Norman Kerry

Norman Kerry (June 16, 1894 - January 12, 1956) was an American actor whose career spanned over twenty-five years in the motion picture industry beginning in the silent era at the end of World War I. June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 12 is the 12th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million The First World...

Born Arnold Kaiser in Rochester, New York of German parentage, he changed his decidedly German name to 'Norman Kerry' at the onset of World War I. Nickname: The Flour City, The Flower City, The Worlds Image Center Motto: Rochester: Made for Living Official website: www. ...

Kerry made his first film appearance in the 1916 Allan Dwan directed comedy Manhattan Madness, starring Douglas Fairbanks. He would rise to leading actior status the following year in the Marshall Neilan directed A Little Princess, playing opposite actress Mary Pickford. In 1918, Kerry followed his success with A Little Princess in the William Desmond Taylor directed Up the Road with Sallie, opposite Constance Talmadge. Allan Dwan (April 3, 1885 – December 21, 1981) was a pioneering Canadian-born American motion picture director, producer and screenwriter. ... Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. ... Marshall Neilan, 1920 Marshall Ambrose Neilan (April 11, 1891 - October 27, 1958) was an important pioneer motion picture actor, screenwriter, film director, and producer. ... The Little Princess (1917) is a silent film directed by Marshall Neilan based upon the novel, A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. ... Mary Pickford Mary Pickford (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979) was a Canadian-born motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists, known as Americas Sweetheart, Little Mary and the girl with the golden curls. ... William Desmond Taylor William Desmond Taylor (born William Cunningham Deane-Tanner April 26, 1872 in Carlow, Ireland – February 1, 1922 in Los Angeles) was a successful US film director and a popular figure in the growing Hollywood film colony of the 1910s and early 20s. ... Constance Talmadge in the 1910s Constance Talmadge (April 19, 1897-November 23, 1973) was a silent movie star born in Brooklyn, New York, USA, and was the sister of fellow actresses Norma Talmadge and Natalie Talmadge. ...

Kerry's career flourished during the silent film era of the late 1910s and throughout the 1920s and he quickly became a matinee idol who was extremely popular with female fans. With his slicked back hair and thin, waxed moustache, he was often cast in the role of the heroic dashing swashbuckler or the exotic, seductive lothario. By 1923, Kerry was a very well respected leading man and box-office draw. That year he starred in two much talked about films: the enormous box-office hit The Hunchback of Notre Dame, opposite Lon Chaney and the controversial Merry-Go-Round opposite newcomer Mary Philbin. Kerry was cast in Merry-Go-Round by the famous German director Erich von Stroheim to play von Stroheim's alter-ego 'Count Franz Maximilian Von Hohenegg', but studio executive Irving Thalberg fired von Stroheim during filming and had to be replaced by director Rupert Julian. Although controversial at the time, the film is now considered a classic. A silent film is a film which has no accompanying soundtrack. ... In 1923, a silent film version of Victor Hugos novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame was released, starring Lon Chaney, Sr. ... Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera Lon Chaney, Sr. ... Mary Philbin (July 16, 1903 - May 27, 1993) was a notable film actress of the silent film era. ... Erich von Stroheim (September 22, 1885 - May 12, 1957) was a filmmaker and actor, noted for his arrogant Teutonic character parts. ... Irving Grant Thalberg (May 30, 1899 - September 14, 1936) was an American film producer during the early years of motion pictures. ... Rupert Julian (January 25, 1889 - December 27, 1943) was a cinema actor, director, writer and producer. ...

Kerry would again be paired with Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin in the 1925 horror classic The Phantom of the Opera, playing Philbin's love-interest, the Vicomte Raoul de Chagny. The film was an enormous financial and critical success and solidified Kerry's position as a leading actor during the 1920s. That same year Kerry would again star opposite Philbin, in the adventure film Lorraine of the Lions, although the film didn't achieve nearly the degree of success as The Phantom of the Opera. Kerry would spend the decade appearing in high-profile roles opposite such famous actresses of the era as: Anna Q. Nilsson, Marion Davies, Bebe Daniels, Mildred Harris, ZaSu Pitts, Joan Crawford, Lillian Gish and Claire Windsor. Lon Chaney in The Phantom of the Opera The 1925 film version of The Phantom of the Opera, starring Lon Chaney, Sr. ... Anna Q. Nilsson Anna Quirentia Nilsson (March 30, 1888 – February 11, 1974) was a Swedish actress who achieved success in American silent movies. ... Marion Davies illustrated by Hamilton King, 1920 Marion Davies (born January 3, 1897; died September 23, 1961) was an American comedic actress. ... Bebe Daniels in the 1920s Bebe Daniels (14 January 1901 - 15 March 1971) was a United States actress. ... Mildred Harris Mildred Harris (November 29, 1901 - July 20, 1944) was a notable actress of the silent screen era and first wife of acting legend Charlie Chaplin. ... Zazu Pitts (1894-1963) sporting her famous bob hairstyle ZaSu Pitts (January 3, 1894–June 7, 1963) was a United States movie actress. ... Joan Crawford, photographed by Yousuf Karsh, 1948 Joan Crawford (March 23, 1905 – May 10, 1977) was an acclaimed Academy Award winning American actress. ... Lillian Gish Lillian Diana de Guiche (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993), was an Oscar-nominated American actress, better known as Lillian Gish. ... Claire Windsor Claire Windsor was a notable film actress of the early silent screen era. ...

At the beginning of the talkie era, Norman Kerry was cast in the 1931 film Bachelor Apartment, opposite silent the film star Mae Murray. The film was critically panned at the time of release and both Murray and Kerry's careers in the new medium of sound quickly waned. Kerry would only make three more film appearances before retiring from acting. A sound film (or talkie) is a motion picture with synchronized sound, as opposed to a silent movie. ... May Murray Mae Murray (May 10, 1889 – March 23, 1965) was an American actress and dancer, who became known as The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips [1] and The Gardenia of the Screen. ...

Later in life Kerry joined the French Foreign Legion, returning to the U.S. only when France was invaded by Nazi Germany. The French Foreign Legion (French: Légion Étrangère) is a unique unit within the French Army established in 1831. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...

Norman Kerry died in Los Angeles, California at the age of 61 in 1956 and was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California. Nickname: City of Angels Official website: http://www. ... Holy Cross Cemetery is located at 5835 W. Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California. ... Map of California showing Los Angeles County. ...

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Norman Kerry was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6724 Hollywood Blvd., in Hollywood, California. An example of a Hollywood Walk of Fame star, for the film actress Carole Lombard. ... Greetings from Hollywood Hollywood is a district of the city of Los Angeles, California, U.S.A., that extends from Vermont Avenue on the east to just beyond Laurel Canyon Boulevard above Sunset and Crescent Heights Boulevards on the west; the north to south boundary east of La Brea Avenue...

Filmography

Norman Kerry and Lillian Gish in the 1927 film Annie Laurie.

• Tanks a Million (1941)
• Phantom of Santa Fe (1936)
• Air Eagles (1931)
• Bachelor Apartment (1931)
• Ex-Flame (1930)
• The Prince of Hearts (1929)
• The Bondman (1929)
• The Woman I Love (1929)
• Trial Marriage (1929)
• Man, Woman and Wife (1929)
• The Woman from Moscow (1928)
• The Foreign Legion (1928)
• The Affairs of Hannerl (1928)
• Love Me and the World Is Mine (1927)
• The Irresistible Lover (1927)
• Body and Soul (1927)
• The Unknown (1927)
• Annie Laurie (1927)
• The Claw (1927)
• The Love Thief (1926)
• The Barrier (1926)
• Mademoiselle Modiste (1926)
• Under Western Skies (1926)
• Lorraine of the Lions (1925)
• The Phantom of the Opera (1925)
• Fifth Avenue Models (1925)
• The Price of Pleasure (1925)
• So This Is Marriage? (1924)
• Butterfly (1924)
• Hello, 'Frisco (1924)
• Between Friends (1924)
• Cytherea (1924)
• True As Steel (1924)
• Daring Youth (1924)
• The Shadow of the East (1924)
• The Satin Girl (1923)
• The Thrill Chaser (1923)
• The Acquittal (1923)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
• Is Money Everything? (1923)
• Merry-Go-Round (1923)
• Brothers Under the Skin (1922)
• Till We Meet Again (1922)
• The Man from Home (1922)
• Find the Woman (1922)
• Three Live Ghosts (1922)
• Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1921)
• Little Italy (1921)
• The Wild Goose (1921)
• Proxies (1921)
• Buried Treasure (1921)
• A Splendid Hazard (1920)
• Passion's Playground (1920)
• Soldiers of Fortune (1919)
• The Dark Star (1919)
• Virtuous Sinners (1919)
• Getting Mary Married (1919)
• Toton the Apache (1919)
• The Talk of the Town (1918)
• Good Night, Paul (1918)
• Rose o' Paradise (1918)
• Up the Road with Sallie (1918)
• Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley (1918)
• The Little Princess (1917)
• The Little American (1917)
• Manhattan Madness (1916)

Lillian Gish Lillian Diana de Guiche (October 14, 1893 – February 27, 1993), was an Oscar-nominated American actress, better known as Lillian Gish. ...

External links/References

• Norman Kerry at The Internet Movie Database
• Norman Kerry at the New York Times Movies
• Norman Kerry at Silents Are Golden