SOME MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS & PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES: HOWARD DA SILVA, GLORIA SWANSON, VERA NEUMANN & CLIFFORD HARMON

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

SOME MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS & PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES: HOWARD DA SILVA, GLORIA SWANSON, VERA NEUMANN-, AND CLIFFORD B. HARMON----click on the photos and links.

First up, Croton's Howard Da Silva appeared in 26 episodes of CBS Radio Mystery Theater. How fitting that one of the elves unearthed this one:   

A Very Private Miracle--"A very moving story about a cranky old man and a little girl trying to persuade him to play Santa Claus."  

Hear it at  https://www.cbsrmt.com/episode/191-a-very-private-miracle.html

For more about Howard Da Silva and his Croton connection, click here. 

Next up, a 1930 blurb about Croton's Gloria Swanson--and her earlier days in Keystone comedies--where she got her start.

This one is Teddy at the Throttle, a 1917 American silent comedy short film starring Bobby Vernon, Gloria Swanson, and her first husband, Wallace Beery. Teddy was one of the first dog actors, a great dane who acted in over 60 of Paramount’s Mack Sennett comedies!!!!!

He was also known as Keystone Teddy.  

And here's Gloria Swanson decorating her Christmas tree, 1921, for her infant daughter.  We believe this is an interior shot from her Croton home.

But you can see definite identified exterior shots of her Croton home here, 1924, Mt. Airy Road.

As many of you know, Vera Neumann was one of Croton's most famous residents.  A prolific artist, innovator and textile designer still popular today.

For those of you who have always wondered how to date your vintage Vera textiles, Retro Renovation has the answer! Click here. 

And finally from The Newberry Herald and News: a blurb about Clifford Harmon, famed early aviation pioneer and suburban land developer---for whom the Harmon section of the village (and its train station) is forever remembered.

Here's a 1910 article detailing an aviation mishap---TREES SAVED FLYER'S LIFE

You may also have an interest in these additional Harmon articles:

--FROM ROBERT SCOTT and his CHRONICLES OF CROTON'S BOHEMIA, CLIFFORD HARMON; CLICK HERE 

--SELLING HARMON, an oldie but goodie from CROTON HISTORY & MYSTERIES http://crotonhistory.org/2013/01/28/selling-harmon/

SEE THE LAST EDITION OF MORE RECENTLY UNEARTHED BITS AND PIECES ABOUT CROTON NOTABLES....GLORIA SWANSON, LEE HAYES, PETE SEEGER, PETER STRAUSS, AND MAX EASTMAN HERE. 

Note: All content on this blog is Copyright (c) by Maria Cudequest and by the posters who have contributed specific content. All material is for your personal use only. No content or photos may be republished or sold, without prior written from your editor and the individual who contributed the content in question. For permissions or questions about this policy, please contact the editor.