Fay Tincher
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Fay Tincher was a comic actress in motion pictures of the silent film
era. She was from Topeka, Kansas
. Her hair was black and her eyes were brown. Tincher's appearance was sometimes compared to that of a French woman.
with The Merry Go Round Company. In August of that year she may have married fellow actor, Ned Buckley, on a dare. He was a Yale
graduate and a resident of Bridgeport, Connecticut
. She visited her
lawyer at the New York Life Insurance Building at 112-114 Broadway (Manhattan). She asked him to obtain a divorce if he learned that she was truly wed.
While performing on the Keith-Albee-Orpheum
vaudeville
circuit, Tincher was approached by a man who commented about her resemblance to actress Mabel Normand
. She did not know Normand because she had never seen a movie in 1913. The agent gave her his card and said he wanted director D.W. Griffith to see her. The following day she came calling at Biograph Studios
. In her first role Griffith cast her in the role of a vamp (woman). Within three weeks she began to play comedy, at first slapstick
, and later comedy drama.
. The performers worked out of the Reliance Studios. Directed by Edward Dillon, former ex-lightweight
fighter Hobo Dougherty was among the featured actors. In one scene Tincher encourages Dougherty to get knocked out on film. However she has trouble convincing the fight veteran that he is not really in a pugilistic contest.
By the end of 1915 Tincher worked for the Fine Arts Film Company. Aside from comic roles, she often depicted working class types such as a laundry girl in Laundry Liz (1916). Dillon directed and Anita Loos
was the scenarist. The short movie was released by the Keystone Film Company. In Skirts (1916) Tincher plays an artist's
model who becomes a victim of drugs. This was a new type of role for her.
Tully Marshall
plays the artist.
Griffith staged a presentation of comic bull fights, massive floats, theatrical comedy, and drama, in July 1915. The production was
called the Pageant of the Photoplay
. Audiences were able to view directors carrying megaphones, the process of film development, and movies being put together in make-up rooms. Tincher played a dramatic part in a comedy on the final day of the event. A stage was assembled and four scenes were acted out.
In 1918 Tincher became head of her own company, Fay Tincher Productions. Her movies were released by the World Film Company.
In the Andy Gump comedy series (1923–1928) Tincher played Min, who wears her hair bobbed. The series numbered around forty-five films and was produced by Universal Pictures
and Samuel Von Honkel.
American cartoonist, Sidney Smith (The Gumps)
, created the film characters.
Tincher's final motion picture is All Wet (1930). This is a two reel comedy short directed by Sam Newfield
.
of the will of Mrs. Julian
Dick, who died from inhaling illuminating gas on December 22, 1930.
Dick's residence was at 116 East 36th Street in New York City
. Her
husband, Captain Dick, was a member of the New York Cotton Exchange
.
He had been accidentally shot to death by a friend in 1922.
In 1918 she roomed with scenario
writer, Maie B. Havey, in a small bungalow
. Tincher liked working in the fine art of vitreous enamel
.
Fay Tincher died of a heart attack in Brooklyn, New York in 1983 at the age of 99.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
era. She was from Topeka, Kansas
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was...
. Her hair was black and her eyes were brown. Tincher's appearance was sometimes compared to that of a French woman.
Film Recruit
She began her career on stage. In 1908 she was touring in CaliforniaCalifornia
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
with The Merry Go Round Company. In August of that year she may have married fellow actor, Ned Buckley, on a dare. He was a Yale
YALE
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graduate and a resident of Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Located in Fairfield County, the city had an estimated population of 144,229 at the 2010 United States Census and is the core of the Greater Bridgeport area...
. She visited her
lawyer at the New York Life Insurance Building at 112-114 Broadway (Manhattan). She asked him to obtain a divorce if he learned that she was truly wed.
While performing on the Keith-Albee-Orpheum
Keith-Albee-Orpheum
The Keith-Albee-Orpheum Corporation was the owner of a chain of vaudeville and motion picture theatres. It was formed by the merger of the holdings of Benjamin Franklin Keith and Edward Franklin Albee II and Martin Beck's Orpheum Circuit, Inc..-History:...
vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
circuit, Tincher was approached by a man who commented about her resemblance to actress Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand
Mabel Normand was an American silent film comedienne and actress. She was a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and is noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors...
. She did not know Normand because she had never seen a movie in 1913. The agent gave her his card and said he wanted director D.W. Griffith to see her. The following day she came calling at Biograph Studios
Biograph Studios
Biograph Studios was a studio facility and film laboratory complex built in 1912 by the Biograph Company, formerly American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, at 807 E. 175th Street, in the Bronx, New York....
. In her first role Griffith cast her in the role of a vamp (woman). Within three weeks she began to play comedy, at first slapstick
Slapstick
Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated violence and activities which may exceed the boundaries of common sense.- Origins :The phrase comes from the batacchio or bataccio — called the 'slap stick' in English — a club-like object composed of two wooden slats used in Commedia dell'arte...
, and later comedy drama.
Movies
Tincher played in Bill Manages A Fighter (1914), one of a series of Bill comedy shorts. It was made by the Komic Pictures Company of Los Angeles, CaliforniaLos Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. The performers worked out of the Reliance Studios. Directed by Edward Dillon, former ex-lightweight
Lightweight
Light-weight is a class of athletes in a particular sport, based on their weight.-Professional boxing:The lightweight division is over 130 pounds and up to 135 pounds weight class in the sport of boxing....
fighter Hobo Dougherty was among the featured actors. In one scene Tincher encourages Dougherty to get knocked out on film. However she has trouble convincing the fight veteran that he is not really in a pugilistic contest.
By the end of 1915 Tincher worked for the Fine Arts Film Company. Aside from comic roles, she often depicted working class types such as a laundry girl in Laundry Liz (1916). Dillon directed and Anita Loos
Anita Loos
Anita Loos was an American screenwriter, playwright and author.-Early life:Born Corinne Anita Loos in Sisson, California , where her father, R. Beers Loos, had opened a tabloid newspaper for which her mother, Minerva "Minnie" Smith did most of the work of a newspaper publisher...
was the scenarist. The short movie was released by the Keystone Film Company. In Skirts (1916) Tincher plays an artist's
model who becomes a victim of drugs. This was a new type of role for her.
Tully Marshall
Tully Marshall
William Phillips was an American character actor known as Tully Marshall, with nearly a quarter century of theatrical experience behind before he made his first film appearance in 1914.-Career:...
plays the artist.
Griffith staged a presentation of comic bull fights, massive floats, theatrical comedy, and drama, in July 1915. The production was
called the Pageant of the Photoplay
Photoplay
Photoplay was one of the first American film fan magazines. It was founded in 1911 in Chicago, the same year that J. Stuart Blackton founded a similar magazine entitled Motion Picture Story...
. Audiences were able to view directors carrying megaphones, the process of film development, and movies being put together in make-up rooms. Tincher played a dramatic part in a comedy on the final day of the event. A stage was assembled and four scenes were acted out.
In 1918 Tincher became head of her own company, Fay Tincher Productions. Her movies were released by the World Film Company.
In the Andy Gump comedy series (1923–1928) Tincher played Min, who wears her hair bobbed. The series numbered around forty-five films and was produced by Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
and Samuel Von Honkel.
American cartoonist, Sidney Smith (The Gumps)
Sidney Smith (The Gumps)
For the British expert on the Yoruba people of Nigeria, see Professor Robert Sidney Smith.Robert Sidney Smith , known as Sidney Smith, was the creator of the influential comic strip, The Gumps, based on an idea by Captain Joseph M. Patterson, editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune.He was born...
, created the film characters.
Tincher's final motion picture is All Wet (1930). This is a two reel comedy short directed by Sam Newfield
Sam Newfield
Sam Newfield, born Samuel Neufeld, also known as Sherman Scott or Peter Stewart, was an American B-movie director, with over 250 feature films to his credit, and a large number of shorts, training films, industrial films, TV episodes, and pretty much anything anyone would pay him for...
.
Inheritance
Tincher inherited $25,000 from the bequestBequest
A bequest is the act of giving property by will. Strictly, "bequest" is used of personal property, and "devise" of real property. In legal terminology, "bequeath" is a verb form meaning "to make a bequest."...
of the will of Mrs. Julian
Dick, who died from inhaling illuminating gas on December 22, 1930.
Dick's residence was at 116 East 36th Street in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
. Her
husband, Captain Dick, was a member of the New York Cotton Exchange
New York Cotton Exchange
The New York Cotton Exchange was a commodities exchange founded in 1870 by a group of one hundred cotton brokers and merchants at 1 Hanover Square in New York City.- History :...
.
He had been accidentally shot to death by a friend in 1922.
Private life
In May 1915 Tincher won a bathing suit contest at Venice Beach, California with a first prize of $50. She wore a costume that was resembled her famous typewriter dress, which she wore in movies. A crowd of approximately 75,000 attended the procession.In 1918 she roomed with scenario
Scenario
A scenario is a synoptical collage of an event or series of actions and events. In the Commedia dell'arte it was an outline of entrances, exits, and action describing the plot of a play that was literally pinned to the back of the scenery...
writer, Maie B. Havey, in a small bungalow
Bungalow
A bungalow is a type of house, with varying meanings across the world. Common features to many of these definitions include being detached, low-rise , and the use of verandahs...
. Tincher liked working in the fine art of vitreous enamel
Vitreous enamel
Vitreous enamel, also porcelain enamel in U.S. English, is a material made by fusing powdered glass to a substrate by firing, usually between 750 and 850 °C...
.
Fay Tincher died of a heart attack in Brooklyn, New York in 1983 at the age of 99.