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William E. Shay
William E. Shay (1916)
Occupation(s) Actor of silent film and stage Years active
c. 1900 –
c. 1927
William E. Shay was an American actor of stage and
silent films . He had leading roles including in
The Clemenceau Case (1915), and
A Daughter of the Gods (1916).
Biography
In 1902, Shay appeared in
Martha Morton 's
The Diplomat at Hoyt's Theatre; and in 1909, he appeared as Baron Sokoli in the stage production of
John Luther Long 's Kassa at
Liberty Theatre on Broadway in New York City.
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[2] He also starred in the stage productions
Zaza and
David Belasco 's
Du Barry .
[3]
Shay made his film debut in 1911 at age 45, in
A Manly Man . He shot almost all of his films in a ten years span. He attended the first meeting of The Screen Club in 1912, a motion picture group founded in New York City.
[4]
Filmography
References
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"William E. Shay" .
Broadway World . Retrieved 2023-04-18 .
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Theatre Magazine . Theatre Magazine Company. 1909. p. 72.
^ Spears, Jack (1977).
The Civil War on the Screen, and Other Essays . A. S. Barnes. p. 53.
ISBN
978-0-498-01728-5 .
^ Slide, Anthony (2014-02-25).
The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry . Routledge. p. 81.
ISBN
978-1-135-92554-3 .
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"A Manly Man + My Best Girl" . George Eastman Museum . November 24, 2015.
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"William E. Shay" . BFI . Archived from
the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2021 .
^ Romain, Theresa St (2008).
Margarita Fischer: A Biography of the Silent Film Star . McFarland. p. 40.
ISBN
978-0-7864-3552-4 .
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"William E. Shay and Ethel Grandin in "Across the Plains" | Photograph" . Wisconsin Historical Society . 1 December 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2021 .
^ Wlaschin, Ken (2009-05-15).
Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography . McFarland.
ISBN
978-0-7864-4350-5 .
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The Moving Picture World . Chalmers Publishing Company. 1913. p. 247.
^ Holston, Kim R. (2012-12-13).
Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911-1973 . McFarland. p. 307.
ISBN
978-0-7864-9261-9 .
^ Tarbox, Charles H. (1983).
Lost Films, 1895-1917 . Film Classic Exchange. p. 190.
ISBN
978-0-9610916-0-6 .
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Moving Picture World and View Photographer . World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916. p. 600.
^ Kabatchnik, Amnon (2008).
Blood on the Stage: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire, 1900-1925 . Scarecrow Press. p. 9.
ISBN
978-0-8108-6123-7 .
^ Langman, Larry; Ebner, David (2001).
Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films . Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 31.
ISBN
978-0-313-31886-3 .
^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2005).
American Plays and Musicals on Screen: 650 Stage Productions and Their Film and Television Adaptations . McFarland & Company. p. 117.
ISBN
978-0-7864-2003-2 .
^ Wollstein, Hans J. (1994).
Strangers in Hollywood: The History of Scandinavian Actors in American Films from 1910 to World War II . Scarecrow Press. p. 287.
ISBN
978-0-8108-2938-1 .
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b Soister, John T.; Nicolella, Henry; Joyce, Steve (2014-01-10).
American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929 . McFarland. pp. 126, 747.
ISBN
978-0-7864-8790-5 .
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"Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List" . www.silentera.com .
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Nickelodeon . Vol. 18. 1917. p. 686.
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"AFI|Catalog" . catalog.afi.com . Retrieved 2023-09-15 .
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"Telephone Girl Film Feature at Shea's Hipp" . Buffalo Courier Express . 1927-03-27. p. 37. Retrieved 2023-09-15 .
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