Fred Niblo

(1874-1948) born at York. Actor, film director, credited with directing MGM's Ben Hur in 1925, the first movie spectacular, co-founded Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1928, directed some of the greatest Hollywood stars of the silent film era, including Greta Garbo and Rudolph Valentino. Consult obituaries in York Republican, November 18, 1948, p. 1 and New York Times, November 12, 1948, p. 23 and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol 38 (1953) 264-265 and International Directory of Films and Filmmakers: Directors, 2nd ed, Vol 2 (St. James Press, 199l) 603-605 and Lincoln Journal Star, June 27, 1999, p. K-2.

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