Sunday, May 29, 2016

A headstone for Katherine Grant

Hello one and all!

I know I have been uber quiet lately, but it is because I have been working on a big project and it is up and ready to rock!


The wheels are finally in motion to get actress Katherine Grant a headstone! I covered Katherine awhile back (read here) and mentioned that she was buried in an unmarked grave. A fellow silent film fan named Tom, who reads my blog, reached out to me and helped give me the kick I needed to really get started on this project. We reached out to Katherine's next of kin, her great niece, Kelly, and Kelly has given us permission to go ahead and purchase the headstone. She is excited and we are excited about it as well.

Please follow the link and donate (a little goes a long way). If you can't donate, please share the link to get the word out. The GoFundMe site also includes links to Katherine's various shorts that are available on Youtube. 

Katherine and Charley Chase
Our goal here is to make sure Katherine and her legacy in silent film is not forgotten.

Monday, May 2, 2016

May Birthdays!

New month and new stars! I have never really liked the first few days in May because that means that my birthday is over! Nobody likes that!

Enjoy the May born stars!

Leila Hyams ~ May 1, 1905

Hedda Hopper ~ May 2, 1885

Adele DeGarde ~ May 3, 1899

Mary Astor ~ May 3, 1906

Maria Corda ~ May 4, 1898

Alice Howell ~ May 5, 1888

Claire Whitney ~ May 6, 1890

Rudolph Valentino ~ May 6, 1895

Gary Cooper ~ May 7, 1901

Cecille Evans ~ May 7, 1902

Claire Anderson ~ May 8, 1895

Valdemar Psilander ~ May 9, 1884

Richard Barthelmess ~ May 9, 1895

Olga Petrova ~ May 10, 1884

Mae Murray ~ May 10, 1889

Betty Boyd ~ May 11, 1908

Cleo Ridgely ~ May 12, 1893

Billie Dove ~ May 14, 1903

Anny Ondra ~ May 15, 1902

Dorothy Gibson ~ May 17, 1889

Ward Crane ~ May 18, 1890

Natalie Kingston ~ May 19, 1905

Pauline Chase ~ May 20, 1885

Karin Molander ~ May 20, 1889


Estelle Taylor ~ May 20, 1894

Mabel Taliaferro ~ May 21, 1887

Alla Nazimova ~ May 22, 1879

Pauline Bush ~ May 22, 1886

Lucy Doraine ~ May 22, 1898

Ethel Shannon ~ May 22, 1898

Douglas Fairbanks ~ May 23, 1883

Jose Collins ~ May 23, 1887

Chrissie White  ~ May 23, 1895

Helen Foster ~ May 23, 1906

Creighton Hale ~ May 24, 1889

William Fairbanks ~ May 24, 1894

Muriel Ostriche ~ May 24, 1896

Sally Phipps ~ May 24, 1909

Frank Alexander ~ May 25, 1879

Marie Doro ~ May 25, 1882

Kathryn Adams ~ May 25, 1883

Al Jolson ~ May 26, 1886

Peggy Hopkins Joyce ~ May 26, 1893

Norma Talmadge ~ May 26, 1894

Dustin Farnum ~ May 27, 1874

Fritzi Brunette ~ May 27, 1890

Mary McAllister ~ May 27, 1909

Dorothy Dunbar ~ May 28, 1902

Beatrice Lillie ~ May 29, 1894

Aud Egede-Nissen ~ May 30, 1893

Irving Thalberg ~ May 30, 1899

Kathlyn Williams ~ May 31, 1879

Jack Holt ~ May 31, 1888

Ann Christy ~ May 31, 1905