For Tuesday we start with Jane Keckley (1876). Jane appeared in over 160 films between 1911 and 1942. Her son, Leonide Watson, was also a child actor in 1911-12. She did her apprenticeship in shorts and graduated to feature length films around 1916. She was Mrs. Thatcher in the 1918 Jack Pickford feature, HUCK AND TOM and a matron in THE SOUL OF YOUTH. In the talkies she had smaller roles, frequently working uncredited. She was in three Ginnyfilms, playing a jail matron in SCANDAL STREET (1938) and a bit role in SOULS AT SEA (1937). Her role as Mrs. Buck Wilder in GIRL OF THE OZARKS (1936) was credited, but she only had one scene. Here we see her trying in vain to stop her husband from announcing to the entire school that Edie Moseley (Virginia Weidler) is wearing a dress stolen by her granny.

Like half of Hollywood, Budd Fine (1894) was a train passenger in YOUNG TOM EDISON (1940). Unlike many of the silent era performers who were bigger stars then retreated into small parts in the talkies, he seems to have always be a bit part actor. His final role was as a thug-at age 61 yet-in a Three Stooges’ short, HOT ICE, in 1955. the photo is from the 1928 film, PLAYIN’ HOOKEY.

I had trouble finding a photo of MGM staff composer David Snell (1897), because there is another later day composer in films named David Snell.  Our Dave worked for MGM almost his entire career and wrote music used in many of the studio’s films, especially the programmers. He supplied his work to OUT WEST WITH THE HARDYS (1938), THE WOMEN (1939), HENRY GOES ARIZONA (1939), GOLD RUSH MAISIE (1940), BARNACLE BILL (1941), THIS TIME FOR KEEPS (1941), BORN TO SING (1942), and THE YOUNGEST PROFESSION (1943).