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Merle Fowkes 1909 - 1966

Merle Fowkes of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA was born on June 18, 1909, and died at age 57 years old in July 1966.

Merle Fowkes
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Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA 15212
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In 1909, in the year that Merle Fowkes 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, he 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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Fowkes, Sarah (Mar 29, 1889 - Feb 1966) Fowkes, William (Jul 10, 1921 - Aug 1984) Fowkes, Anne (Jan 31, 1897 - Nov 1980) Fowkes, Ernest (Mar 10, 1895 - Feb 1979) Fowkes, John (Jan 3, 1889 - Aug 1964) Fowkes, Blanche (Feb 18, 1915 - Aug 24, 1996) Fowkes, Alice (Apr 24, 1904 - Jun 15, 2002) Fowkes, Norman (Sep 22, 1914 - May 15, 2004) Fowkes, Michael (Jul 25, 1940 - May 30, 2007) Fowkes, Elizabeth (Jan 18, 1888 - Oct 1966)
Fowkes, John (Apr 21, 1894 - Nov 1966) Fowkes, George (Apr 1, 1917 - Jul 22, 1995) Fowkes, Angela (Dec 11, 1913 - Mar 12, 2006) Fowkes, George (May 25, 1918 - Nov 22, 2009) Fowkes, Robert (Apr 7, 1913 - Nov 18, 1998) Fowkes, Kathryn (Mar 18, 1909 - Feb 1979) Fowkes, Elsie (Jan 22, 1930 - Mar 1966) Fowkes, Margaret (Nov 22, 1918 - Feb 1984) Fowkes, Jeannette (Jul 4, 1917 - Apr 20, 1998) Fowkes, Frances (Feb 24, 1893 - Jun 2, 1988)
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