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Thomas Lincoln Tally
Thomas Lincoln Tally | |
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 Thomas L. Tally, 1935 | |
| Born | Thomas Lincoln Tally July 6, 1861[1] |
| Died | November 24, 1945 (aged 84) United States |
| Occupation(s) | Film producer, businessman |
| Spouse | Mary A.[2][3] |
| Children | Seymour Tally (1889–1976)[4] |
Thomas Lincoln Tally (July 6, 1861 – November 24, 1945)[5] on or near April 16, 1902, opened the Electric Theatre in Los Angeles, the first movie theatre in that city and the first movie theater in California known to have been built from the ground up inside a larger building on the ground floor. (Photographs exist but rights are not available).
With James Dixon Williams he founded First National Pictures.[6][7] He was the first to show a color movie in Los Angeles in 1912, and the first to sign Charlie Chaplin and Mary Pickford to movie contracts.[2]
- ^ https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LHXY-B2S/thomas-lincoln-tally-1861-1945
- ^ a b c "Thomas L. Tally, Film Pioneer, Dies. Producer First Signed Mary Pickford, Chaplin. A Founder of First National Pictures". The New York Times. November 25, 1945.
- ^ 1910 US Census
- ^ California Death Index; Seymour Tally; May 27, 1976; Los Angeles; August 29, 1889; Texas
- ^ Associated Press, "Movie Pioneer Dies", The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Saturday November 24, 1945, Volume 52, page 2.
- ^ "Celebrating July 2 – What If...; 10 Days That Changed History". The New York Times. July 2, 2006.
- ^ "First Film House is Victim of Time. Used Clothing Store Stands on Its Unmarked Site". The New York Times. April 17, 1962.
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