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Auction History Result 2j1722 UNDER THE TOP glass slide 1919 vaudeville legend Fred Stone falls for a circus performer! Date Sold 7/5/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Glass Slide (measures 3 1/4" x 4" [8 x 10 cm]) (Learn More) Under the Top, the 1919 Donald Crisp silent romantic circus comedy ("Gosh! Aint he handsome"; "Deleted by censor"; "Just for pansy"; "Splendor of the professor upsets Jimmy"; "By John Emerson and Anita Loos"; about a small town young man who visits the circus and falls in love with the tightrope walker after he saves her from a gang of thieves, and after the circus leaves town, he starts practicing in his backyard, so that he can join the circus as a tightrope walker and be with the girl he loves!) starring Fred Stone, Ella Hall, Lester Le May, Sylvia Ashton, and James Cruze. Note that Fred Stone was a vaudeville and live theater legend, but is sadly forgotten today, except by major theater history buffs. He was born in 1873, and by the turn of the century, he was the leading actor in live theater plays that toured the country, and in 1902, he played the Scarecrow in the first stage version of The Wizard of Oz, a role he repeated for many years. In 1918, he first appeared in a movie, and although he appeared in a total of 19 movies, he mainly stayed loyal to the stage. He was great friends with many Hollywood legends including Will Rogers, and when Annie Oakley died, she left her unfinished autobiography to Stone! He was critically injured in an airplane crash in 1929, and was told he would never dance again, but made a nearly full recovery. In 1923, the creator of Raggedy Ann wrote a stage play for Stone, where the Scarecrow met Raggedy Ann, but it was never produced. Stone and his daughter did play in a musical where he was Raggedy Andy and she was Raggedy Ann, with music by Jerome Kern. In the mid 1930s, when older actors were having much success at Paramount, Paramount hired Stone with a great fanfare, announcing that he would be appearing in a number of movies, but that really didn't materialize. Stone was certainly a remarkable man, and a movie should be made of his life. Note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that glass slides were designed to be put in a special projector that would project the image onto a movie screen (they use exactly the same concept as 35mm slides). This slide is the kind that has two panes of glass that are taped together with black tape around all four edges (front and back), typical of many older glass slides. We have provided a high quality scan of the image, but we have not taken a photo of the slide, because there would really be very little to see! Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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