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It was a little easier to use Weebly for design, so I moved the blog to www.ralphspence.weebly.com. Visit me any time…

Gregory

 

Spence at Home

a great image from Chris Snowden of Spence in his home. I love the carpet.

All bad little girls go to Ralph Spence to get married

This is the third wife I’ve found so far: Helen May.  Her divorce case: loose morals and a tight wallet.

All Bad Little Movies When They Die Go to Ralph Spence

Rich sent this amazing scanned image – VERY cool!

Title Writers

This is the list I’ve been working with so far, although most of my attention lately has been on trying to learn more about Spence.

Ralph Spence’s Wives

This 1930 census lists someone as Spence’s wife, but the name is very difficult to read.  Could it be Livrie?  (It is the name right under Ralph’s.)

His obituary lists that he and Livrie had a son.  It also lists that he was married a second time to a woman named Gertrude.

Ralph Spence’s Obituaries

Ralph Harrison Spence’s Draft Card

This cites his position as “Scenario Writer” for Fox.

newspaper reviews of Ralph Spence’s intertitles

These are a few of the newspaper articles regarding Spence’s titling work:

Some of Spence’s title cards

Two of Spence’s title cards from the late 1920’s.