Salisbury’s role as Alessandro was also a bit ironic as he had purchased in 1911 a 40-acre ranch near Hemet - not far from where today’s long-running Ramona Pageant is held. Unfortunately, full copies of that film are apparently lost with only one of its 10 reels known to exist. It is photoplay, drama and opera all in one.” “‘Ramona’ is too wonderful for words,” wrote critic Henry Warneck in the Los Angeles Times, on Feb. Perhaps his most important role was as Alessandro in the 1916 silent film adaptation of Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona.” This was a monstrous success - it was seen by an estimated 200,000 moviegoers in its first nine weeks at Clune’s Auditorium in Los Angeles. DeMille and appeared in two films in 1915 with the legendary Douglas Fairbanks. Salisbury often worked for famed director Cecil B. He began as a stage actor around the turn of the century and ultimately reached the bright lights of Broadway.īut from 1914 until 1922, he was kept busy acting in silent motion pictures. Until his sister identified him, no one knew that only years earlier Salisbury was a nationally known silent movie actor with 42 movies to his credit.Ī New York native, Salisbury entered the world of entertainment encouraged by his mother Ellen. It was there being treated for an unknown medical condition that he fell and died after fracturing his skull. He was a fairly undistinguished 59-year-old patient - known as Ore Cash (his real name) - during his final weeks at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino. The sparse turnout was understandable because he had mostly been out of the limelight for more than a decade. 10, 1935: “Only Four Attend Rites For Former Screen Star.” No fans, just a sister and three other relatives, attended his San Bernardino funeral directed by Rev. Salisbury’s last public “event” was described in a Sun newspaper headline on Aug. These two opposites were Regis Toomey, who lived in Upland and performed in little theater in Ontario before a five-decade film and TV career, and Monroe Salisbury, who once owned a citrus ranch in Hemet and whose life declined after starring in the early years of silent movies. For two men who once starred on the silver screen, the Inland Empire was a place where one got his showbiz start while the second saw his life end in the most disappointing way - being mostly forgotten.
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