Lost Media: The Wall Flower

 

The Wall Flower is a silent romantic drama film that was directed by Rupert Hughes. The film was 60 minutes long and was released in May of 1922. The film is now considered lost. 

CAST:

• Colleen Moore as Idalene Nobbin
• Richard Dix as Walt Breen
• Gertrude Astor as Pamela Shiel
• Laura La Plante as Prue Nickerson
• Tom Gallery as Roy Duncan
• Rush Hughes as Phil Larrabee
• Dana Todd as Allen Lansing
• Fanny Stockbridge as Mrs. Nobbin
• Emily Rait as Mrs. Nickerson

PLOT:

Idalene Nobbin is accustomed to being treated like a wallflower by her mother and brothers. One day she attends a dance given by Prue Nickerson and is surprised when Roy Duncan, a football star, asks her to dance. Prue would catch Roy's eye and asks what Prue's name was. Phill Larrabee, who also like Prue, lied and told him that her name was Idalene Nobbin. Roy thinking that Idalene was Prue would send an invitation to a prom dance. Idalene would show up with her mother and Roy bribes fellow students to fill Idalene's dance card. Feeling awful and humiliated she rushed from the dance and stumbles in front of a passing automobile. This does not kill her but breaks her legs. She would be picked up by Socialite Pamela Shiel and her guest Walter Breen and taken to Pamela's home.

Idalene would admit she tried to kill herself and that she will never have a lover, a husband, home, or babies. This is when Pamela and Walter decided to help the poor wallflower. Pamela would try to spoil Idalene by surrounding her with luxuries and teaching her to walk gracefully and to wear stylish clothes. Soon Walter starts to be attracted to Idalene. Pamela would then try to show Idalene off by throwing a house party. Walter would propose to Idalene, but she rejects him knowing that Pamela loves him also. Pamela is understanding and suppresses her feelings in favor of her friend's happiness. 

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Wikipedia

IMDB

Library of Congress

Turner Classic Movies

All Movie

amonsters: Samca

 A Samca is a creature in Romanian Legends as an ugly and terrible evil spirit. She can take many different forms like a large pig, a grinning dog with rotten teeth, a hairless cat with fiery bulging eyes, a crow with bloody eyes, and a large black spider. The most known version is of a naked woman with disheveled hair down to her feet, dried out breasts that touch the ground, small bright eyes, a tongue of fire, and iron hands with nails as sharp as knitting needles or hooked as sickles.

They show themselves at the end of the month usually around the full moon. With their large crooked mouth, they show in front of children under 4-years-old.  A disease that children get after the Samca appeared often called "the children's malice". This causes the child to be deathly ill. 

They also show themselves to women lying on their birth bed, and once the creatures are visible they touch the pregnant woman as if kneading them. This would either scare the women to death or cripple them for life. It's also said that the Samca would curse the newborns.

Samca goes by 19 names; Vestitia, Navadaria, Valnomia, Sina, Nicosda, Avezuha, Scorcoila, Tiha, Miha, Grompa, Slalo, Necauza, Hatavu, Hulila, Huva, Ghiana, Gluviana, Prava, and Samca. In order to avoid the Samca people would need to write all 19 names on the wall of the house or ask someone for a protective spell. If attacked the person who did the spell gets attacked, except if the person is of age the Samca cannot.

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Wikipedia

Monster Wiki

Right Words

Librum Prodigiosum (tumblr)

Murder of Jovontia "Jovi" Jones

Around 6:55 p.m. on May 19, 2018, 16-year-old Jovontia "Jovi" Jones was in the parking lot at the Hilltop Liquor Store on Harrison St. in Davenport, Iowa. A drive-by shooting would happen and Jovi was struck. He would be taken to the hospital and died from his wounds the next day. Even though there were witnesses this is a case no one came forward with information. 

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Iowa Cold Cases

WQAD8

KWQC

The Dispatch Argus

May 18, 1975 Mohave County, Arizona Jane Doe

On May 18, 1975, a camper at a rest stop off Highway 93, Mile Marker 9 in Mohave County, Arizona found a body. The girl was believed to have been dead for around 6 weeks.


Jane Doe is a white female between 18 to 20-years-old. She's 5'3" to 5'4" and 125 lbs. She has brown hair.


Her clothes and jewelry suggest that she may have been a hippie. She was wearing a beige pullover sweater, green, orange, and beige multicolored slacks, and size 9 white tennis shoes. Her jewelry was described as a Hippy type choker necklace which consisted of a brown leather band with four brown beads, two pink beads, and one large polished rock, and a ring on her finger.


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NamUs
Unidentified Wiki

Murder of Ashley Armstrong

On May 16, 2012,  20-year-old Ashley Armstrong was in a black Volkswagen Jetta near Shelton Ave and Munson St. in New Haven, Connecticut.  with three or four other passengers. At 12:30 a.m. someone would open fire on the car. Ashley was hit several times while the other passengers were not hit. 

SOURCES:

Connecticut State Division of Justice 

News-Times

NBC Connecticut

Lost Media: North of the Rio Grande (1922)

North of the Rio Grande was an American silent Western released on May 14, 1922. The film was directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon and produced by Adolph Zukor and Jesse Lasky. The film was based on Val of Paradise (1921) by Vingie E. Roe. It was filmed in Southern Arizona. The film is now considered lost. 

PLOT:

Bob Haddington, a young cowboy, becomes a vigilante after his father is killed and one of the prize horses stolen. He sets his mind on revenge and turns himself into Velantrie the leader of a gang of outlaws. He would befriend a priest, Father Hilliar. On a mission, he meets Val Hanon and falls in love with the girl. She is the daughter of John Hannon, a wealthy rancher. This is when Bob gets falsely accused of cattle rustling and finds out the truth. John Hannon is the one hiding under the name "Black Rustler" and was responsible for the stolen cattle and Bob's fathers death.

Bob decides to leave but comes across John wounded. In an act of sacrifice he exchanged places with him. John while dying in Vals arms admitted the truth to her. As Bob is about to be hanged but it's prevented when Val comes and proves his innocence. 

CAST:

• Jack Holt as Bob Haddington
• Bebe Daniels as Val Hannon
• Charles Ogle as Colonel Haddington
• Alec B. Francis as Father Hillaire
• Will Walling as John Hannon
• Jack Carlyle as Brideman
• Fred Huntley as Briston
• Shannon Day as Lola Sanchez
• Edythe Chapman - Belle Hannon
• George Field as Paul Perez
• Westcott Clarke as Clendenning
• Chief Tahachee- Cowboy

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Wikipedia

IMDB

AFI

The Library of Congress

All Movie

May 12, 1906 Omaruru, Nambia John Doe

On May 12, 1906 an Italian migrant worker who worked for the Otavi Mining and Railway Company by building the OMEG Railway in Nambia would die from malaria. He was buried at the Rhenish Cementary in Omaruru.

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Unidentified Wiki

Find a Grave

Lost Media: According to Hoyle (1922)

According to Hoyle is a lost 1922 American silent adventure film. It was directed by W.S. Van Dyke. It was distributed by Western Pictures and released on May 5, 1922. The film was 5 reels long and is now considered lost. 

CAST:

• David Butler as 'Boxcar' Simmons
• Helen Ferguson as Doris Mead
• Philip Ford as Jim Mead
• Fred J. Butler as Dude Miller
• Harry Todd as Jim Riggs
• Bud Ross as Silent Johnson
• Hal Wilson as Bellboy
• Francis X. Bushman

PLOT:

Boxcar Simmons, a hobo, arrives in a small town and announces he's a missing mining millionaire and was back home. The people in town believe him and especiall a couple of them wanting to scam him. The two local conartists try to convince him to buy a worthless ranch. He turns the tables on them making them believe there is silver ore on the land. After they buy it he presents the major parts of the proceeds to the girl, whom he loved and who owned the place. The conartists would find out they had been swindled and they break into the hotel safe and steal Boxcar's wallet. They looked into the wallet and found a note inside. "Once you get a good start--Keep going!".

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Wikipedia

IMDB

All Movie

Library of Congress

Silent Era

Murder of Richard Felipe

 

At 3 a.m. on May 3, 2008, 23-year-old Richard Felipe and Rodriguez-Garcia. were speaking with two females on 120 Dunad Avenue, Opa-locka, Florida. The girls were inside their car while they talked to the boys.  This was when a dark-colored vehicle approached the group and an unknown black male in the car exited the driver's side while 3 or 4 more people stayed in the car. He then asked them if they has weed they responded with no and the man fired at them. Richard was shot and killed and Rodriguez-Garcia was injured. 

SOURCES:

Change

Miami Dade County

WSVN

May 1893 Hampton, Minnesota John Doe

  In May of 1893 the body of a man was found in Anton Doffing's granary in Hampton, Minnesota. It's believed that the man was a transient and went into the building for shelter and died from an illness. He was between 50 to 60-years-old.

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Find a Grave