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Walter Shay 1909 - 1991

Walter Shay was born on November 11, 1909, and died at age 81 years old in January 1991. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Walter Shay.
Walter Shay
November 11, 1909
January 1991
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    1909

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    November 11, 1909
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    1991

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    January 1991
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In 1909, in the year that Walter Shay 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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