Happy birthday to silent film star Blanche Sweet (1896-1986). Besides a biography, several vintage movie card and collectible images of Sweet are included, plus Vachel Lindsay’s 1914 poem. “Blanche Sweet, Moving-Picture Actress,” and an embed of D.W. Griffith’s “Judith of Bethulia” (1914) starring Sweet.
Today in 1887 – Birth of Bull Montana
Happy birthday to silent film actor and professional wrestler Bull Montana (1887-1950). Bull’s featured here on a movie card, also included are some excerpts about his career.