names yet. Mary Mallory must be in 7th heaven with this one.
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#15 Jean Hersholt ??
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Is this Russell’s and Blackton’s wedding?
9) Agnes Ayres
12) Wallace Reid Jr.
13) Helene Chadwick
26) Ruth Roland?
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11. El Brendel. Saw him in Just Imagine
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Long shot guesses:
1. Anna Q. Nilsson
23. Nita Naldi
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Wow….that was a tough one…hard to believe it’s true, but one of the folks in this 1936 photo is still alive! Anyone (everyone?) know which one? Jean Darling (#10), the last living child star of the silent “Our Gang” comedies (and the original “Carrie Pipperidge” in “Carousel” on Broadway), is alive and apparently well, living in Dublin, Ireland, aged 88.
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Here’s a link to a photo of the actual caption for the photo. I have a rough copy of the photo as well. It’s scanned on this web page as well. I’m related to Edwin August. Thanks.
Don C. McDaniel
St. Louis
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