Forgotten Celebrities of the Era

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August Belmont Jr.(r) with Paul Cravath.
"August Belmont (February 18, 1853 – December 10, 1924) was an American financier. He financed the construction of the original New York subway (1900-1904) and for many years headed the Interborough Rapid Transit Co., which ran the transit system. He also financed and led the construction of the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts, which opened in 1914. Belmont bought the land for and built New York's Belmont Park racetrack—named for his father—and was a major owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. He served as chairman of the board of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.He also served as a director of the Southern Pacific Co., parent of the railroad, and National Park Bank."

 

[LizzieMaine]

There's no end to the parade --

Alvin "Shipwreck" Kelly

Ella "Mother" Bloor

William Beebe

Cobina Wright Jr.

Milo Reno

Elizabeth Dilling

Ely Culbertson

Eleanor Holm

Stuart Canin

Zorina

Capt. Charles Knight and Mr. Ramshaw

Babe Didrikson

 

[David Conwill]

Barbara Hutton is somewhat remembered by car folk today--as the mother of Lance Reventlow.

 

[2jakes]

Joan Davies

Nancy Walker

Martha Ray

Patsy Kelly

Minnie Pearl

Zazu Pitts

 

[2jakes]

Fibber McGee & Molly

Ozzie & Harriet

Burns & Allen

 

[LizzieMaine]

And time marches on...

Eddie Tolan

Alma Bridwell White

Bobby Breen

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn

Judge Rutherford

Margie Hart

Johnny Roventini

Dorothy Thompson

John L. Lewis

 

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While life came to a tragic halt for these souls...

George Kelly Barnes

Henry Earl J. Wojciechowski

Henry McCarty

Arthur Simon Flegenheimler

Salvatore Lucania

Charles Arthur Floyd

Lester Joseph Gilles

 

[LizzieMaine]

And yet more --

Italo Balbo

Elizabeth Hawes

Alexander Woollcott

Wee Bonnie Baker

Al Schacht

Ernestine Schumann-Heink

Parkyakarkus

Hazel Scott

Dr. John R. Brinkley

 

[vitanola]

Um

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August Belmont Jr.(r) with Paul Cravath.
"August Belmont (February 18, 1853 – December 10, 1924) was an American financier. He financed the construction of the original New York subway (1900-1904) and for many years headed the Interborough Rapid Transit Co., which ran the transit system. He also financed and led the construction of the Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts, which opened in 1914. Belmont bought the land for and built New York's Belmont Park racetrack—named for his father—and was a major owner/breeder of thoroughbred racehorses. He served as chairman of the board of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad.He also served as a director of the Southern Pacific Co., parent of the railroad, and National Park Bank."

Um. The supposed "Founder of the Belmont Stakes" was apparently just wearing long pants when the first contest was run in 1867. I should have been more specific in my post, I guess.

 

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Um. The supposed "Founder of the Belmont Stakes" was apparently just wearing long pants when the first contest was run in 1867. I should have been more specific in my post, I guess.

Um. The first Belmont Stakes was held at Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx, built in 1866 by stock market speculator Leonard Jerome (1817–1891) and financed by August Belmont Sr. (1816–1890), for whom the race was named.

 

[vitanola]

Jane Gibson

Thomas Ince

Peg Entwhistle

"Gatenby Williams"

Irene Bordoni

Dr. H. H. Crippen

The "Kalikak Family"

 

[vitanola]

Um. The first Belmont Stakes was held at Jerome Park Racetrack in The Bronx, built in 1866 by stock market speculator Leonard Jerome (1817–1891) and financed by August Belmont Sr. (1816–1890), for whom the race was named.

Yes. As I wrote.

Oh, and Mr. Jerome was this little shavers grandpapa:

Definitely NOT a "forgotten celebrity".

 

[LizzieMaine]

We were going concerns once too --

Auguste Piccard

The Incomparable Hildegarde

Billy Barty

Starr Faithfull

Isidor Fisch

Vera Vague

Harry Bridges

Cornelia Otis Skinner

Sigmund Spaeth

Claire Boothe Luce

L. A. "Speed" Riggs

 

[Fading Fast]

From Wikipedia:
William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner; 26 April 1872 – 1 February 1922) was an Anglo-Irish-American director and actor. A popular figure in the growing Hollywood motion picture colony of the 1910s and early 1920s, he directed 59 silent films between 1914 and 1922 and acted in 27 between 1913 and 1915.[1]

Taylor's murder on 1 February 1922, along with other Hollywood scandals, such as the Roscoe Arbuckle trial, led to a frenzy of sensationalist and often fabricated newspaper reports.[2] The murder remains an official cold case.[3]

 

[vitanola]

Clarence Kolb and Max Dill

Tess Gardella

George J Gaskin

Emily Kimbrough

Josh Billings

 

[LizzieMaine]

And lest we forget that we've forgotten --

John J. Anthony

Ida Bailey Allen

Oscar "Of The Waldorf" Tschirky

Pearl O'Loughlin

Hal LeRoy

Bidu Sayao

Edward J. "Death House" Reilly

Alice Marble

Howard "Skippy" Smith

 

[vitanola]

Albert Campbell

Henry Burr

Billy Murray

Monroe Silver

Frank Croxton

Rudy Wiedoft

Frank E Banta

John Meyer

 

[Tiki Tom]

 

[LizzieMaine]

And hey, what about us?

Lou Holtz

Elsa Maxwell

Jo Davidson

Patty Berg

Rubinoff -- And His Violin

Maxine Sullivan

Walter O'Keefe

Laurette Taylor

Charles Mattson

Lorraine Wilcox and Barbara Ann (formerly Edward) Richards

 

[3fingers]

Vera Vague

She still cracks me up.