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Margaret Parkes 1909 - 1986

Margaret Parkes of Torrance, Los Angeles County, California was born on February 26, 1909, and died at age 77 years old in April 1986.
Margaret Parkes
Torrance, Los Angeles County, California 90503
February 26, 1909
April 1986
Female
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    1909

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    February 26, 1909
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    1986

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    April 1986
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In 1909, in the year that Margaret Parkes 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, she 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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