TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN BUNNY
Good-bye, good clown,
Indeed thou wert a merry fool,
Thy unctuous wit and rotund shape
Could wring kind wrinkles from the wisest face.
The life was not in vain,
For richly didst thou earn the gratitude
Of mankind of thy time,
Ten hundred thousand friends for years will tell
The stories of the parts thou played so well,
And laugh again as they recall
Thy droll pomposity,
Thy “Bottom” was the top of classic humor,
And earned for thee a name,
Fit to be graven in the Hall of Fame,
Thou passed too soon,
But memory will keep thy name forever honored,
“Requiescat in pace.”
More than 1,500 persons, including many prominet in theatical and motion picture activities, attended the funeral services of John Bunny. The pallbearer, chosen from the Vitagraph Company, were William T. Rock, Samuel Spedon, Maurice Costello, Edward Scranton, George Baker, VanDyck Brooks, Harry Morey and Lee Beggs. It was held April 28, 1915, Mabel wasn't there, she was working in California but her heart was there...
May 15, 1915, Moving Picture World by H.A. D'Arcy
Bruce Long sent the link to this selection of Hollywood-related editorial cartoons from February 1922 can be found at
http://taylorology1.googlepages.com/ed
As he wrote none are explicitly are dealing with Mabel Normand’s connection with the mess but this was the world that she lived in and the editorial idea about Hollywood.
Schedule
1. Program Title: Mabel's Wilful Way
In this silent short, a young woman escapes dinner with her parents for wild times at a nearby fair.
CAST: Mabel Normand, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy.
DIR: Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett.Silent. BW 14 mins.
TCM 7/20/2008 01:45:00 AM
2. Program Title: Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life
In this silent short, a farmhand defies his boss to court the man's daughter.
CAST: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Al S. John.
DIR: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle.Silent. BW 24 mins.
TCM 07/20/2008 01:00:00 AM
3. Program Title: Tillie's Punctured Romance
In this silent film, a con man dupes a wealthy country girl into marriage.
CAST: Marie Dressler, Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand.
DIR: Mack Sennett.Silent. BW 72 mins.
TCM 08/04/2008 08:00:00 AM
