Your Travalanche Daily Digest for September 14, 2025

Today’s new Travalanche post for September 14, 2025 is about movie director Alfred Santell, who started out in the days of silent comedy.

Other Travalanche posts for September 14 include ones on:

James Nicholson and the founding of American International Pictures

Jon “Bowzer” Bauman and Sha Na Na

Amy Winehouse

Theatre critic and author Eric Bentley

Actor Nicol Williamson

Ray and Joey Heatherton

Silent film comedian Billie Ritchie

Director Robert Florey

Illustrator Charles Dana Gibson and the Gibson Girls

The Unrelated and Highly Sketchy Margaret Gibson

Actress/ comedian Kay Medford

Vaudeville writer Paul Gerard Smith

Vaudeville and screen comedian Sid Marion

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