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Modesta Rivas 1905 - 1992

Modesta Rivas of Houston, Harris County, TX was born on June 15, 1905, and died at age 87 years old on December 3, 1992.

Modesta Rivas

Houston, Harris County, TX 77009

June 15, 1905

December 3, 1992

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1905

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June 15, 1905

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1992

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December 3, 1992

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In 1905, in the year that Modesta Rivas 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 1921, at the age of 16 years old, Modesta 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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