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John Motley 1904 - 1984

John Motley of New Brockton, Coffee County, Alabama was born on December 27, 1904, and died at age 79 years old in May 1984.
John Motley
New Brockton, Coffee County, Alabama 36351
December 27, 1904
May 1984
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    1904

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    December 27, 1904
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    1984

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    May 1984
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In 1904, in the year that John Motley was born, the "Teddy's Bear" was first produced. After seeing a political cartoon of President Teddy Roosevelt refusing to kill a clubbed and tied up bear, Jewish Russian immigrant Morris Michtom - who owned a candy shop and sold stuffed animals that he and his wife made at night at the store - made a "Teddy's Bear" and put it in his shop's window. The stuffed bears were an immediate success and Michtom and his wife went on to found the Ideal Novelty and Toy Co.
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In 1921, at the age of 17 years old, John was alive when the silent film The Sheik, directed by George Melford and starring Rudolph Valentino and Agnes Ayres (also featuring Adolphe Menjou) debuted on October 21st. Critics weren't enthusiastic but the public loved it - in the first few weeks 125,000 people had seen the movie - and it eventually exceeded $1 million in ticket sales. And Rudolph Valentino, an Italian American, became the heartthrob of a female generation.
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