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Gurney Riffle 1905 - 1976

Gurney Riffle of Alexandria, Clark County, Missouri was born on July 23, 1905, and died at age 71 years old in October 1976.
Gurney Riffle
Alexandria, Clark County, Missouri 63430
July 23, 1905
October 1976
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Gurney Riffle's History: 1905 - 1976

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  • 07/23
    1905

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    July 23, 1905
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  • 10/dd
    1976

    Death

    October 1976
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    Gurney Riffle lived exactly as long as the average family member when died at the age of 71.
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In 1905, in the year that Gurney Riffle 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 1921, when this person was 16 years old, the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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