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Died. William Faversham, 72, Gibson Girl-era matinee idol; of coronary thrombosis; in Bay Shore, N. Y. Romeo to Maude Adams' Juliet, best remembered as The Squaw Man, thrice-married Faversham made and lost several fortunes, declared himself bankrupt in 1935, and in 1937 entered the Percy Williams Home for destitute actors...
...Davis, Pat O'Brien, Douglas Fairbanks and other Hollywood enthusiasts. Although serious badminton addicts play indoors where there is no breeze to affect the true flight of their birds, many a tournament player, such as Mrs. George Wightman (donor of the Wightman Cup), Tennist Sidney Wood and William Faversham Jr., plays outdoors with heavier birds just...
Although Miss Skinner's performance is deft and sure, she does not hog this show. With the exception of Philip Faversham, who is colossally unconvincing as the Reverend James' worshipping young assistant, the cast is excellent. John Cromwell is a sensitive and appealing Marchbanks; in clumsier hands Marchbanks can be clowned like a Tarkingtonian adolescent. Onslow Stevens as well as Cromwell has steered clear of extremes. His Morell id not too pompous and too fond of his own voice to be loved by Candida. And Dorothy Sands is the old-maid incarnate in the role of Miss Proserpine Garnett, Morell...
...Angeles, oldtime Actor William Faversham filed a petition in bankruptcy, listed assets of $250, liabilities...
Died. Frank Jenners Wilstach, 63, censor of U. S. cinemadvertising & publicity, wit, bibliophile, author, compiler of similes, sometime business manager of DeWolf Hopper, Sothern & Marlowe. Mrs. Leslie Carter, William Faversham; of influenza; in Manhattan. His famed Dictionary of Similes sprang out of his disgust for the phrase, "The news spread like wildfire." "Wildfire," he fumed, "is a disease of sheep. It is also a bolt of sheet lightning. I'm going to end this...