Today is the birthday of Gilbert M. “Broncho Billy” Anderson (Maxwell Henry Aronson, 1880-1971). Raised in Arkansas and St. Louis he moved to New York City in 1898 to try his luck in vaudeville. Five years later he was prominently cast in Edwin S. Porter’s seminal film The Great Train Robbery. Bit by the bug, [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:09AM on March 21, 2013