Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities (1935)

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Record Details:

Title:
Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities
Date:
1935
Volume:
Biographical Information on RKO Radio Pictures Personalities
Leaf #:
00057
Language:
English
Collection:
Hollywood Studio System
Format:
Books
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
May 30, 2024
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Rutgers Neilson RKO Radio Pictures Biographical Information RKO Building Radio City, New York PERT KELTON (RKO Radio Pictures) (Pert Kelton was born on her grandmother's cattle ranch near Great Falls, Mont., on Oct. 14. She is 5 feet, 6 inches tall; weighs 123 lbs; has hazel eyes and brown hair. Hobbies dancing and music. Outdoor sport swimming. Unmarried (1S34), Business woman off screen.) EARLY LIFE Pert Kelton is the daughter of vaudeville troupers, Ed and Susan Kelton, and an aunt, Jane Kelton, was a stock star on the Pacific coast. While still a small child, Pert Travelled around the world with her parents, who appeared in India, South Africa and Australia. She made her first bow at four in a South African music hall, dowing a little dance and singing "Yankee Doodle." She went to school in London while the act toured Europe, and came back to America with them at the age of 7. School days in New York and Boston followed, and she spent a year on her Grandmother's Montana ranch. When the Kelton act went musical, pert had to learn to play the trombone, and she detested it. However, play it she did, and became a great favorite from coast to coast-. At 14, the act played the Palace, New York, and C. B. Dillingham was so impressed with the child's talents that he gave her a spot in the now-famcus "Sunny. " ( continued)