April 12, 2024
GREAT SIGNED PHOTO ROBERT HARRON BIRTH OF A NATION
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On this auction we have a great signed by Robert Harron black & white photo, 5" x 8". The photo is in great condition, t is some pencil writting on the back - "Birth of a Nation" etc. Robert "Bobby" Harron (1893-1920). Popular silent film actor Robert Harron was born Robert Emmett Harron on April 12th, 1893, in New York City, to a poor Irish Catholic family; the second oldest of nine children. At age fourteen he had to leave school to find work, to help support his struggling family. He became a messenger boy and then cutting room film editor for Biograph Studios, and then began to play bit parts in films to supplement his income. His good looks and quiet sensitivity were soon noticed by director D.W. Griffith and Bobby was given choice roles in some of his early features, including "Judith of Bethulia" (1914) with Blanche Sweet , "The Birth of a Nation" (1915), "Intolerance" (1916), "Hearts of the World" (1918), and "True Heart Susie" (1919) with frequent co-star Lillian Gish . He also worked briefly for other studios, including First National and Metro. He was not married, but dated Dorothy Gish , Lillian's sister, for a time. At the height of his popularity, Bobby broke with Griffith and began forming his own production company. However, tragedy was to meet Mr. Harron before his first production, entitled "Coincidence", was released.
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