Post by Freehold Resident on Aug 30, 2006 11:37:26 GMT -5
Where do I get this stuff? Googling and my dad sometimes tells me what to look for.
WALLACE REID'S life was a crowded one. He was a cowboy, civil engineer, reporter, motion picture director, assistant editor of a motor magazine, scenario writer, "stunt" man, actor on the stage, and screen celebrity. The son of Hal Reid, noted playwright, he was favored with the heritage of genius as well as personal charm that won him hosts of friends. Likeable, versatile, and intensely human, he flashed into public favor in an astonishingly short period of time. Even though he had been more things in a few years than, perhaps, any of the characters he had portrayed so engagingly before the camera, he was a star by the time he was twenty-five years old. Possessing the traits that fit into productions abounding in wholesome situations and clean humor, he captivated public fancy until he became one of the best-known and affectionately thought-of artists in screen life.
Wallace Reid was born at St. Louis, April 15, 1892. The stir of his heritage soon manifested itself. At the age of four he played: the role of a little girl in the stage play, "Slaves of Gold."
When Wallace was ten years old the Reid family moved to New York City. He received his early education in the schools there. Afterward he attended the New Jersey Military Academy at Freehold, N. J.
When Wallace was seventeen years old he went to the Big Horn district in Wyoming. There he ran a hotel, worked on a ranch, and was employed on the government survey of the Shoshone Dam. These he returned to New York City, was a reporter for a time on the Star, then accepted a part in a vaudeville play, "The Girl and the Ranger," written by his father.
After he had finished his vaudeville engagement he joined Selig, where he did bits, he played character parts and leads, and learned to operate a motion picture camera. He next accepted the post of assistant editor of Motor Magazine, but pictures called him back, and he became associated with Biograph. He afterwards played the role of the blacksmith in Griffith's "Birth of a Nation," and in 1915 joined Paramount as a leading man, where he remained and became a star.
Mr. Reid stood six feet one inch in height and weighed 170 pounds. He was unusally fond of kiddies, animal pets and musical instruments. He died January 18, 1923.
WALLACE REID'S life was a crowded one. He was a cowboy, civil engineer, reporter, motion picture director, assistant editor of a motor magazine, scenario writer, "stunt" man, actor on the stage, and screen celebrity. The son of Hal Reid, noted playwright, he was favored with the heritage of genius as well as personal charm that won him hosts of friends. Likeable, versatile, and intensely human, he flashed into public favor in an astonishingly short period of time. Even though he had been more things in a few years than, perhaps, any of the characters he had portrayed so engagingly before the camera, he was a star by the time he was twenty-five years old. Possessing the traits that fit into productions abounding in wholesome situations and clean humor, he captivated public fancy until he became one of the best-known and affectionately thought-of artists in screen life.
Wallace Reid was born at St. Louis, April 15, 1892. The stir of his heritage soon manifested itself. At the age of four he played: the role of a little girl in the stage play, "Slaves of Gold."
When Wallace was ten years old the Reid family moved to New York City. He received his early education in the schools there. Afterward he attended the New Jersey Military Academy at Freehold, N. J.
When Wallace was seventeen years old he went to the Big Horn district in Wyoming. There he ran a hotel, worked on a ranch, and was employed on the government survey of the Shoshone Dam. These he returned to New York City, was a reporter for a time on the Star, then accepted a part in a vaudeville play, "The Girl and the Ranger," written by his father.
After he had finished his vaudeville engagement he joined Selig, where he did bits, he played character parts and leads, and learned to operate a motion picture camera. He next accepted the post of assistant editor of Motor Magazine, but pictures called him back, and he became associated with Biograph. He afterwards played the role of the blacksmith in Griffith's "Birth of a Nation," and in 1915 joined Paramount as a leading man, where he remained and became a star.
Mr. Reid stood six feet one inch in height and weighed 170 pounds. He was unusally fond of kiddies, animal pets and musical instruments. He died January 18, 1923.
