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“A Genial Hack,” Part 1 — 7 Comments

  1. Trying to find out about actress Jean Hathaway. I found a fashion accessory from the flapper era that has the name Jean Hathaway engraved on it. I understand she died in 1938, which seems to fit the time frame of the piece I found.

  2. Thanks for dropping by, Unknown, and for leaving a comment. I hope you'll check out my other posts on Henry Hathaway; just look him up in the "Names" index. I need to resume my tour of his movies. Just received a beautiful 16mm print of Souls at Sea (1937), an excellent seafaring yarn that is ripe for rediscovery.

  3. I met Mr Hathaway's son today, and he was a really interesting man. I'm here on the internet doing a little research on his father because he gave me a bit of information and I wanted to learn a little more. What a remarkable man Henry was to work his way all the way up into the big leagues. I'm really impressed.

  4. Aimee Crocker was a San Francisco/Sacramento native who traveled the world, and sometimes called New York & Paris home. She was an heiress to the Crocker fortune (railroad $) frequently entertained, and her guests were the most amusing people of the day. Maharajas. Painters. Singers. Barons. Gangsters. Snake charmers. Magicians. Philosophers. Authors. I agree Henry was too young (and your site places him in SF at the time, unlikely a young person would travel to NY for no reason but to party with grownups and watch Nance Gwyn do the dance of the 7 veils–ha!) but if you happen to find a death year for the grandfather, please post it. Thanks again, and keep up the great blog! xo

  5. Thanks for dropping by, Courtney, and for your kind words. Thanks also for linking that amusing article from the New York World. I tend to doubt there's any connection between the Marquis Harry de Leonard mentioned there and Henry Hathaway. Henry was 14 (plus two days) when that article ran, and I suspect his grandfather had already passed away by that time. Even if he hadn't, my sources say the old man was firmly ensconced in San Francisco well before Henry was born in 1898. It strikes me as unlikely that he'd have been socializing with the New York art set in 1912.

    Still, thanks again for coming by, and for leaving your comment. Come again!

  6. Great blog! I have a super random question. I'm researching Aimee Crocker and Edmund Russell and I came across an account of a New York party in 1912, I think the Marquis named *might* be the grandfather you mentioned. It's too early to be Henry, but do you know the grandfather's lifespan? I wonder if he liked to party with New York's bohemians…

    The article…
    http://tinyurl.com/m2bxdh3

    😉
    Courtney