Alfred George Research Paper

By 1900, there were currently thirty-three legitimate Broadway theatres, and many more would be built over the next couple of decades to meet the demand of the growing audiences. The productions included those of drama, comedy and musicals, but legitimate theatre was not the only theatrical entertainment of this time. During this time a large group of entertainers travels from one small theater to the next, entertaining thousands with their simple song and dance, mini-comical skits, and different acts of entertainment. These people were known as Vaudevillians and their theatre circuit was known as Vaudeville.

This paper was prepared for Introduction to Film History, Module 1 Homework Assignment, taught by Professor Stephanie Sandifer.

Before vaudeville even got its name it was called variety shows in previous years. Variety shows had been around for a long time but as years progressed it became more diverse and had more acts included in it. Tony Pastor (known as the father of vaudeville) was one of the men credited for these variety shows. In 1881 Pastor established a variety theater in New York (“Vaudeville”). He had many different acts performed in his theaters, especially for family entertainment. He focused on very high standards of

Before becoming one of the most iconic figures in silent film, D.W. Griffith failed as an actor and writer. If it wasn’t for a friend, Griffith wouldn’t have even worked at Biograph. In fact, Griffith had no training in film prior to Biograph. That is what makes his legacy so fascinating. Griffith was ambitious to act and write, but found his true identity in directing. Without any prior knowledge of directing, Griffith rose to fame, creating over 450 films, revolutionized film with his use of parallel editing, and was responsible for defining the Classical Hollywood Style of film.

29 year old George Paige was arrested Saturday NIght , for the kidnapping of Isabella Freeman . Isabell was found around 8:30 pm , when George’s next door Neighbor filed a noise complaint . The neighbor reported to the police that she heard loud screaming and cries from George’s House .

Over 2.5 million African-American men registered for the draft, George Adolphus Davis was drafted and served as a Mess Cook in World War II. It was 1942, when general service was opened for African Americans to serve in other capacities. Before entering the military, he was very unsure and anxious about joining. He didn’t know what to expect because there was still a lot going on in the United States regarding race. He went in with the expectations of the whites being cruel and harsh to him because of the color of his skin. He mentioned they were a few nice whites, but most were cruel. George Adolphus Davis eventually registered into the military and served two and a half years during World War II. He was assigned to Camp Lee, Virginia now

George Horgan is a man of many wise words with a hand extended out to whomever may need it, no questions asked. Who is George Horgan? He is a Vietnam, US Navy veteran, a man of age sixty-seven with white, neatly combed back thinning hair. He wore a dark navy blue polo shirt with three undone buttons from the neck down, for breathing room. Horgan used to find most comfort in wearing his cowboy boots daily, but they have been replaced with tennis shoes due to medical issues. He wore his blue jeans with the imprint of a faded wallet outline in the back right pocket. Horgan has a happy-go-lucky personality that he can find good in anything even when it seems completely undetectable. This man reserved, yet so open minded and aware of his surroundings,

George Gallup was born in the fall of the year 1901 on November 18, in the small town of Jefferson, Iowa the heartland of America. He grew up in an octagonal house build by his father, who was also named George. His father, George Henry Gallup, a farmer as well as a real estate dealer in agricultural land. From a young a George Jr. was already being to have a sense of democracy based on the sturdy, self-sufficient farmer. As a teenager, Gallup Jr. worked as the manager of dairy farm and used his salary to start a newspaper at his high school. He enrolled in the University of Iowa in 1918, played football and became the editor of the Daily Iowan as he began working for three U of I degrees, he received a bachelor's degree in 1923, a master's in 1925, and a doctorate in 1928.

This led to his first professional gig in 1921 in a vaudeville show at Central Park Theater.

Police are releasing a wanted for a man of the name George Harvey. He is believed to have glasses and of the age 49. Also he is believed to be 5’ 8”. He is wanted for the raping and the murdering of a girl by the name of Susie Salmon 
(like the fish). He is believed to be on the run in the area of Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey. “My father was beginning to slowly begin fitting it together. It had nothing to do with Mr Harvey…”

Houdini started his movie career and released some films that documented some of his escapes in the year of 1901. (Biography.com Website, Harry Houdini Biography). When Houdini was 44, he moved into film as a character called “Master Detective”. (Encyclopedia of World Biography, Harry Houdini).

George Kelly Barnes was born on July 18, 1895 to a well-off family in Memphis, Tennessee. George was a normal child until his college days at Mississippi State University in 1917. He began fighting with faculty, and working off debt he had earned. During this time, he met Geneva Ramsey. George was head over heels with this girl that he made an impetuous decision, by quitting college and running off and marrying Ms. Ramsey. The Barnes bared two children, and George worked as a cab driver during this time. Not being able to provide enough for his family Geneva and George separated. George began working for a small time gangster, as a bootlegger. The money was good so he continued.

Finally, in 1938 during a layover in Seattle, Washington, Gordon had an impulse to buy a camera. When he brought the film in to be developed, the clerk

star and speak his or her lines. Actors got paid on how popular they were, and they usually played the same type of roles; for instance, tragic actors always played tragic roles. The female was known as the ingénue and the male was known as the juvenile. Playwrights got the proceeds from the third night's performance and also the sixth night's performance, but only for the original run of the show. Pantomimes would also perform before and after a play. A theatre of note between 1642 and 1800 was The Haymarket Theatre, operated by Samuel Foote. He was given special license to operate in the summertime because of sympathy after he had a freak horsing accident while trying to prove that he wasn't effeminate. Two eighteenth century writers of comedy

Douglas Fairbanks Sr. was one of the most popular silent film star in the 1920s, which appropriately led to him being nicknamed the first ‘King of Hollywood’. So, when newspapers wrote a story in 1952, thirteen years after his death, about how his son Douglas Fairbanks Jr. found his forgotten and lost collections, it was a great achievement in the preservation