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Epes W. Sargent

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He claimed to have critiqued the first motion picture offered in a theatre, becoming a film fan in the process." In 1905, when
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began publication, he joined them as their first reviewer and wrote for them intermittently until his death.
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In 1914–1915 he wrote the stories for a large number of split-reel and one-reel silent comedies produced by
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He was considered "one of vaudeville's most influential critics and commentators".
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on August 21, 1872, and moved to the United States in 1878 with his parents.
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Laurel or Hardy: The Solo Films of Stan Laurel and Oliver "Babe" Hardy
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Emigrants from the British West Indies to the United States
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He first worked as a critic for the New York paper, the
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Nassau, Bahamas
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Variety
The Moving Picture World
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Lubin Manufacturing Company
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"Obituary for Epes Winthrop Sargent"


Woman's Home Companion
Works by or about Epes W. Sargent
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American music critics
People from Nassau, Bahamas
1872 births
1938 deaths
Emigrants from the British West Indies to the United States

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