Saturday, January 9, 2021

MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS AND PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES....SWANSON, HAYES, SEEGER, STRAUSS, EASTMAN

Welcome to Everything Croton, a collection of all things Croton--our history, our homes, our issues, our businesses, our schools, our houses of worship--in short, EVERYTHING CROTON.

MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS AND PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES....SWANSON, HAYES, SEEGER, STRAUSS, EASTMAN--CLICK ON THE PHOTOS AND LINKS.

First up, an ad from 1950, featuring The Weavers---and Croton's own Lee Hayes. Read more about Hays and his Croton connection here.
 
Next up, a wonderful post on Croton's own Gloria Swanson from GOLDEN SILENTS DOT COM.......

It includes a full listing of all her silent films and rarely seen stills of Swanson---and that famous real lion scene too! See more at goldensilents.com/stars/gloriaswanson.html

Ah the good old days of made for television movies and series...usually on a Sunday night at nine. Not always the best plot lines but...often there was quite a bit of...Peter Strauss.

For those who don't know, Strauss got his acting start in the Croton Shakespeare Festival.  Here he is in ABC's 1982 production of A WHALE FOR THE KILLING.

Next up--CLICK HERE FOR AN EARLY PASSPORT PHOTO OF CROTON'S OWN MAX EASTMAN a'la The Masses. And check out a recent Eastman read:  REFLECTIONS ON THE FAILURE OF SOCIALISM https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/09/just-finished-max-eastmans-reflections.html

 AND by special request, THE COVERS OF THE MASSES magazines that were being offered at one time by The Croton Historical Society in conjunction with their exhibit.  See the covers--1911 thru 1917--here 

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS & PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES...KATHLEEN BELLER, GLORIA SWANSON AND PETER STRAUSS AT https://everythingcroton.blogspot.com/2020/09/and-now-some-more-recently-unearthed.html
 
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