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Dow Davenport 1905 - 1982

Dow Davenport of Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois was born on October 12, 1905, and died at age 76 years old in September 1982.

Dow Davenport
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Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois 60406
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In 1905, in the year that Dow Davenport was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1927, this person was 22 years old when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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Davenport, Susan (Died 1902) Davenport, Stephen (Born Jun 1853) Davenport, Liza (Born 1863) Davenport, Monroe (Born Jan 8, 1916) Davenport, Mary (Born Jan 14, 1850) Davenport, Garner (Born Sep 20, 1842) Davenport, Jervis (Born Jun 24, 1914) Davenport, Perlie Ardecia (Born Dec 26, 1888) Davenport, Judson (Born Sep 1, 1890) Davenport, Rufus (May 18, 1918 - Dec 15, 1995)
Davenport, Royal (Dec 14, 1885 - Jan 1977) Davenport, Milton (Jan 23, 1890 - Nov 1974) Davenport, Carlton (Sep 14, 1886 - Jul 1972) Davenport, Preston (Oct 3, 1903 - Feb 1984) Davenport, Maurice (Jul 8, 1902 - May 1979) Davenport, Clarence (Dec 17, 1906 - Apr 1982) Davenport, Florence (Nov 19, 1878 - Jul 1965) Davenport, Walter (Nov 27, 1901 - Apr 1969) Davenport, Rose (Apr 1, 1893 - Mar 1990) Davenport, Roy (Jun 30, 1901 - Aug 1980)
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