1. Norman Kerry made his first film appearance in the 1916 comedy Manhattan Madness, starring Douglas Fairbanks and directed by Allan Dwan.
24 Facts About Norman Kerry
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Dwan needed young people with horses to appear in a scene and Norman Kerry volunteered himself and his friends to fill that need.
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Norman Kerry again appeared with Mary Pickford in 1918, in Amarilly of Clothes-line Alley, and that in turn led to his being chosen by Constance Talmadge as her leading man in Up the Road with Sallie.
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Norman Kerry wore a fancy waxed mustache and slicked-back hair, exemplifying the "tall, dark, and handsome" matinee idol of the time.
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Norman Kerry was again cast with Lon Chaney and Mary Philbin in the 1925 horror classic The Phantom of the Opera, playing Philbin's love-interest, the Vicomte Raoul de Chagny.
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That same year Norman Kerry starred with Philbin in the melodrama Fifth Avenue Models and with Patsy Ruth Miller in the adventure film Lorraine of the Lions.
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In 1927, Norman Kerry again shared the screen with Lon Chaney in The Unknown, starring Joan Crawford.
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At the beginning of the talkie era, Norman Kerry reunited with Mary Philbin to film talking scenes for The Phantom of the Opera, reissued with sound 15 Dec 1929.
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Norman Kerry was a student at the DeLaSalle School, St John's College, and the University of Maryland, where he was an athlete.
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Norman Kerry's father, Isaac Kaiser, was a leather goods manufacturer and dealer and Norman Kerry himself spent some time as a representative for that company.
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Around 1916, Norman Kerry befriended Rudolph Valentino, who was then known as an exhibition dancer, in New York City.
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Norman Kerry is said to have introduced Valentino to Bonnie Glass, who became Valentino's dance partner.
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Later, Norman Kerry encouraged Valentino to try making a name for himself in film, staked him for a trip to Los Angeles, and helped him get his first roles.
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In 1917, despite having already achieved some success in the motion picture industry, Norman Kerry enlisted in the British Royal Flying Corps and was to report for training in Toronto, Canada in September of that year, with a commission as a lieutenant.
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Norman Kerry had been living in a Los Angeles hotel in June 1917 but by the end of the year, he took up residence in a bungalow in Hollywood, where he was joined by his mother and sister.
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Norman Kerry was still living with his mother and sister as of January 1920.
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About six weeks later, Norman Kerry was married for the first time.
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Norman Kerry's bride was a 22-year-old divorcee, Rozene Greppin, said to be an heiress.
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The couple separated on November 11,1928 and Rozene filed for divorce the following April, charging that Norman Kerry called her vile names in front of others, stayed away for extended periods, and ignored her; the divorce was granted on June 7,1929.
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About two weeks after the divorce was granted, Norman Kerry made a very public effort to win Rozene back.
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Norman Kerry had often been living and working in Europe since the beginning of their marriage.
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Norman Kerry lived in Brussels for a time and by 1940 he and Helen were living in the French Riviera, near Nice.
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At the age of 61, on 12 Jan 1956, Norman Kerry died from a liver ailment at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, California.
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Norman Kerry was interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California.