'Silents' is golden BY MARY HOULIHAN
For local playwright, Chicago's role in film's early years provided fascinating subject
Today is Saturday, June 13, 2026 Broadway Baby Birthdays: Ally Sheedy Marissa Chibas Jonathan Hogan Richard Thomas Cynthia Darlow Paul Lynde Rex Everhart Percy Rodrigues Bernard B. Jacobs Shirl Conway Robert Lenn Frederic Franklin Samuel Taylor Maurice Copeland Mary Wickes Ian Hunter Basil Rathbone Harry Shannon Irene Franklin Jean Adair William Butler Yeats Lady Duff-Gordon Clinton Allmon Justine Johnston John Barry Osceola Archer Marvin Tarplin Hugh Whitemore Anna Sosenko Vincent Rose