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John Carroll 1905 - 1972

John Carroll of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware was born on August 2, 1905, and died at age 67 years old in November 1972.
John Carroll
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801
August 2, 1905
November 1972
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    1905

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    August 2, 1905
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    1972

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    November 1972
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    John Carroll lived 5 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 67.
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In 1905, in the year that John Carroll 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, when he was 22 years old, 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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