Howard Kelly (actor) explained
Howard Kelly was an American vaudeville and film actor. He was part of the Pekin Theatre’s stock company.[1] He started in some of William D. Foster’s Foster Photoplay Company films including The Railroad Porter and The Barber.[2] [3]
He had a starring role in The Railroad Porter. He also starred in The Barber with Anna Holt and Edgar Lillison.[4]
He starred with Bessie Brown in Billy King's musical Now I'm a Mason at the Grand Theatre in Chicago in 1914. He also starred with Brown in King's The Night Raid at the Grand Theatre in Chicago in 1918.[5]
Theater
- In the Jungle (1915), a musical comedy by Billy King staged at the Grand Theatre
- In Society (1915), a Billy King production at the Grand Theatre[6]
Filmography
Notes and References
- Book: Boyd, Todd. African Americans and Popular Culture [3 volumes]]. October 30, 2008. ABC-CLIO. 9780313064081 . Google Books.
- Web site: William Foster, A.K.A. "Juli Jones" (1884-1940) . Normanstudios.org.
- Book: Idols of Modernity: Movie Stars of the 1920s . 9780813549293 . 4 March 2010 . Rutgers University Press.
- Book: Lupack, Barbara. Early Race Filmmaking in America. May 26, 2016. Routledge. 9781317434252 . Google Books.
- Book: A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works by, About, or Involving African Americans . 9780313266577 . Peterson . Bernard L. . 1993 .
- Book: Sampson, Henry T. . Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows . . 978-0-8108-8351-2 . 374 . en.
