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Raymond Hitchcock (October 22, 1865November 24, 1929) was a silent film actor, stage actor, and stage producer, who appeared in, or produced 30 plays on Broadway from 1898 to 1928, and who appeared in the silent films of the 1920s.〔〔(Raymond Hitchcock - ''North American Theatre Online'' )〕 ==Biography== He appeared first as a star in the character of Abijah Booze in ''The Yankee Consul'', and sang ''It Was Not Like This in the Olden Time''. In his stage career, Hitchcock went back and forth between dramatic roles and ones in comic opera. In 1905 he appeared on Broadway with John Bunny in ''Easy Dawson'' the two apparently playing firemen. Hitchcock also made several phonograph recordings of which many survive. In 1907, Hitchcock was charged with the sexual abuse of two adolescent girls together with New York magnate William A. Chanler.〔"WARRANT ISSUED FOR W.R. HEARST: William Astor Chanler Accuses the Editor of Criminal Libel," Oct 23, 1907; ''The New York Times,'' p. 7.〕 As Hitchcock's trial progressed, it was revealed that the charges of sexual abuse were fabricated as part of a blackmail scheme.〔"Pleaded Guilty When Charged with Blackmail - Tried to Extort $1,500 from Raymond Hitchcock - Vindication for Noted Actor;" ''Wilkes-Barre Times Leader''; 12-23-1907; p. 1; Wilkes-barre, Pennsylvania.〕 Hitchcock was acquitted by a jury on June 11, 1908,〔"JURY DECLARES ACTOR GUILTLESS: Raymond Hitchcock Acquitted of Crime against Young Girls." ''Morning Oregonian'', June 11, 1908, p. 5.〕 after spending almost nine months in prison. In 1925, Hitchcock appeared in a test film made by Lee DeForest in DeForest's Phonofilm sound-on-film process, in which Hitchcock performed a sketch from his revue ''Hitchy-Koo'', which was originally produced on Broadway in 1917, 1918, 1919, and 1920.〔IMDB entry on Hitchcock〕 Cole Porter wrote the music for the 1919 version. Raymond Hitchcock also figured prominently in John Ford's ''Upstream'' (1927). He died on November 24, 1929. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Raymond Hitchcock (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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