Wednesday, December 2, 2015

December Birthdays!

Here we are again! A new month means new birthdays to celebrate, and this one will be the last for the year 2015. 

Be on the lookout for my next entry which should hopefully be up in the next couple of days!

Helen Badgley ~ December 1, 1908

Lois Meredith ~ December 3, 1890

Lillian Russell ~ December 4, 1860

Vedah Bertram ~ December 4, 1891

Edna Payne ~ December 5, 1891

Grace Moore ~ December 5, 1898

Virginia Lee Corbin ~ December 5, 1910

William S. Hart ~ December 6, 1864

Kathryn McGuire ~ December 6, 1903

Molly Malone ~ December 7, 1888

Marcella Albani ~ December 7, 1899

Neva Gerber ~ December 8, 1891

Clarine Seymour ~ December 9, 1898

Carol Dempster ~ December 9, 1901

Rhea Mitchell ~ December 10, 1890

Vivienne Osborne ~ December 10, 1896

Gilbert Roland ~ December 11, 1905

Sally Eilers ~ December 11, 1908

Owen Moore ~ December 12, 1884

Buck Jones ~ December 12, 1891

Madeline Hurlock ~ December 12, 1899

Edna Marion ~ December 12, 1906

Thelma Hill ~ December 12, 1906

Katherine MacDonald ~ December 14, 1881

Mary Kornman ~ December 15, 1915

Max Linder ~ December 16, 1883

Stacia Napierkowska ~ December 16, 1886

Barbara Kent ~ December 16, 1907

Gladys Cooper ~ December 18, 1888

Mary Nolan ~ December 18, 1905

Pauline Curley ~ December 19, 1903

Winifred Bryson ~ December 20, 1892

Lissy Arna ~ December 20, 1900

Edith Taliaferro ~ December 21, 1893

Elinor Fair ~ December 21, 1903

Edna Goodrich ~ December 22, 1883

Frankie Darro ~ December 22, 1917

Ann Pennington ~ December 23, 1893

Mildred June ~ December 23, 1905

Octavia Handworth ~ December 24, 1887

Eugenie Besserer ~ December 25, 1868

Evelyn Nesbit ~ December 25, 1884

John Bowers ~ December 25, 1885

Marlene Dietrich ~ December 27, 1901

Davey Lee ~ December 29, 1924

Edna Flugrath ~ December 30, 1892

Frankie Lee ~ December 31, 1918

Virginia Davis ~ December 31, 1918

9 comments:

  1. Love this last picture of this little girl in her get-up. Is that Grace Moore the operatic singer? That is one scantily clad gal! Another great birthday post

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    1. I love the pictures of Virginia Davis as little Alice. So adorable!
      And, yes! THE Grace Moore! Such a beauty!

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  2. Dietrich? Garden of Allah? Not a silent film. Not a silent film actress. ?

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    1. Yes, Marlene Dietrich. Yes, the picture is not from one of her silent films. I am aware that Garden of Allah is not a silent film.
      However, Marlene did appear in a number of silent films early in her career and that is why she is included here.

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  3. that is probably the best picture of Evelyn Nesbit I have ever seen. Love her smile, naughty girl!

    Patty

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  4. Hi Jessica, Just a question about Grace Moore. Were there two ladies with that name, I've heard of the singer but there is also a former Ziegfeld showgirl named Grace Moore, do you know if they are one and the same or did the Ziegfeld lady also sing? I'm just wondering as I have a wonderful documentary called Showgirl stories, and they interview Grace Moore the Showgirl as a very old woman (she must be close to 100 at the time they filmed it) and they only mention her as a showgirl and not a singer. I'm trying to search on line to see if I can find out but so far no luck.

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    1. Your question really made me think about this because I had wondered the same thing too. If you look at pictures of the ZF Grace Moore and the singer, they really don't look a like. I would love to watch this documentary though and hear what she has to say!
      The hard part is that with the internet, pictures are circulated with the wrong name so often that separating truth and fiction can be difficult. I need to look into this more for sure.

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  5. Hi Jessica, I was able to download the small clip of Grace Moore showgirl from the video. Sorry about the sound it's very low. The best part is when she says Ziegfeld told her to raise her skirt, a little higher then jumped over the desk and pulled her skirt over her head!! She also talks about taking the car fare money the rich stage door johnnies gave them, usually a $100, take a cab for a block get out and take the subway home, she says "oh yeah we had all sorts of tricks"!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjwfspNsemE&feature=youtu.be

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