Friday, September 7, 2012

More Paper From A Wall

I was back a the Orpheum Theatre, up in the grid and pulled some more of the newspaper that was put in the mold when the concrete of the structure was poured. I tucked them away and carefully peeled the 86 year old paper apart at home and looked at my discovery.

There was a bit of a picture. A premiere night for The Phantom of the Opera. You know, Lon Chaney's classic silent film. The picture was of Norman Kerry (1894-1956) and Mary Philbin (1902-1993). They were two of the actors in the movie as well.

There was amention of Agnes O'Malley. She was a publicist for the Mack Sennett Studios between 1924-1927.

Photoplay magazine was mentioned. A publication the was around from 1911-1980. Pretty impressive considering the magazine business.

Col. Hugh L. Cooper was mentioned. He was a civil engineer who worked on large water projects all over the US.

Kenneth A. Lewis, 12, a paper boy for the Illustrated Daily News was hit by a car. He was recovering. I couldn't find out anything else online about him.

Cecil Jensen was a editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Tribune. Part of one of his cartoons was in the paper I pulled out. It was about President Coolidge but I couldn't see the rest.

Pete Sarmiento was a Filipino boxer of the time. There was a fight the paper was talking about.

California governor Friend Richardson was mentioned. (1865-1943) He served only one term I think.

There was  a mention of Fanchon and Marco. They were a brother and sister producing team who put on lavish productions. They owned several of the theatres downtown. The name became synonymous with large over the top productions and became a part of the language of the day in Los Angeles.

All this I learned from just a few scraps of old newspaper and the internet to look it up on.

Also there was one part of a horoscope. Don't know what star sign but here it is:

Do not sign any contracts or enter into any agreements on this day. Relax as much as possible and be very careful in your diet. After 3:30 the vibrations change for the better. 
Children born on this day will be marvelously intuitive. What they don't get by study and concentration they will get by intuition. They will become successful at any occupation where sharp wits and perceptive powers are necessary.

Kind of fun to see what the wall revealed. to me. I pulled as much out as I could. This will be the last of it. But the paper was from September of 1925. Didn't get the exact date off of any particular bit. 

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