Pennsylvania Show Business

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  1. 6. T - A famous African-American actor, singer, and activist that spend his last years at the Pearl Street Theater.\
  2. 8. MP - Born in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, First to use phonograph for background sound effects in motion pictures.
  3. 9. T - American Playwright referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America" and is best known for writing 10 play collectively called the Pittsburgh Cycle.
  4. 10. MP - Teamed with San Francisco photographer Eadweard Muybridge to produce rapid photographs of horses in motion.
  5. 11. T - This English Equestrian brought the first modern circus to the United States in Philadelphia
  6. 12. MP - From Connelsville, Pennsylvania and directed the first story film and spliced more than 20 separate indoor and outdoor shots in The Great Train Robbery
  7. 14. T - Started her career at the Pearl Street Theater and became a Broadway star
  8. 15. MP - Born in Indiana, PA, known for his strong morality on and off stage. Made his Broadway debut in 1932 with Carry Nation. Won an Oscar.
  9. 16. T - Company best known for constructing Pennsylvania’s first theater.
  10. 17. T - Lancaster building that hosted many famous actors at the time, one of which including Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth.
  11. 18. T - Group of royal and highly respected performers led by Mrs. John Drew.
  12. 20. MP - In 1911, Pennsylvania became the first state to pass a film ________ law because of the content that was shown in some movies like sexual content, romance, and slapstick humor.
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  1. 1. MP - Born in Philadelphia, alternatively known as the “Black Valentino”. Played in romance films as the lead in many early black films.
  2. 2. T - this theater where many actors and comedians trained was located in the Pocono’s and originated 2 Broadway shows called The Straw Hat Revue and Once Upon a Mattress.
  3. 3. MP - American actor, comedian, juggler and writer born in Darby, Pennsylvania. Attained international attention as a silent juggler.
  4. 4. MP - Opened their first theater called the Cascade in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and is one of the most recognizable motion picture studios in the world, still exists.
  5. 5. MP - Hired by silent film mogul Thomas Ince, a young composer. Began to direct films in 1917.
  6. 7. T - The oldest operating theater in the United States located in Philadelphia’s Washington Square West Neighborhood
  7. 13. MP - A successful competitor against Edison, an optician turned filmmaker, and built one of the largest film production companies.
  8. 19. T - American Shakespearean actor born in Philadelphia