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Shelley Dziedzic
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Username: shelley
Post Number: 1971
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 6:22 am: | 
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Thanks to the great kindness of Rita Jolivet's nephew, Lawrence "Jolly" Jolivet, the stories and photos found at this link are made available for those everywhere who study this ship and remember her people. Thanks also to Mike and Jim for bringing their stories to life.
http://www.revdma2.com/Rita.html |
Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1509
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Friday, July 16, 2004 - 11:26 am: |
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Speaking on behalf of both myself and Mike, you are welcome and thank you for doing such an excellent job setting up the site for us! We'd also like to go on record as saying the Jolivet and Vernon families have been the absolute nicest we've ever worked with. They have shared information freely, and can in both cases be described as "classy people." We would like to thank Lawrence Jolivet's daughter Mary for 'getting the ball rolling,' so to speak, by contacting us and arranging for our phone meetings with her father, and thank Mr. Jolivet for being so remarkably candid an interview subject- he did not shy away from any question Mike asked him over the last year, nor did he ever give any 'off the record' quotes speaking on difficult topics. It is very seldom that so uniformly gracious an extended family pops up in the research world, and there are not words adequate to express how much we appreciate all they have done. We are certain that once they see your site they too will be pleased.
 
More, of course, is forthcoming so your site will soon need updating 
Thanks again for the excellent job.
Jim Kalafus and Mike Poirier |
Shelley Dziedzic
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Username: shelley
Post Number: 1973
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 3:16 am: |
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Sorry I ran out of room for Audrey Pearl's delightful appraisal of Rita- always so fascinating to know how survivors crossed paths later on in time. Here is the little clip from the article about Rita, one can almost picture that special encounter:
"She maintained a place in Monte Carlo where friends came to call on her. Amy Pearl and her daughter Audrey, survivors of the Lusitania, were among the visitors. Anthony Cunningham interviewed Audrey ( now Mrs. Hugh Lawson-Johnston ) for his upcoming book on shipwreck survivors. She fondly recalled the actress, " My mother and I often went to visit a survivor called Rita Jolivet who was an actress. Believe it or not she made two films about the disaster. She lived in Monte Carlo at the time and was retired by then. She was utterly charming. "
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1510
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, July 17, 2004 - 3:37 am: |
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We'll use that as the introductory segment in the sequel. Have always wanted to pen a sequel with the Roman numeral II in the title, and hopefully now shall have the chance to do so. Have, within the last 20 or so minutes, been put on the trail of some potentially enlightening documents pertaining to Inez Vernon (photo on right in my previous post) which may well end up as part of an article with II promenantly featured. |
Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1512
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 2:13 am: |
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This arrived too late to submit to Shelley's site as a curiosity piece- I recently picked up a piece of luggage which was aboard the final COMPLETED voyage of the Lusitania, which will serve as the filing cabinet for my glassplate negatives and 1915 newspapers.
It may be stretching 'fanciful' to the breaking point to imagine this trunk comingling with the "Not Wanted on Voyage" baggage of Beatrice Witherbee, WS Hodges, Marconi and others with 'last voyage' links.....
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Kevin Spaans
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Username: kevin_spaans
Post Number: 20
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 12:57 am: |
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Hey Jim,
I just wanted to include my own glowing reviews of the article you and Mike wrote. I recieved the hard copy of it just the other day and it has proven a most interesting and well-written read, despite the damage induced by a overzealous and indolent editor, that is...which I may not have noticed had you not pointed it out to me...but the less said of that the better!
I know how much you two have worked on the piece and it shows, for it seems no stone has been left unturned.
As my high school English teacher used to say, Brava! I am glad to see it has been added to Shelley's site for others to enjoy.
All the best,
~Kevin
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1516
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 1:10 am: |
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Kevin: When the title of an article contains a typo, (Inez "Joliet" Vernon) one tends to notice more quickly if one is the person who wrote it
Thanks for the kind words. 9 months were spent compiling the article and, thankfully, more information keeps coming to light. Additional essays will be sent to Shelley's site over the next few months.
The next article is being formatted as we speak, so to speak. We both hope that it proves to be as enjoyable to research and write as this one was.
"We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1517
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 1:40 am: |
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RITA JOLIVET AD: Here is a pre-sinking ad for Waw Waw Sauce, containing an unexpected endorsement by Rita Jolivet
I had to cut some of the copy to make room for this portion. It is tempting to speculate that the "Young English Singer" mentioned at the top of the text was Rita's Lusitania Victim brother in law George Vernon, who had been a singer and who, at this point, was working as an importer's agent in NYC- Waw Waw was distributed by St James Importers, of West Broadway NYC. Nepotism? Or perhaps Rita just liked the sauce.
"We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us."
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Peter Kelly
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Username: pgk1
Post Number: 13
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 1:41 am: |
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Hi all, especially Jim & Mike,
I just want to say how much I enjoyed the Jolivet/Witherbee site, the content of which stunned me.
The articles and the photo albums are truly amazing and reflect the amount of time and hard work both Jim & Mike put into the project. It certainly sets new standards for Lusitania related articles.
Well done boys!!!
Peter |
Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1518
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 - 2:44 am: |
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Thank you, Peter. We both appreciate your continued support, and look forward to meeting you when we are in Ireland and the UK. Thanks, too, for allowing us the use of your cemetery photos- we shall certainly be glad to repay the favor at some point.
"We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us."
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Randy Bryan Bigham
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Username: rbigham
Post Number: 824
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 23, 2004 - 2:54 am: |
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The Poirier-Kalafus article was fascinating and thorough, solidly-based and well-paced. And the website is attractive, as one would expect from Shelley Dziedzic.
It's good to have more information on Rita Jolivet. I know most readers here are interested in her because of her Lusitania experience but there are theatre and silent film buffs who are also glad to have an expansive biography available.
Jolivet was a well-respected, popular star and although her work as an actress has been eclipsed by her Lusitania notoriety, she deserves to have her extraordinary career documented. I look forward to learning more about her from the many top-notch researchers now at work on Lusitania's passengers/crew.
I have an interview with Rita in 1935. Asked how the Lusitania disaster changed her life, she was very defensive, revealing the visceral impact it had on her even 20 years later:
"How do you imagine it changed me? No, you cannot imagine. And I cannot tell you how much it changed me. There are not words."
(Thanks to Pedro Fernandi for translating from the Italian) |
Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1524
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Saturday, July 24, 2004 - 2:58 am: |
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Thank you Randy. Getting to "know" Inez, Beatrice and Rita was indeed a pleasure.
"We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1641
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, October 11, 2004 - 2:34 am: |
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Soon to be added to Shelley's site are several "new" photos of Rita Jolivet and her second husband, Count de Cippico
including the full version of this one, showing "Margherita" as she was then calling herself, posing with her WW1 "Camouflage Car" which she used as a prop during her Thrift Stamp drive.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1644
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Friday, October 15, 2004 - 12:27 am: |
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Formal Portrait from the time of Rita's second marriage.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1645
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Friday, October 15, 2004 - 12:40 am: |
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Countess de Cippico, in a scene from One Law For Both (1917)
Rita, upon her marriage, grandly announced that she was forsaking the stage and screen and, henceforth, would happily play the role of Wife. This retirement, as expected did not last long.
The still from which this image came can be documented through the editor's notes on back. It was used in the Sunday Supplement of an unnamed newspaper to advertise the screening of One Law For Both at "Miller's" on 1/27/1918. Nearly three years later it was pulled from the file and recycled to promote Rita's film Teodora: The Slave Girl (for which there must not have been a still provided) again showing at "Miller's" on 12/25/1920.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Kyrila Scully
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Username: childstar413
Post Number: 1541
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Friday, October 15, 2004 - 1:15 am: |
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I think Meryl Streep could play her in a movie. It would make a great story for film, and there is a resemblance.
Kyrila
"Now, bring me that horizon!"
www.titanicimpact.org
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1648
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 - 1:13 am: |
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RITA RESURFACES: In addition to The Unafraid, and Teodora, which Randy listed as surviving Jolivet films back in 2001, another work has surfaced. Her 1926 work, Phi-Phi, a screwball comedy set in ancient Greece, was screened to excellent reviews during the summer of 2003. Hopefully a print of it will migrate from Portugal to NYC at some point.
Meryl Streep? An interesting casting choice. We've discussed whom we would like to see portray Rita on film but have never come up with a conclusive choice.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Randy Bryan Bigham
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Username: rbigham
Post Number: 874
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Monday, October 18, 2004 - 5:48 pm: |
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Great news about the existence of another Jolivet film. I wish I’d get lucky and find just one Dorothy Gibson movie! I would assume Phi-Phi was one of Rita’s last pictures? Did she do any after the coming of sound?
I think Selma Hyak, who was fantastic as Frida Kahlo, would be a good casting choice for Rita. |
Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1681
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - 12:43 am: |
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Young Rita.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1682
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - 12:53 am: |
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Rita as Turandot. 1914
"I strive to qualify for Princess Turandot by living in an atmosphere of chinoiserie. Oriental silks and brocades, perfumes and pictures, dinners a la chinoise, practice in Chinese gestures and dances for which I take lessons from natives, fill all my thoughts and time....."
The photos of Rita as Turandot have a strangely Beatrice Arthurian quality to them- the Colleen Moore/Louise Brooks "Oriental" bob did little to flatter the more full figured late-Edwardian woman.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1683
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 3, 2004 - 1:03 am: |
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Princess Turandot. Rita at her most Beatrice Arthurian.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1685
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, November 4, 2004 - 1:04 am: |
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Countess and Count DeCippico.1917. A photo of Jolly's father appears on the table between and behind them.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1686
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, November 4, 2004 - 1:07 am: |
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Count deCippico.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1725
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 11:41 pm: |
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Rita Jolivet publicity postcard, ca. 1910.
This photo was done in London during her "understudy" days.....when I first saw it, my initial reaction was that run in an American paper, 1910, it would have reminded me of dozens of photos captioned "She came from the country to find fame, and instead met a horrible fate at the hands of...." while in an English paper from the same year it would have reminded me of something captioned "Housekeeper poisons Vicar...."
Thanks to ET member Kevins Spaans for pointing out to me that the "Rita as Turandot' series reminded him of the sequence on The Simpsons in which a photomontage of Krusty The Klown in "serious" parts was run. Yes, I have seen that episode, and yes, the analogy is startlingly accurate.....
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1726
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 11:47 pm: |
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Lest We Forget Ad- 1918. From a Chicago paper. Thanks to member Peter Kelly for steering me in the direction of this clipping.....
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1727
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 17, 2004 - 11:54 pm: |
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Rita 1915. The only photo (run in a magazine) I have found showing Rita at the time of her Lusitania experiences, and looking a lot better than she had during her Krusty The Klown period
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Randy Bryan Bigham
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Username: rbigham
Post Number: 915
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 12:23 am: |
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Hi, Jim.
Are you sure Rita was just an understudy in 1910? From programmes and reviews I have, she was regarded as a star already. That year she appeared as leading lady to Sir George Alexander.
Also, do you have an answer to my question of last month?
These are all great images of Rita.
Thanks,
Randy |
Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1728
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 12:40 am: |
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"Understudy" or more frequently "Period of Study" was how she described everything she did before the US and Kismet, so I felt it best to use her term in the caption. Hence the quotation marks. Since she was quite wealthy "struggling artiste days" seemed somehow inappropriate. With the exception of a few plays, when she worked in the UK pre-Kismet it was under a pseudonym. Apparently she had a less than stellar debut, and often referred to the fact that she suspected acting was not her future after that initial experience. It got better, but "Rita Jolivet" did not appear on stage for a while after. Typically cryptic, she did not reveal, in interviews, under what pseudonym she acted so I have hit a bit of a wall on that point.
I did not notice your question of last month. But answered now, Phi-Phi was one of her final films. I believe that only one more followed it, and am fairly confident that she never did a sound film. There MAY be an Edison-style disc of her sister Inez, but I do not think that Rita ever recorded. She was an occasional stage reviewer for the Paris Herald in the 1930s, and I assume that is how she found artistic outlet after retiring from acting- along with her not-quite-fondly remembered Christmas shows in Scotland.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1729
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 2:06 am: |
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However, in the name of accuracy, I do have to say that (surprise!) Rita may have been exaggerating when she described her pre-Kismet career. Much of her publicity centered on the fact that she was an overnight success on Broadway. Rags-to-riches has so much more sales appeal than does a riches-to-riches tale, so although she spoke frequently, and gratefully, about Sir George Alexander (and other friends of her mother who steered her towards acting) she never expanded upon her successes with him, making it seem that London was a training period and NYC her moment of triumph. She also would say, in interviews, that overnight success had the undesired side effect of limiting her development as an artist- she would rather have played 20 roles in the course of a year than only one or two. Of course, not having gone through the 'starving' period it was easy to say that......
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Peter Kelly
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Username: pgk1
Post Number: 18
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 9:48 pm: |
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Hi Jim
Glad to see the Rex Theatre clipping. I had forgotten about it. Thanks for the mention.
your friend, Peter |
Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1731
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, November 18, 2004 - 11:55 pm: |
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Peter, my friend, you are welcome. The clipping was, as you might recall, quite yellowed, but through 'computer magic' was made at least readable. I owe you one!
Randy: Thanks for the Jolivet photo you sent. The scan did not transmit, but I wanted to acknowledge the effort.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1737
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Friday, November 19, 2004 - 11:27 pm: |
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Randy- Thank you for resending the photo. Yet another totally different look for Miss Jolivet. One of Rita's more interesting qualities was that she never looked the same in two successive photos- one had to look VERY closely to see that the woman in the nightmarish Turandot photos; the One Law For Both photos; the famous portrait used in virtually all of the theatre books; the strange image in post 1725 and your photo are the same woman.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1786
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 4:06 am: |
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Rita in A Thousand Years Ago. February 1914.
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Shelley Dziedzic
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Username: shelley
Post Number: 2137
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, December 2, 2004 - 1:43 pm: |
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An 8 x 10 still of Rita in An International Marriage is up on Ebay are you bidding Jim!?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18824&item=3856938082&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW |
Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1787
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Friday, December 3, 2004 - 2:51 am: |
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I won it!
" 'We Would Gladly Feast Upon Those Who Oppress Us.' These are more than just beautiful words...."
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Shelley Dziedzic
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Username: shelley
Post Number: 2138
Registered: 4-2001
| | Posted on Friday, December 3, 2004 - 4:46 am: |
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Good for you- and a good price too. I was going to get it for you if you had missed seeing it! |
Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1796
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 7, 2004 - 11:36 pm: |
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Rita and Elliot Dexter in An International Marriage,(Morosco, 1916). According to the handwritten editor's notes on back, this still was used in conjunction with the title card "You can go back to America whenever you want to now- if you'll take me."
Dedicated to Linda,Belle,that b--rd Linarcos&"The Purser's Right" Lady
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1803
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 14, 2004 - 11:47 pm: |
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A fairly flattering shot of Rita as Turandot in A Thousand Years Ago.
Dedicated to Linda,Belle,that b--rd Linarcos&"The Purser's Right" Lady
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1816
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 12:10 am: |
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The June 1915 issue of Photoplay, which was on the stands when Rita was undergoing her Lusitania experiences, disappointingly yields a full page copy of her most famous, and frequently used, portrait:
"Rita Jolivet makes her debut in America as a moving picture actress this season, although she spent last year with the Ambrosio Company in Turin, Italy, it being her first studio experience after several years as a stage star. Miss Jolivet was born in sunny France, and has all the fascination and exquisite technique of the finished French actress."
Dedicated to Linda,Belle,that b--rd Linarcos&"The Purser's Right" Lady
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1817
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 - 12:14 am: |
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But, the same issue also contains this unusual photo, showing the passengers and crew of the torpedoed Falaba evacuating.
Leon Thresher, a Falaba victim was initially buried as a Lusitania victim, but the mistake was caught.
Dedicated to Linda,Belle,that b--rd Linarcos&"The Purser's Right" Lady
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1951
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 5:27 am: |
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Rita and her co-star 'Pete Montibello' from The Masque of Life. This is one of those photo ops which can cause a performer to consider changing agents: from a 1916 tome Film Flashes, the interview was actually with the chimp and Ritz used merely as set decoration. The chimp, as it turned out, came across horribly in the interview going on at great length about his preference for Europe over America and how ill bred and loud Bronx chimps are. His career soon waned.....
Who Is The Black Dahlia?
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1952
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| | Posted on Thursday, March 10, 2005 - 5:30 am: |
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Considerably more dignified is this 1914 ad which sandwiches Rita between Tyrone Power and Anna Pavlova
Who Is The Black Dahlia?
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Michael Poirier
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Post Number: 77
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Friday, March 18, 2005 - 1:59 am: |
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I am very sorry to announce the passing of Lawrence Jolivet, nephew of Rita and son of Trixie. He was a very dear friend and so helpful to Jim and I in researching the story of his family. He came from an era that is long-ago; He fondly recalled when his parents and he went to Scotland to visit with Rita and that dinner was announced by three gongs. One for dressing, one for drinks and the third for dinner. His anecdotes were wonderful and he enjoyed sharing them. There will never quite be a man like 'Jolly', and I hope that he is at peace.
Mike Poirier
" God will get you for that Walter! "
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 1983
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| | Posted on Friday, March 18, 2005 - 2:39 am: |
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Well, he had a nice life and a peaceful death which is the best we can hope for! I will always fondly remember his stories about the contrast between his staid 'Very English' parents and his flamboyant Gallic aunt, and I regret that we have now heard the last of them.
Who Is The Black Dahlia?
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Peter Kelly
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Post Number: 22
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Friday, March 18, 2005 - 3:26 pm: |
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Mike & Jim,
My sincerest sympathies to you both on this sad occasion. I know that you both grew very fond of "Jolly" and enjoyed his recollections of times past, especially those tales concerning his family.
May He Rest In Peace.
Peter |
Jim Kalafus
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Post Number: 1984
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Thanks, Peter: Fortunately, Mike was able to
speak with him a short time ago, and it was a cheerful discussion - a nice way to remember him! And, true to form, there was one final surprise.
Who Is The Black Dahlia?
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Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 2003
Registered: 12-2000
| | Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 2:00 am: |
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Rita in The Eccentric Lord Comberdene, ca 1910 |
Jim Kalafus
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Post Number: 2005
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| | Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 2:08 am: |
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A second image from the same play.
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Jim Kalafus
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Post Number: 2006
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| | Posted on Sunday, April 24, 2005 - 2:15 am: |
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And a third.
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Peter Kelly
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Post Number: 27
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 7:16 pm: |
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Hi Jim
As usual, you surprise us with more fascinating photographs.
Well done!!!!
Peter |
Jim Kalafus
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Username: jak
Post Number: 2011
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| | Posted on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 - 11:11 pm: |
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Wait 'til you see the film |
Jim Kalafus
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| | Posted on Sunday, May 22, 2005 - 2:42 am: |
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One of her more flattering portraits, ca 1918.
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Randy Bryan Bigham
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This is my favorite, from about 1907, but used for publicity as late as 1910, when it was featured in an advertising campaign for Helena Rubinstein cosmetics.
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