Volume III: Biographies

DESMOND, John

Studio employee (1912-1913)

Thanhouser Career Synopsis: John Desmond, a boy, was a Thanhouser employee in 1912 and attended the Thanhouser outing held for employees and friends on September 7, 1912. During the Thanhouser studio fire on January 13, 1913 he was one of the last to leave the building and had to jump from a second-story window, according to published reports.

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