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Chester Shimsky 1905 - 1995

Chester Shimsky of Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA was born on November 28, 1905, and died at age 89 years old on May 7, 1995.

Chester Shimsky
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Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA 18505
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In 1905, in the year that Chester Shimsky was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1927, he was 22 years old when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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Shimsky, Minnie (Jun 2, 1893 - Jul 1973) Shimsky, Alexander (Apr 6, 1927 - Oct 1972) Shimsky, Joseph (Jan 10, 1897 - Aug 1974) Shimsky, Nicholas (Mar 8, 1922 - Dec 1982) Shimsky, Anna (Oct 22, 1894 - Feb 1973) Shimsky, Michael (Jun 1, 1924 - Apr 10, 2006) Shimsky, Jack (Nov 10, 1911 - Jan 19, 1994) Shimsky, Harold (Aug 7, 1913 - Apr 22, 1998) Shimsky, Ann (May 1, 1912 - Oct 8, 2006) Shimsky, Yetta (Jun 19, 1915 - Oct 7, 2001)
Shimsky, Helen (Sep 12, 1899 - Dec 15, 1971) Shimsky, Louise (Jun 24, 1931 - Feb 1988) Shimsky, Louise (Aug 24, 1929 - Dec 8, 2009) Shimsky, Helen (Oct 30, 1906 - Sep 1982) Shimsky, Edward (Mar 5, 1937 - Jul 8, 2011) Shimsky, John (Sep 17, 1960 - May 19, 2003) Shimsky, Helen (Feb 1, 1915 - Jan 19, 2005) Shimsky, Nick (Dec 7, 1912 - Feb 1984) Shimsky, John (Mar 30, 1910 - Apr 28, 1992) Shimsky, Andrew (Dec 10, 1900 - Apr 1981)
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