One of cinema's early comediennes, Dorothy Devore: between 1918 and 1930, the Ft. Worth-born actress was seen in nearly 100 movies, both features and shorts. Among them were 'Salvation Sue,' 'Naughty Mary Brown' and 'Saving Sister Susie,' all with frequent partner Earle Rodney. 'Comediennes of the Silent Era' & film historian Anthony Slide at the American Cinematheque Film historian and author Anthony Slide, once described by Lillian Gish as “our preeminent historian of the silent film,” will attend the American Cinematheque's 2017 Retroformat program “Comediennes of the Silent Era” on Sat., May 6, at 7:30 p.m., at the Spielberg Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles. Slide will be signing copies of his book She Could Be Chaplin!: The Comedic Brilliance of Alice Howell (University Press of Mississippi), about the largely forgotten pioneering comedy actress of the 1910s and early 1920s. The book signing will take place at 6:30 p.
- 5/5/2017
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Comedy actress Alice Howell on the cover of film historian Anthony Slide's latest book: Pioneering funky-haired performer 'could have been Chaplin' – or at the very least another Louise Fazenda. Rediscovering comedy actress Alice Howell: Female performer in movie field dominated by men Early comedy actress Alice Howell is an obscure entity even for silent film aficionados. With luck, only a handful of them will be able to name one of her more than 100 movies, mostly shorts – among them Sin on the Sabbath, A Busted Honeymoon, How Stars Are Made – released between 1914 and 1920. Yet Alice Howell holds (what should be) an important – or at the very least an interesting – place in film history. After all, she was one of the American cinema's relatively few pioneering “funny actresses,” along with the likes of the better-known Flora Finch, Louise Fazenda, and, a top star in her day, Mabel Normand.[1] Also of note,...
- 4/20/2017
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Chaka Khan is in rehab and was reportedly motivated to seek treatment after Prince's death. The 63-year-old Grammy-winning R&B and funk singer, known for songs such as "Tell Me Something Good," a cover of Prince's "I Feel For You," and "I'm Every Woman" (made more famous by the late Whitney Houston), and her sister Yvonne Stevens, aka Taka Boom, recently entered a rehabilitation program to treat their addictions to prescription drugs, multiple outlets reported Sunday. Khan reportedly said she has been battling an addiction to the same medication that led to Prince's death and that his passing had spurred her decision to seek...
- 7/10/2016
- E! Online
Yvonne Stevens, the matriarch of the George Stevens filmmaking family, died May 27 in Hollywood. She was 104.
Stevens met George Stevens at comedian Oliver Hardy's house in 1928, and she was married to the two-time Oscar-winning director from 1930 until they divorced in 1947. Their son is George Stevens Jr., the Emmy-winning producer who founded the American Film Institute.
Yvonne Stevens' mother was Alice Howell, a prominent silent screen comedienne and producer who left vaudeville back east to join Mack Sennett's film company in Hollywood.
Stevens, a classmate of actor Joel McCrea at Hollywood High School, also was a Sennett "bathing beauty." She had small roles in several films in the late 1920s and early '30s.
In addition to George Jr., Stevens is survived by daughter-in-law Elizabeth Stevens; three grandchildren -- Michael Stevens, a film and TV producer, director and writer; documentary producer Caroline Stevens; and David Stevens; and six great grandchildren.
Stevens met George Stevens at comedian Oliver Hardy's house in 1928, and she was married to the two-time Oscar-winning director from 1930 until they divorced in 1947. Their son is George Stevens Jr., the Emmy-winning producer who founded the American Film Institute.
Yvonne Stevens' mother was Alice Howell, a prominent silent screen comedienne and producer who left vaudeville back east to join Mack Sennett's film company in Hollywood.
Stevens, a classmate of actor Joel McCrea at Hollywood High School, also was a Sennett "bathing beauty." She had small roles in several films in the late 1920s and early '30s.
In addition to George Jr., Stevens is survived by daughter-in-law Elizabeth Stevens; three grandchildren -- Michael Stevens, a film and TV producer, director and writer; documentary producer Caroline Stevens; and David Stevens; and six great grandchildren.
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