Yale Boss

Yale Boss

Born: October 17, 1899
Died: November 16, 1977
in Utica, New York, USA
New York-born Boss was one of the screen's first child stars. He was already a stage veteran when he made his screen debut in Thanhouser's The Actor's Children (1910). He appeared on Broadway opposite Adeline Genée in The Silver Star. Later he became one of Edison Studios's most popular players, but the studio constantly had to battle rumors questioning his true age. Boss's popularity waned in the late 1910s and he later worked as a prop man.

Movies for Yale Boss...

Souls for Sale
Title: Souls for Sale
Character: Prop Man (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1923
Type: Movie
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
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Cartoons in a Seminary
Title: Cartoons in a Seminary
Character: Jim
Released: September 22, 1915
Type: Movie
Laura tells her companions at Miss Syntax's seminary that Jim, her sweetheart, is to visit her that afternoon. Shortly afterward, Jim climbs the fence surrounding the school playground, and after greeting the them girls, shows a copy of the "Grouch Chaser." The girls get a great laugh out of "Silas Bunkum's Boarders Picnic" in which Silas, his wife and their three guests spend a lively day in the country.
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Andy Goes on the Stage
Title: Andy Goes on the Stage
Character: Jimmie Brown
Released: February 11, 1914
Type: Movie
A short comic film in which young André delivers a telegram to the theatre. Once there, he has to stand in for an actor during a performance of Little Lord Fauntleroy. Despite the chaotic performance, he is very successful.
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The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan
Title: The Active Life of Dolly of the Dailies #5: The Chinese Fan
Character: Daddy, the office boy
Released: January 31, 1914
Type: Movie
An early Thomas Edison short. A young woman is kidnapped while attending a play in Chinatown. A reporter attends another play in Chinatown, is likewise kidnapped and rescues the young woman. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2011 in partnership with the National Film Preservation Foundation New Zealand Project.
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The Title Cure
Title: The Title Cure
Character: Office Boy
Released: January 15, 1913
Type: Movie
Mr. Clayworth, a wealthy American and self-made man, has a daughter Bessie, who is determined to marry a foreign title much against her father's wishes. She has an American suitor, William Brooks, who is deeply in love with her but he is given little encouragement. Mr. Clayworth plans to discourage his daughter with nobility and accordingly goes to an employment agency where he engages three foreign menials to impersonate noblemen, supplying them with evening clothes and arranging to have them call at his house that evening. Bessie is overjoyed when she learns from father that three noblemen are to honor them with their presence. Father incidentally suggests that if the noblemen do not come up to her expectations to patch up her little quarrel with Billy and say no more about marrying a title. The fun begins when the three bogus noblemen present themselves at Clayworth's house as Duke Macaroni, Lord Brien Berue and Baron Hasenpfeffer.
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How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family
Title: How a Horseshoe Upset a Happy Family
Character: The Messenger Boy
Released: December 28, 1912
Type: Movie
A farce in which Ms. Murphy finds that a horseshoe brings her anything but happiness.
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The Totville Eye
Title: The Totville Eye
Character: Young Sammy
Released: November 27, 1912
Type: Movie
A printer and his young assistant take over a local newspaper while the editor is away.
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Revenge Is Sweet
Title: Revenge Is Sweet
Character: Jimmy - the Office Boy
Released: July 16, 1912
Type: Movie
A short comedy in which the newest employee is teased by the office girls, but he retaliates by putting black polish in a powder-box. Ultimately the girls use the resulting black powder on the young employee himself.
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Papa's Sweetheart
Title: Papa's Sweetheart
Character: One of the Children
Released: December 26, 1911
Type: Movie
In the first scene we see a group of children at a window waiting for the arrival of their father. Following this we learn that the little family lacks a mother. The next scene brings us to a theater-box party. The father of the little family meets another woman. It soon becomes evident that he intends to marry again and at last he brings this other woman to the house. While he is present, she seems to be fond of the children, but once he is out of the room we see that her fondness is hardly skin-deep. Soon the mother's picture is removed from over the fireplace and evidently the new wedding will take place. Little Margaret, taking care of the children, finds them hard to amuse one day, and going up into the garret, finds some old clothes, in which they all dress. By chance she puts on the very costume which was used when her mother posed for the big portrait, now absent from its place over the mantel, and so it happens that when the father comes home at night.
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The Ransom of Red Chief
Title: The Ransom of Red Chief
Character: Red Chief - The Little Boy
Released: February 15, 1911
Type: Movie
After reading a newspaper article regarding old Tightwad's rise in the world, Bill and Jim hit upon a plan to get some of Tightwad's easy money by holding young Tightwad for ransom. They accordingly hire a rig, take the boy and conceal him in a cave. The boy, instead of weeping and wailing for home and mother, proclaims himself "Red Chief" and makes it uncomfortable for his captors. (Moving Picture World)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Title: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Character: Mad Hatter
Released: September 9, 1910
Type: Movie
Made by the Edison Manufacturing Company and directed by Edwin S. Porter, the film starred Gladys Hulette as Alice. Being a silent film, naturally all of Lewis Carroll's nonsensical prose could not be used, and, being only a one-reel picture, most of Carroll's memorable characters in his original 1865 novel similarly could not be included. What was used in the film was faithful in spirit to Carroll, and in design to the original John Tenniel illustrations. Variety complimented the picture by comparing it favorably to the "foreign" film fantasies then flooding American cinemas.
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The Actor's Children
Title: The Actor's Children
Character: The Actor's Son
Released: March 14, 1910
Type: Movie
When his play closes down, an actor returns home to find that his children are gone. He's then notified that a wealthy relative has died and left him a substantial amount of money. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.