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Ethel Nelson 1905 - 1977

Ethel Nelson of Hawthorne, Alachua County, Florida was born on May 20, 1905, and died at age 72 years old in November 1977.
Ethel Nelson
Hawthorne, Alachua County, Florida 32640
May 20, 1905
November 1977
Female
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    1905

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    May 20, 1905
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    1977

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    November 1977
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    Ethel Nelson lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 72.
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In 1905, in the year that Ethel Nelson 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, at the age of 22 years old, Ethel was alive 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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