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William Etten 1905 - 1983

William Etten of Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan was born on August 16, 1905, and died at age 77 years old in April 1983.

William Etten

Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan 49503

August 16, 1905

April 1983

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William Etten lived 4 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 77.

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In 1905, in the year that William Etten 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, William 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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