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Howard Olsen Day

Elsie Janis

Elsie Janis (Elsie Bierbower, 1889-1956) in THE CENTURY GIRL (1916-17). Photo by White Studios

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. did not just produce the ZIEGFELD FOLLIES; his Broadway career actually began with A PARLOR MATCH in 1896 and ran to a revival of SHOW BOAT in 1932. Many of the performers in the FOLLIES started in another Ziegfeld show, or moved on to other Ziegfeld productions.

Elsie Janis never appeared in the ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, but she was featured in some of Charles Dillingham’s productions (beginning with THE HOYDEN, 1907-8) before the joint Dillingham-Ziegfeld musical OVER THE RIVER (1912), to which she also contributed lyrics. 

After other Dillingham shows, Elsie Janis appeared in an even more successful joint production, THE CENTURY GIRL. Dillingham and Ziegfeld also produced ELSIE JANIS AND HER GANG (1919-20), a Janis-penned revue that showcased Miss Janis’s multiple talents as a performer, lyricist, and producer. (Just to underline the fact, she presented her own production of ELSIE JANIS AND HER GANG in 1922.)

Academy Founders 22

N.B. The member numbers follow The Internet Movie Database's list order announcing the Academy in January 1927. 

22. Harry M. Warner (Harold Eichelbaum, 1881-1958) of the Producers Branch, in a Floyd McCarty photo with Jane Wyman (Sarah Jane Mayfield, 1917-2007).

With his brother Sam (Samuel Eichelbaum, 1887-1927), Harry Warner co-founded Warner Features, Inc., in 1910. Five years later, the company became United Film Service, and in 1924 four Warner brothers organized the eponymous Warner Bros. corporation. 

Sam Warner pushed the foundering company into partnership with Vitaphone. His brother Harry's response to the news that Warner's was developing talking pictures was direct: "Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?"

In 1939, Harry Warner received an Academy certificate "In recognition of patriotic service in the production of historical short subjects presenting significant episodes in the early struggle of the American people for liberty."

John Lacey by Athletic Model Guild

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Back to Reno

Signed “François 1941” on the mat

More Reno on my mind

Walton Rice

Reno on my mind

Merlin Hollen, 1939

Bill Brinkley and Pepper Gomez

Bruce trio

Ralph Burkey, Series 2213

Henry Fong, Series 2305

Joe Napolie

Wesley Smith by Bruce of Los Angeles

Carte de visite by Lambert Partington

Carte de visite by Robert W. Thrupp

Bill Parks and Bill Rudolph

A cheerful fellow

Mystery men

Carte de visite by J. Douglas

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The Duke of Hamilton by Disdéri

William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton (1811-1863), married Princess Marie Amelie of Baden in 1843. The Duchess was the daughter of Stéphanie de Beauharnais, the adopted daughter of Emperor Napoleon I. 

Carte de visite by André-Adolph-Eugène Disdéri. 

Some more male nudes

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Attributed to Jon Arnt (1906-1982)

Austin, Texas

Leonard Chambers al fresco

Princess Alexandra of Denmark

Princess Alexandra of Denmark (1844-1925), who married Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (from 1901 King Edward VII), Queen Victoria’s eldest son, in 1863.

Carte de visite by the Danish court photographer [Peter Ludvig] Rudolf Striegler (1816-1876).

Queen Victoria

Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, from 1876 Empress of India (1819-1901). 

Carte de visite by John Jabez Edwin Mayall (Jabez Meal, 1813-1901).

Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, February 1958

Trio

Cannes, 1954