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5 Marshall Community Thursday, January 27, 2011 Silent movie features a Tyner native Library to show 1923 film starring Lydia Knott By VIRGINIA RANSBOTTOM Tribune Staff Writer PLYMOUTH Marshall silent film star will be featured in a Charlie Chaplin-directed film to be shown Sunday at the Plymouth Public Library. The film Woman of Tyner native Lydia Knott in a leading role.The film will be shown at 2 p.m. The movie is part of the 1920s activities to get people in the mood of the era which will culminate in May with a book discussion of Great The movie also highlights the local talent of a stage and film actress whose brother and sister also made it in show by her son. Lydia was born Oct.1, tiny community just northwest of Plymouth. Woman of Drama of in 1923 and was and written by Chap- lin.The romantic drama is a deviation from slapstick comedy and a silent-era masterpiece.

Lydia plays a major role as the mother of artist Jean Millet (Carl man engaged to Maria St.Clair (Edna leading lady). The story is of love, tragedy and moving from the country to the city and back again. The film was reissued in 1976 with a new score composed by Chaplin.It was his final completed work.He died one year later on Christmas Day in 1977. Not much is documented about Lydia she was the eldest of possibly four children of Lambert and Clarissa Knott. In social listing in the local newspaper placed Lydia as a school marm in the Cudney schoolhouse in Polk Town- ship.In gave birth to Lambert Hillyer in South Bend.

The 100-year-old rumor is that Lydia never married father.Marshall County Historical Museum staff member Karin Rettinger said they can find no records to refute the rumor. are no relatives to ask that we know had no children and neither did known According to a 1909 social listing in the local was traveling with a large troupe through Texas playing a leading part in the dramatization of the novel Then in film credits began to roll and her film directing credits followed in 1917. Lydia was in nearly 90 films from 1914 to 1937. She was a busy actress, sometimes appearing in four or five films in one year. She usually played an mother or a sweet old woman.

Hoosier cowboy Buck Jones cast her as his mother in two Without and She also appeared in other several starring early cowboy star Charles was cast in a film or two directed by her son. In his four decades of was closely associated with westerns and credited by William Hart for his success as a cowboy to The Internet Movie Data- base.From 1917 to 1956, he had 152 film credits, tackling many movie genres as a film director. Horror movies included Invisible was a sequel to Bela classic, sister, Clarissa (known as brother, made it into show business. At the age of 20, Adelbert penned the book Queen of the Huckleberry self-confessed biography of the grand madam of the area between Tyner and Koontz became a circus tent huckleberry season. From 1919 to also had nine film credits as a stage actor.He died in Hollywood in 1933 at the age of 73.

Sister Clara had played in theatrical companies for some to a 1909 newspaper. While returning to Chicago from a Pacific Coast stopped in Plymouth to call on friends before performing in a vaudeville play at the Magestic Theater. Clara appeared in one film in Lady John died in Los Angeles in 1926 at the age of 55. Lydia died on March 30, the age of 88 in Woodland son died three days before his 80th birthday in 1969, also in Woodland Hills. Staff writer Virginia Ransbottom: 574-235-6344 Lydia Knott Clara Knott Adelbert Knott If you go As part of the One Book, One Town Sunday Afternoon Theater series, the silent film Woman of will be shown at 2 p.m.

Sunday at the Plymouth Public Library, 201 N. Center St. Good things Going On Friday The Plymouth Blood Drive is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Life Enrichment Center, 1305 E.

Harrison Plymouth. For an appointment, call 574-936-6717. Walk-ins welcome. Saturday Matt Starr will sign copies of his new book, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

at the Plymouth Public Library. Starr graduated from Plymouth High School in 1984. He is an award- winning video producer. Monday Starke County Triad will meet at 12:30 p.m. at Starke County Community Services, 311 E.

Culver Road, Knox. To order a meal, call Sue at 574-7726411 before Friday. A contribution of $2 is requested. Tuesday Karen Land, a newspaper columnist, public speaker and three- time participant in the Iditarod Sled Dog Race across Alaska, and her sled dog, Borage, visit the North Judson- Wayne Township Library at 3:30 p.m. and the Henry F.

Schricker Library in Knox at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Culver Community High School students considering education beyond high school, and their parents, are invited to a Financial Aid Night at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria..