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Born of a poor Irish family, probably somewhere in southern Illinois, handsome, black-haired young Delaney started his acting career about 1910. For two seasons he played the part of Blackie Daw in one of Cohan and Harris' road companies of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingjord. Playing opposite him was Mrs. Kennicott, then Olive Artelle. Delaney left the troupe in 1915 to .go to Australia, where he played the part of The Killer (see cut,p. 51)in Seven Keys toBaldpate in Josephine Cohan's company...
Author Howe is at his best, however, in recapturing the charm and wit which held the Saturday Club and Boston dinner tables spellbound, prompting Charles Kingsley to stammer on his U. S. visit: "He is an insp-sp-sp-ired j-j-j-ack-daw...
...when he was just one of the boys tapping routines in vaudeville. Though still unable to startle the dance world, he does unveil a new, more versatile Cagney. As Terry Rooney, Manhattan band leader, he is called to Hollywood for the great opportunity. He leaves his girl, Rita (Evelyn Daw), to wait until he has demonstrated once more how a star is born. Studio specialists on clothes, coiffure, and voice view him with alarm. He refuses a Robert Taylor widow's peak, practices voice culture with, "The Dyuke blyew on his hunting horn and loffed, ha, ha, ha, when...
...these nice sharp quillets of the law, Good faith, I am no wiser than a daw." Again, gentlemen, the Vagabond urges you to follow him this afternoon...
...WARD DAW...