Raymond Hitchcock
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Declaring motion pictures "an eternal monstrosity," this highly regarded stage comedian fled Hollywood after a couple of Mack Sennett farces, including Stolen Magic (1915) with Mabel Normand and A Village Scandal (1915) with his wife Flora Zabelle and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Hitchcock was nevertheless back in the 1920s, when he played debonair supporting roles in such films as Broadway After Dark (1924) and The Monkey Talks (1927). ~ Hans J. Wollstein, RoviRelated Videos:
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Raymond Hitchcock (actor)
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| Born | October 22, 1865 Auburn, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 24, 1929 (aged 64) Beverly Hills, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse | Freda Cowen (1891-1903) Flora Zabelle (1905-1929; his death |
Raymond Hitchcock (October 22, 1865 – November 24, 1929) was a silent film actor, stage actor, and stage producer, who appeared in or produced 30 plays on Broadway from 1898 to 1928, and who became famous in silent films of the 1920s.[1]
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He appeared first as a star in the character of Abijah Booze in The Yankee Consul, and sang It Was Not Like This in the Olden Time. In his stage career, Hitchcock went back and forth between dramatic roles and ones in comic opera.[2] In 1905 he appeared on Broadway with John Bunny in Easy Dawson the two apparently playing firemen. Hitchcock also made several phonograph recordings of which many survive to lend an idea of what he sounded like.
In 1925, Hitchcock appeared in a test film made by Lee DeForest in DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process, in which Hitchcock performed a sketch from his revue Hitchy-Koo, which was originally produced on Broadway in 1917, 1918, 1919, and 1920.[3] Cole Porter wrote the music for the 1919 version.
Personal life
Hitchcock was married to Freda Bowen from 1891 to 1903, and then was married to beautiful actress Flora Zabelle (1880-1968) from 1905 to his death in 1929.[4] Hitchcock and Zabelle had no children. In one of her few movie roles, Zabelle appeared in the silent film The Red Widow (1916) opposite male lead John Barrymore. Barrymore's role had been played by Hitchcock in the 1911 Broadway production of The Red Widow. According to the Daily Register Gazette, Hitchcock was cremated with plans to return his ashes to Canadaigua, New York for burial in the family plot at Woodlawn Cemetery.
References
- ^ "Raymond Hitchcock Dies In California. Musical Comedy Star, Long III, Collapses at His Wife's Side in Automobile. On Stage Nearly 40 Years. 'The Yankee Consul' and "Hitchy Koo" Outstanding Successes in Long List of Plays". New York Times. November 26, 1929. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10611F83E5914728FDDAF0A94D9415B898EF1D3. Retrieved 2010-11-24. "Raymond Hitchcock, musical comedy star, died suddenly last night of heart disease at his wife's side as they were entering the driveway of their Beverly Hills home after a short automobile ride. His age was 64."
- ^ Eaton, Walter Prichard (1910). The American Stage of Today. New York, NY: P.F. Collier & Son.
- ^ IMDB entry on Hitchcock
- ^ "Flora Zabelle Hitchcock, Ex-Actress and Designer". New York Times. October 8, 1968. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0816F63555157493CAA9178BD95F4C8685F9. Retrieved 2010-11-24. "Flora Zabelle Hitchcock, actress and widow of Raymond Hitchcock, the actor, died yesterday in Presbyterian Hospital. She was 88 years old and lived at 303 ..."
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Stolen Magic
(1915 Film)
Hitchy-Koo of 1919, revue
(Classical Work)
Edward E. Kidder
(American Theater)
Redheads Preferred
(1926 Comedy Film)
Everybody's Acting
(1926 Comedy Film)
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