the State Historical Society of Missouri
Jane Ace, a radio actress whose birth name was Jane Epstein and who was known professionally as Jane Sherwood, was…
Zoë Byrd Akins was born on October 30, 1886, in Humansville, Missouri, the second of three children of Thomas…
![Paul Armstrong. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, JWS16554]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-09/1-Paul_Armstrong.jpg?h=f2b1f378&itok=NE4bxA2v "Paul Armstrong. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, JWS16554]")
Paul Armstrong, a journalist and playwright, was born in Kidder, a small town in Caldwell…
![Arthur Aull. [Courtesy of Chad Stebbins]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-Arthur-Aull.jpg?h=f88fb12f&itok=Zrs-c901 "Arthur Aull. [Courtesy of Chad Stebbins]")
Arthur Aull, who edited the Lamar Democrat from 1900 until his death in…
![Noah Beery Sr. as Captain Wolf Larsen in The Sea Wolf, 1920. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, JWS19510]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-12/1.%20Noah%20Beery%20Sr.jpg?h=c32e8d64&itok=o3e5ABLN "Noah Beery Sr. as Captain Wolf Larsen in The Sea Wolf, 1920. [University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs, JWS19510]")
Noah Beery Sr., a film actor, was born on a Clay County, Missouri, farm several miles…
![Wallace Beery during his time with the Essanay film studio. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, 81128]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-12/1.%20Wallace%20Beery.jpg?h=62801648&itok=6g7isCTj "Wallace Beery during his time with the Essanay film studio. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, 81128]")
Standard reference works list film actor Wallace Beery’s birthplace as Kansas City,…
![The Ben Bolt Theatre. [Courtesy of Danny Knouse]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2020-07/Ben-Bolt-Theatre.jpg?h=c4576eea&itok=2PYOXnlz "The Ben Bolt Theatre. [Courtesy of Danny Knouse]")
The Ben Bolt Theatre was a spectacular building that stood for half a century as a notable…
![Robert Russell Bennett (right) with Salvatore Dell’Isola at rehearsals for the Broadway production of South Pacific. Bennett served as orchestrator for the show, and Dell’Isola as musical director. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, TH-52233]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-12/1.%20Robert%20Russell%20Bennett.jpg?h=49354a9d&itok=i_VVfYms "Robert Russell Bennett (right) with Salvatore Dell’Isola at rehearsals for the Broadway production of South Pacific. Bennett served as orchestrator for the show, and Dell’Isola as musical director. [New York Public Library Digital Collections, Billy Rose Theatre Collection Photograph File, TH-52233]")
Robert Russell Bennett was born on June 15, 1894, in Kansas City, Missouri, the only son of…
![Henry Boernstein circa 1873. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N20961]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2021-03/1-Henry-Boernstein.jpg?h=d6ce1970&itok=1LiDP9uT "Henry Boernstein circa 1873. [Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Photographs and Prints Collection, N20961]")
Henry Boernstein, a journalist and dramatist, was born Georg Christian Heinrich Börnstein…
![Joseph Charless. [Thomas J. Scharf, History of St. Louis City and County, vol. 2, 1883]](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header_image/public/2022-03/1.%20Joseph%20Charless.jpg?h=b77c6f65&itok=DIhTMCBf "Joseph Charless. [Thomas J. Scharf, History of St. Louis City and County, vol. 2, 1883]")
Joseph Charless, the first printer in St. Louis and father of journalism west of the…