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Houston R Ross 1909 - 1998

Houston R Ross of Madison Heights, Amherst County, VA was born on March 17, 1909, and died at age 89 years old on March 28, 1998.
Houston R Ross
Madison Heights, Amherst County, VA 24572
March 17, 1909
March 28, 1998
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  • 03/17
    1909

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    March 17, 1909
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  • 03/28
    1998

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    March 28, 1998
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In 1909, in the year that Houston R Ross was born, the New York Times published the first movie review. It was a report on D.W. Griffith's movie "Pippa Passes" also called "The Song of Conscience", a silent film. The review said that this work was moving away from "lurid material that attracted the wrath of censors and concerned citizens and toward more respectable ends. The movie was the story of a young female factory worker, on her day off, wandering and singing - thus changing the hearts of those around her towards good.
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In 1927, Houston was 18 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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