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<About his complicated relationships with women and his ideal images of them> (written by me)

Joyce Moore and Frank Mayo in a group photo of Balboa Players at a ball at the Hotel Virginia. (The Moving Picture World, 4 March 1916)

His first wife was Joyce Eleanor Moore. They were married in England.(*Photoplay, Apr 1917) Later, they moved to America and worked at Balboa Studios. One article describes Joyce Moore's conjugal pastime was throwing lamps at her husband.(*Motion Picture Magazine, January 1922) In 1919, they are separated. In 1920, Joyce Moore charged Dagmar Godowsky, a vamp-type actress and a daughter of famous pianist Leopold Godowsky, with being the home-breaker.(*Photoplay, May 1920)

Frank Mayo received interlocutory decree of divorce. 3 days later, he married Dagmar Godowsky in Tia Juana, Mexico, because California laws require a divorced person to wait one year before marrying again. In other words, he married Dagmar before his divorce decree became final. The wedding day was October 1, 1921. Like Rudolph Valentino, Henry Walthall, he was investigated for bigamy. Unlike the general press, movie magazines incorrectly reported that Frank Mayo had married Dagmar after his divorce was finalized, which gave Mayo and Dagmar's marriage considerable support. The disgrace was that his picture appeared in the newspaper next to Henry Walthall's photo while he was investigated for bigamy, and the problem was that Lormy had no reason to flee to another country and marry whereas Henry Walthall had reason to flee to another state and marry(his mistress, Mary Charleson, had already given birth to his baby eight months earlier), so unlike Henry Walthall's marriage, Lormy's marriage could only be seen as bigamy no matter how they look at it. It must have left a huge stain on his career.

”Often, when the subject of Mrs. Mayo's career is broached, there is a friendly argument between husband and wife, for Frank wishes her to be content as the wife of a man who adores her."(*Pantomime, Feb 25, 1922) In response to Dagmar Godowsky's question, “But Frank, do married women have no rights? Must I sit at home just because I am your wife?” Lormy is said to have replied, “You must.”(*Pantomime, Feb 25, 1922) He once said, "I don't believe a woman should work after she is married.(*Photoplay, June 1922) I personally think that home life is happier for a woman's remaining in the home and making a career of domestic life; yet I sympathize with my wife's ambitions, and I know we shall continue to be happy no matter what happens."(*Picture-Play, April 1922) His idealized image of a woman seems to reflect Belle Stoddard Johnstone rather than his mother.

Frank Mayo and Dagmar Godowsky (Picture-Play, April 1922)

Frank Mayo and Dagmar Godowsky (Photoplay, April 1923)

In 1923, Joyce attempted to have the decree of divorce set aside. Joyce Moore said that she was not notified of the divorce proceedings. Frank Mayo said that she was.(*Photoplay, January 1923)

In 1925, one article reported that "Here it is almost the season for brides and not a single film star has announced her engagement. More of them seem to be contemplating divorce. Dagmar Godowsky is getting one from Frank Mayo but it seems to be that the papers have been full of that for years."(*Picture-Play, Jun 1925) The event that cemented Dagmar Godowsky's decision to divorce was her husband's involvement with Anna Luther.

Anna Luther (Motion Picture Magazine, August 1918)

Anna Luther (Motion Picture Magazine, Feb 1920)

"Anna Luther was a Keystone-Triangle leading lady during 1915-16, who left for Foxfilm comedies and feature films in the 1920s."(*Brent E. Walker, Mack Sennett's Fun Factory, p.591) Dagmar Godowsky named Anna Luther as co-respondent in a suit brought against Frank Mayo in March 1925. Dagmar Godowsky discovered her husband with Anna Luther in his apartment. She claimed that her husband was wearing only a bathrobe and Anna Luther was trying to get dressed in a hurry.

When Dagmar said, “Now I can get my divorce.”, Frank Mayo reportedly said, “But why bother about that?” Dagmar then said, “You and I were never legally married and so the courts have nothing to say about parting us.”(*The Troy Sunday Budget, Troy, New York, Jul 12, 1925)

Meanwhile, Anna Luther claimed that she had been friends with Frank Mayo since the days when she was still at Keystone Studios and was merely comforting Mayo, who was suffering from a headache. "It looks pretty funny to me, Don't forget that Dagmar herself was the co-respondent in Frank Mayo's first divorce suit," unashamed but witty Anna Luther said.

In the same year, 1925, Frank Mayo applied for $2500 attorney fees to permit Joyce Moore to appear in connection with a suit between them over a property settlement that they had entered into in 1923. Joyce Moore was said to be in England and without means to come to America and appear in the suit over the contract under which Frank Mayo was to pay her $150 a week alimony. Joyce Moore also filed a motion after the interlocutory decree was entered, asking her default be set aside on the ground that she had been unable to come to America and fight the divorce suit. She was said to have been working at the time in Paris, France, as a chorus girl at a salary of $25 a week. During the arguments in the new case it developed that a final decree of divorce had never been entered.(*Photoplay, January 1925)

However, I think that only movie fans were unaware that their divorce was not yet final but the parties (Frank Mayo and Joyce Moore) were aware of that. (There were reports in the general press outside of movie magazines that Frank Mayo's marriage was being investigated for bigamy.)

This is what made marriage between Mayo and Godowsky was annulled.

In May 29, 1925, He is granted a final decree of divorce from Joyce Moore.

An article about the preview of the 1927 film Ragtime, directed by Scott Pembroke, reveals that the hostess of the preview was Joyce Moore. The article describes Joyce Moore as “Mrs. Frank Mayo” and “known in stage and screen circles as Joyce Mayo”.(*Moving Picture World, 27 Aug 1927)

Margaret Shorey (The Evening Independent, St. Petersburg, Florida, Dec 7, 1925)

In August 25, 1928, Frank Mayo married vaudeville performer Margaret Louise Shorey. The wedding took place in Lynchburg, Virginia, where the two were filling a stage engagement.(*Picture-Play, Jul 1929) They lived together according to United States Census, 1930 and United States Census in 1940.

Lormy wrote "Isabelle Johnstone(aunt)" on the space 'Name and address of person who will always know your address' on his WW2 draft registration.

Lormy may have married English-born woman named Evelyn according to the United States Census, 1950.

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Parallel Worlds: Frank Mayo Biography

｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆.His Childhood

｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆.His Family

｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆.His Screen Stardom

｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆.His Bond With His Mother (Parallel Worlds)

｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆.His Complicated Relationships With Women

Upper picture - Frank Mayo I (Frank Maguire Mayo) Center - Frank Mayo II (Edwin Mayo) Bottom - Frank Mayo III (Frank Lorimer Mayo) (Photoplay, May 1920)

Frank Mayo's grandfather Frank Maguire Mayo was one of the pioneers in American theatrical circles. He "created the virile, wholesome, tenderly humorous role of Davy Crockett, hunter and woodsman in the never-to-be-forgotten play. Later he repeated his former success in 'Pudd'nhead Wilson,' the play dramatized from Mark Twain's famous book by the same name."(*Motion Picture Magazine, Jan 1919)

Little boy: Edwin Mayo (Lormy's father) Standing man: Frank Maguire Mayo (Lormy's grandfather) (*David Carroll, "The Matinee Idols," 1972, p.47)

He had one son named Edwin and two daughters named Eleanor and Deronda. Edwin Mayo was likely born in California around 1862. He had divorced his first wife Jennie Bartine in Sep 2, 1886, and later he married an actress, Frances Graham(e) in Sep 12, 1888. Her off stage name was Frances Johnstone.

Parents of Frances Johnstone, George Lorimer Johnstone and Frances Hoy married in Ohio in December, 1857.

Their son George Lorimer, Jr. was born in Ohio in November 2, 1859.

Their daughter Alice was born in Ohio in 1861.

Their daughter Frances was born in Newport, Kentucky in March 9, 1865.

Their son Paul Menifee was born in Newport, Kentucky in July 7, 1867.

Their daughter Kathrine Mary was born in Newport, Kentucky in January 21, 1870.

These five children are shown with their father George Lorimer Johnstone, Sr. and an adult woman named Anna in Campbell, Kentucky Census of August 6, 1870.

George Lorimer Johnstone, Sr., who was an operator of a Mississippi steamboat line, died in New Port, Kentucky in October, 1870. And then, these five children are shown with their mother Frances Hoy in New York, New York Census of December 23, 1870.

Frank Lorimer Mayo was born in 28 June, 1889. He was the only child of Edwin Mayo and Frances Johnstone. Lormy made his stage debut as a child in his grandfather's company. One of the earliest articles to name Frank Mayo III was from May 20, 1892. It says, "Three generations of Mayos, Frank, his son Edwin and grandson Master Leon appeared in Davy Crockett last Saturday night."(*Crawfordsville Star, Crawfordsville, Indiana, May 20, 1892) And Lormy was the only grandson born during Frank Maguire Mayo's living years.

For your reference, his birth year was misreported as 1886 during his screen stardom years and he also said that his birth year is 1886 to the press. But actually his birth year is written as 1889 on the official documents such as his draft registrations and his first wife Joyce's passport application.

When Lormy was 6 year old, he was playing with grease-paint and was smearing all over his face with it, only to be caught by a property man. He grabbed Lormy by the back of his neck and threw him on the stage. In his role, he had to enter rubbing his eyes as if he had been asleep, and, when he dropped his hands, his grandfather took one look at Lormy's face and whispered, 'Get off this stage!' At the end of the act his grandfather came back to the wings, where Lormy sat huddled in his mother's arms, and told him that he is fired. This started Lormy's sobs, and he asked mother if we really would starve now he was fired. But next day, he was re-engaged.(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920)

Later, when Lormy became an motion picture actor in the United States, he was asked, what your grandfather and your father would have thought of motion picture as an art. he replied, "I fear grandfather would never have considered them seriously, for he was too much of the old school to welcome such a radical step. But I'm sure father would have welcomed them as a marvelous means of perpetuating the work of great actors."(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920)

Lormy continued to work as an actor until his grandfather died June 8, 1896. Lormy was on the train with him when he died.(*Moving Picture World, 1 Jan 1916) Lormy was placed in a military school in Peekskill, New York.(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920)

Lormy remembered Belle Stoddard, wife of Paul Menifee Johnstone, as “like a mother to me than aunt.” He said, "At the time I was sent to school at Peekskill my mother and father were both on the road, while my aunt had married Menifee Johnstone and decided to retire from the stage for a while. So I was left in my aunt's care for many years. Whenever my parents played in any city near New York my aunt would take me to visit them, and always on Christmas and at Easter time we would join my father and mother wherever they happened to be."(*The Canaseraga Times, Canaseraga, New York, Oct 1, 1920) Lormy said she had been "a real good sport" to him.(*Picturegoer, Dec 1921)

Later, his father died February 18, 1900. Lormy claimed that after his father's death, he and his mother clung to each other in their grief and spent several years traveling thru Europe and later settled in Liverpool.(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920) But actually his mother remarried in May 25, 1903, to an Englishman named Henry Butler Hardrige Palmer in Manhattan, New York City. Then it makes perfect sense that the three of them ended up living in the England. But Lormy never said about his mother's remarriage to American press.

In May 3, 1906, a boy named William Spencer Palmer was born to Henry Butler Hardrige Palmer and Frances Johnstone in Rock Ferry, Cheshire. He was baptized on February 24, 1907, in Bebington, where Bebington College, where his half brother Lormy attended(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920), was located.

In England(*Photoplay, Apr 1917), Frank Mayo married an blue-eyed, auburn-haired English woman named Joyce Eleanor Moore. She was born in March 6, 1894.

Meanwhile, George Lorimer Johnstone, Jr., who worked as a producer at the Santa Barbara Film Company(=American Film Manufacturing Company), invited Lormy to join him, so Lormy left his mother in England for the United States to join his uncle.(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920)

(Passenger list of SS Adriatic had sailed from Liverpool in June 25, 1914, and arrived at port of New York City in July 3, 1914. This record shows Frank and Joyce Mayo as a married couple and it means they were married before June 25, 1914. / Family Search)

In terms of his early career, Lormy worked first at American Film Manufacturing Company, then at Selig.

(Group photo of Balboa Players at a ball at the Hotel Virginia: The Moving Picture World, 4 March 1916 Bottom right-hand photo: Photo of Mrs. Joyce Moore Mayo. Her passport application, 1920 / Family Search)

And then, he and his wife Joyce Eleanor Moore worked at Balboa during 1915-17. At Balboa, his frequent leading lady was Ruth Roland.

During his very early film career, he unintentionally rode on his grandfather's coattails. One article said, "His grandfather, Frank Mayo, one of the foremost American actors of a generation ago, is still remembered for his sterling characterizations in 'Davy Crockett' and 'Puddin' Head Wilson.' Although American born, Americans do not know much of this young man, for the greater part of his professional life has been spent abroad."(*Moving Picture World, 1 Jan 1916)

Lormy was likely signed with World in 1918. At World, He was usually portrayed as villain characters and often co-starred with June Elvidge.

Since about 1919, Lormy started to work for Universal. One article described the Universal films starring Frank Mayo as "Universal features full of punch and punches."(*Pictures and Picturegoer, Feb 1924) At Universal, Lormy was usually cast in the 'fighting Romeo' roles. He said that the reason of the success of Universal film The Brute Breaker (1919) is because there was a climatic fight in it. He said, "I should like to have a chance to show the public that I can at least try to do something else than fight. I do not care about playing society-man types. Pretty boys are out of my line. I wouldn't play a pretty-boy part because I hate the type."(*Pantomime, Feb 25, 1922)

Meanwhile, in 1919, Lormy and his wife Joyce are separated. One article describes Joyce Moore's conjugal pastime was throwing lamps at her husband.(*Motion Picture Magazine, January 1922)

In 1920, Joyce Moore charged Dagmar Godowsky, a co-star of her husband and a daughter of famous pianist Leopold Godowsky, with being the home-breaker.(*Photoplay, May 1920) It is said that Frank Mayo sued Joyce Moore for a divorce on the grounds of desertion(*Photoplay, January 1922) after Joyce had dropped her second suit for separate maintenance she filed against him.(*Motion Picture Magazine, November 1920)

In 1921, Frank Mayo received interlocutory decree of divorce. Three (or four) days later, on October 1, 1921, he married Dagmar Godowsky in Tia Juana, Mexico, because California laws require a divorced person to wait one year before marrying again. In other words, he married Dagmar before his divorce decree became final. Like Rudolph Valentino, Henry Walthall, he was investigated for bigamy. Unlike the general press, movie magazines incorrectly reported that Frank Mayo had married Dagmar after his divorce was finalized, which gave Mayo and Dagmar's marriage considerable support. The disgrace was that his picture appeared in the newspaper next to Henry Walthall's photo while he was investigated for bigamy, and the problem was that Lormy had no reason to flee to another country and marry whereas Henry Walthall had reason to flee to another state and marry(his mistress, Mary Charleson, had already given birth to his baby eight months earlier), so unlike Henry Walthall's marriage, Lormy's marriage could only be seen as bigamy no matter how they look at it. It must have left a huge stain on his career.

”Often, when the subject of Mrs. Mayo's career is broached, there is a friendly argument between husband and wife, for Frank wishes her to be content as the wife of a man who adores her."(*Pantomime, Feb 25, 1922) In response to Dagmar Godowsky's question, “But Frank, do married women have no rights? Must I sit at home just because I am your wife?” Lormy is said to have replied, “You must.”(*Pantomime, Feb 25, 1922) He once said, "I don't believe a woman should work after she is married.(*Photoplay, June 1922) I personally think that home life is happier for a woman's remaining in the home and making a career of domestic life; yet I sympathize with my wife's ambitions, and I know we shall continue to be happy no matter what happens."(*Picture-Play, April 1922) His idealized image of a woman seems to reflect Belle Stoddard Johnstone rather than his mother.

I don't know exactly when it happened, but Joyce Moore has attempted to have the decree of divorce set aside; and has come all the way from Paris, where she appeared in a revue, to do it. Joyce said that she was not notified of the divorce proceedings while Lormy saying that she was. (*Photoplay, Jan 1923)

Meanwhile, Lormy's stepfather Henry Butler Hardrige Palmer died in November 4, 1922.

(Passenger list of SS Baltic which left Liverpool on September 29, 1923. This record shows Frances Johnstone Palmer and her son W.S. Palmer together. / Family Search)

(SS Baltic arrived in New York City on October 9, 1923. W.S. Palmer's naturalization record of 1943 / Family Search)

In 1923, Frances Johnstone moved to United States from England with her son William Spencer Palmer.

There wasn't enough insistent demand for Frank Mayo to warrant owner of Universal Pictures, Carl Laemmle's giving him a raise and retaining his service.(*Screenland, Feb 1924) Lormy left Universal. He seems to have signed with Goldwyn around January, 1923. "Out of Universal, Mayo sold his services to Goldwyn for several times the amount he received at Universal City. But he didn't sign as a star; he signed as a supporting player. In other words, Goldwyn considers Frank Mayo several times more valuable to have around the studio than did Universal."(*Screenland, Feb 1924) His career took a downward spiral at least since 1925.

In 1925, one article reported that "Here it is almost the season for brides and not a single film star has announced her engagement. More of them seem to be contemplating divorce. Dagmar Godowsky is getting one from Frank Mayo but it seems to be that the papers have been full of that for years."(*Picture-Play, Jun 1925) The event that cemented Dagmar Godowsky's decision to divorce was her husband's involvement with Anna Luther.

"Anna Luther was a Keystone-Triangle leading lady during 1915-16, who left for Foxfilm comedies and feature films in the 1920s."(*Brent E. Walker, Mack Sennett's Fun Factory, p.591) Dagmar Godowsky named Anna Luther as co-respondent in a suit brought against Frank Mayo in March 1925. Dagmar Godowsky discovered her husband with Anna Luther in his apartment. She claimed that her husband was wearing only a bathrobe.

When Dagmar said, “Now I can get my divorce.”, Frank Mayo reportedly said, “But why bother about that?” Dagmar then said, “You and I were never legally married and so the courts have nothing to say about parting us.”(*The Troy Sunday Budget, Troy, New York, Jul 12, 1925)

Meanwhile, Anna Luther claimed that she had been friends with Frank Mayo since the days when she was still at Keystone Studios and was merely comforting Mayo, who was suffering from a headache. "It looks pretty funny to me, Don't forget that Dagmar herself was the co-respondent in Frank Mayo's first divorce suit," unashamed but witty Anna Luther said.

In the same year, 1925, Frank Mayo applied for $2500 attorney fees to permit Joyce Moore to appear in connection with a suit between them over a property settlement that they had entered into in 1923. Joyce Moore was said to be in England and without means to come to America and appear in the suit over the contract under which Frank Mayo was to pay her $150 a week alimony. Joyce Moore also filed a motion after the interlocutory decree was entered, asking her default be set aside on the ground that she had been unable to come to America and fight the divorce suit. She was said to have been working at the time in Paris, France, as a chorus girl at a salary of $25 a week. During the arguments in the new case it developed that a final decree of divorce had never been entered.(*Photoplay, January 1925) This is what made marriage between Mayo and Godowsky was annulled.

However, I think that only movie fans were unaware that their divorce was not yet final but the parties (Frank Mayo and Joyce Moore) were aware of that. (There were reports in the general press outside of movie magazines that Frank Mayo's marriage was being investigated for bigamy.)

In May 29, 1925, He is granted a final decree of divorce from Joyce Moore.

An article about the preview of the 1927 film Ragtime, directed by Scott Pembroke, reveals that the hostess of the preview was Joyce Moore. The article describes Joyce Moore as “Mrs. Frank Mayo” and “known in stage and screen circles as Joyce Mayo”.(*Moving Picture World, 27 Aug 1927)

In August 25, 1928, Frank Mayo married vaudeville performer Margaret Louise Shorey. The wedding took place in Lynchburg, Virginia, where the two were filling a stage engagement.(*Picture-Play, Jul 1929)

Meanwhile, Although Lormy's mother Frances returned to the United States after her husband's death, Lormy and his mother lived in separate parallel worlds.

According to United States Census, 1930, Frances Johnstone lives with her son William Spencer in New Jersey while Lormy living with his wife Margaret Shorey in Los Angeles, California.

According to United States Census, 1940, Frances Johnstone lives with her son William Spencer and her sister Kathrine Mary Johnstone in New York City while Lormy living with his wife Margaret Shorey in Los Angeles, California.

(William Spencer Palmer's WW2 draft registration / Family Search)

(Frank Mayo's WW2 draft registration / Family Search)

Most notable records showing these two parallel worlds are World War 2 draft registrations of Lormy and his half brother William Spencer. Lormy wrote the name of (Isa)belle Stoddard Johnstone, wife of late Paul Menifee Johnstone, on the space 'Name and address of person who will always know your address' while William Spencer wrote the name of his mother on that space.

(W.S. Palmer's personal description. World War 2 draft registration in 1940 (aged 34) / Family Search)

(W.S. Palmer's personal description. Naturalization record in 1943 (aged 37) / Family Search)

William Spencer Palmer married an American woman named Elizabeth Sherwood in June 27, 1941, and he became naturalized in the United States in 1943. Their daughter Frances P. Palmer was born in New York in 1945.

Frances Johnstone' sister Kathrine Mary Johnstone died in February 23, 1947.

According to United States Census, 1950, Frances Johnstone lives with her son William Spencer, his wife Elizabeth, and his daughter Frances in New Jersey while Lormy living with his wife Evelyn in Los Angeles, California. Back then, William Spencer Palmer was a proprietor of Jewelry accessory firm.

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Bajan Newscap 5/19/2017

Good Morning #realdreamchasers Here is your daily news cap for Friday 19th May 2017. Remember you can read full articles via Barbados Today (BT), or by purchasing a Weekend Nation Newspaper (WN).  

BRUTAL ATTACK –The mother of a child who suffered a brutal beating that left her unconscious at the side of the road dreads returning the teenager to the school where her attackers remain. And Marcia Carrington, an active Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) member, said she also fears her own actions after hearing the account of how the schoolchildren stood on her daughter’s neck and kicked her in her head on Wednesday while she headed to the bus stop outside the Lester Vaughan School. The beat down came to light after a video on social media showed the teenager fleeing her attackers and narrowly escaping being struck by a van along Cane Garden Road, St Thomas. After the attack Carrington paid $500 in medical bills for X-rays and medication and is struggling to get $840 for a CAT scan.  (WN)

SIBLINGS CHARGED WITH ATTACKING MAN GET BAIL - Two brothers were granted bail today when they appeared in court charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.  Shamar Andre Rock, 30, and Brandon Ricardo Rock, 16, of Shorey Village, St Andrew are accused of attacking 25-year-old Jamar Green. The incident occurred around 1:30 p.m. yesterday at Shorey Village. Police say Green visited the area to watch a football match and afterward, he encountered the brothers on his way to the bus stop. The Rocks allegedly attacked Green and tied him to a pole. The matter was reported to the police and they found Green tied when they arrived. A video of Green being tied to the pole was circulated via social media. Brandon and Shamar appeared before Magistrate Ian Weekes in the District “D” Magistrates’ Court and they will reappear on May 22.  (WN)

Man arrested during stop-and-search remanded - A man accused of using indecent and insulting language to police officers was remanded to HMP Dodds today. Twenty-five-year-old Darius Kenrick Bowen of #47A, Sanddunes Drive, Sandy Hill, St Philip appeared in the District “C” Magistrates’ Court today before Chief Magistrate Christopher Birch and was remanded to prison until May 22. The alleged offences were committed yesterday along Grove Road, St Philip during a stop-and-search by members of the Tactical Response Unit of the Royal Barbados Police Force. (WN)

SENT UP THEN RELEASED - A young man, who was seen being searched and arrested by police on a cellphone video on Wednesday, was remanded to Her Majesty’s Prison at Dodds yesterday after pleading guilty to using indecent language. But quick work by his attorneys saw Darius Bourne being released from the St Philip facility just after 8 o’clock last night, after spending just over six hours. And now, a former president of the Bar Association, Andrew Pilgrim, is bemoaning the way in which Barbadians are still being remanded for simple matters like using indecent language, or being in possession of small quantities of drugs. Bourne, 25, of Sandy Hill, St Philip, appeared before Chief Magistrate Christopher Birch at the District “C” Magistrates’ Court in St Matthias, Christ Church, yesterday as a result of the altercation with police, and was remanded to Dodds until Monday. (WN)

MAN FACING WOUNDING CHARGE – Police have charged a 31-year-old man with wounding with intent. Jamar Adday Hall of Lot 11D Walkabout Path, Eden Lodge, St Michael, allegedly wounded 35-year-old Kidwe McCollin, at Block 4C, Church Drive, Eden Lodge, St Michael, on April 7. Yesterday, Hall, who was the subject of a wanted bulletin, surrendered himself to police accompanied by an attorney. He appeared before Magistrate Cuffy-Sargeant in the District ‘A’ Magistrates Court today. He pleaded not guilty to the offence and was granted bail in the sum of $10 000 with two sureties, and will return to court on July 21. (WN)

POLICE ACCUSED OF BULLYING TAXI-DRIVER & PASSENGER – There will be no investigation into an allegation of police mistreatment of a taxi operator and his passenger if the aggrieved operator fails to file a written complaint against the law enforcement officers concerned. Assistant Commissioner of Police Erwin Boyce told Barbados TODAY the Royal Barbados Police Force would not act unless there was an official protest to the Police Complaints Authority. The taxi driver, who requested anonymity, said the officers had acted unprofessionally when they stopped him yesterday and demanded to search his vehicle. The entire episode was filmed and posted to Facebook, but the video has since been removed from the social media site. Boyce said if the driver felt his rights had been abused he should bring it to the attention of the proper authorities in the approved manner. In encouraging the driver to report the issue, Boyce said police were allowed to stop and search vehicles at their discretion, but they should state the reason for the search. “You can’t legislate procedure on the road. They speak to the person who is driving and they wave the level of suspicion as to why they are stopping the vehicle. If they are doing vehicle stops they let you know they are doing vehicle stops and they want to see your driver’s licence and insurance and road tax and so on. If there is suspicion that there is contraband in the vehicle and it’s enough to create suspicion, then they can ask the driver of the vehicle who is in charge of the vehicle, to permit a consented search and a search can be done,” the policeman explained.  (BT)

JUDGMENT RESERVED IN POLICE PROMOTIONS CASE – The Court of Appeal Thursday reserved judgment in the case of 14 police officers who are claiming that were bypassed for promotions within the Royal Barbados Police Force five years ago. However, even as the panel of judges led by Chief Justice Sir Marston Gibson weigh their decision, the lawmen’s attorney is already recommending how they should rule. In passionate submissions, during which has was asked to use less emotive language, Queens Counsel Ralph Thorne asked the Court to reverse the decision of the Police Service Commission (PSC) and promote the officers, two of whom have since retired. Thorne argued that there could be “no doubt” that in a matter of such high publicity over the last five years that the public was entitled to believe that there was some “major deficit” with the service records of the officers that disqualified them for promotion. Therefore, he pleaded with the court to “render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s”.    In his three-hour long presentation in the No.1 Supreme Court Thursday morning, Thorne made submissions on 16 of 18 grounds of appeal. The other two grounds were argued on March 22. The officers are challenging last December’s ruling by Justice Margaret Reifer, who upheld the PSC’s decision to remove their names from the 2012 promotions list, and instead inserted alternative names, without further reference to the then Commissioner of Police. Thorne charged that the principles of fairness, transparency and justice were not followed by the PSC as stated under the Public Service Act 2007 when it took its “unlawful” decision. (WN)

LANDLORD’S FAULT - Laws that govern landlord/tenant conflicts are “clear”.  An attorney at law said the fault was at the landlord should any tenant overstay their welcome for an extended period of time, as there were procedures in place to have them removed. “Most of the time, people don’t know exactly what they have to do, either they are not following through or they are doing the ejectment wrong. I think it is really the tardiness of the landlord to allow someone to stay so long without receiving payment,” he said. Take the case of Sandra Walkes, who found herself unable to pay her bills because her tenant had refused to pay rent for three months or to move out despite being served two eviction notices. Her situation got to the point where she considered changing locks and there were contentious confrontations between her tenant and her children. She finally went to the police and consulted an attorney. (WN)

DANGEROUS ROAD! NUPW WARNS GOVT NOT TO TAKE A CAPITALIST APPROACH – Ahead of the May 30 National Budget presentation, the National Union of Public Workers (NUPW) has sounded a stern warning to Government that the island’s public servants are already at the point of saturation. Therefore, the union says, now is not the time to be piling on any more taxes on Government workers, who it also described as overburdened. He further cautioned that the very social fabric that has held the society together stood to be destroyed, with some workers now faced with a choice of “feeding their families, buying medication or paying their commitment for their shelter” and already vulnerable to corruption. The NUPW leader was reacting to recent comments made by the Chairman of the Barbados Private Sector Association Charles Herbert, who was also a member of the Fiscal Deficit Committee recently convened by Prime Minister Freundel Stuart to advise him on the way forward for the floundering economy. With this in mind, the NUPW agrees that urgent remedial action is needed. However, it is adamant that the burden of austerity must be equally spread around. While acknowledging that streamlining and rationalization could bring about needed savings and that spending cuts must be made, McDowall further warned Government against going down the road of profit making at the sacrifice of workers, saying it would only yield deleterious results. (BT)

INCOME GAP GROWS - Income inequality IN Barbados is heading in the wrong direction. That’s the conclusion of new research by a Guyanese economist, who linked the trend to increasing wealth generated through the international business and financial services sector. Collin Constantine is a development economist who is a PhD student in economics at Kingston University London. Last month, he released the working paper A Community Divided: Top Incomes In CARICOM Member States and found that “Barbados is clearly the best performer is terms of rising inequality”. Constantine’s research covered the period 1960 to 2015. He noted that traditionally the region’s relatively high inequality countries were Belize, Suriname, Guyana, Jamaica and Haiti. Barbados has usually been among the relatively low inequality countries that include Trinidad and Tobago, The Bahamas and St Lucia. However, the economist found that “in the Barbados case, top incomes have steadily increased since the 1970s”. Put differently, he explained, “the middle class in Barbados has been shrinking”. Despite this, Barbados still had the lowest level of income inequality among CARICOM member states during the 1980s. Constantine said this had changed and Barbados was “rapidly converging to its high inequality peers”.  (WN)

KELLMAN CHIDES GOVT OVER AIRBNB – Businessman and Minister of Housing Denis Kellman is warning his own Government it can no longer ignore the importance of the increasingly lucrative online marketplace, Airbnb, to the Barbados economy. Kellman, the Member of Parliament for St Lucy, said a disservice was being done to the economy by not measuring the contribution the homestay programme was making to gross domestic product. The global accommodation facilitator has said that some 1,100 Barbadian homeowners had listed their properties on its website, each earning an average of US$3,900 a year. Two per cent of long-stay visitors to the island – some 16,000 people – stayed in Airbnb listed properties last year, a company official said recently.    Kellman sees the online community marketplace as an avenue through which ordinary Barbadians can contribute to the tourism sector, in very much the same way they helped grow the sugar industry. The Airbnb hosts here last week launched the Barbados Entrepreneurship & Tourism Association to advocate on their behalf. Founder of the non-profit organization Neeraj Vensimal said it was important for them to have a voice so they could make an input into pending legislation and other developments relating to the tourism sector. (BT)

MCCLEAN STRESSES NEED FOR CARICOM UNITY – The present and future global environment demands that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) engage in a process of “evaluation, revision and consolidation”. This advice was given by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean, while addressing the opening ceremony of the Twentieth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre, this morning. Senator McClean, the incoming Chairman of COFCOR, told her fellow Ministers of Foreign Affairs: “It is imperative that we deepen and strengthen community engagement and, as a cohesive body, leverage our voices as one to derive maximum benefit for the region”. She stressed that recent political developments in the hemisphere and Europe involving long-term CARICOM partners would likely have “a profound impact” on the region. (WN)

HEAR US PLEASE – A group of Venezuelan women living here attempted to crash the meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) foreign ministers Thursday, to highlight their opposition to the embattled president, Nicolas Maduro. Members of the Civil Society of Venezuelans in Barbados gathered outside the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre at about noon Thursday, the opening day of the 20th meeting of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations, to protest against the economic situation in their homeland and Maduro’s refusal to hold overdue elections. However, the demonstration was short-lived as they were quickly ushered off the compound by police and security personnel because they did not have a permit to protest.  (BT)

FORMER DLP CANDIDATE RUNNING AS INDEPENDENT - Three-time Democratic Labour Party candidate for St Joseph Randall Rouse has announced he will be contesting the next General Election as an independent candidate.  Rouse made this disclosure earlier this morning during a press conference at his Airy Hill, St Joseph constituency office.  "The decision I make today comes out of total frustration with this government as it relates to its lack of communication with the public on public matters, lack of leadership, lack of clear explanations for some of the policy decisions taken, the apparent anti-worker stances taken and more especially, this government's total refusal to accept positive economic advice even from its own economic advisors in the economy," Rouse said.  The now independent candidate said he had several concerns with the representation in St Joseph, but chief of these were the lack of adequate transport, the poor conditions of the bridge at Melvin's Hill and the inadequate healthcare facilities across the parish. (WN)

NATIONAL DISGRACE – The Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) spokesman on transportation is demanding a “credible and functional” plan from Government to increase the number of buses on the roads and bring relief to the travelling public. Former Chairman of the Transport Board Ian Gooding-Edghill complained in a recent statement that the state-run bus system had become a “national disgrace and embarrassment” and the Freundel Stuart administration did not appear to have a plan to remedy the situation. The BLP St Michael West Central candidate charged the current administration was mismanaging the transport agency, spending over $108 million on maintenance with little to show for it. The Opposition politician, who lost the seat by 193 votes to James Paul of the governing Democratic Labour Party in 2013, said the shortage of buses, compounded by financial problems, had been going on for much too long and Barbadians were the ones suffering as a result. He contended that not since the early 1990s had the Transport Board been in such a “deplorable” position. (BT)

ST. THOMAS DANGER ZONE - The people living and driving through the Shop Hill to Duke’s area and beyond are crying out for relief. There are blind corners, narrow roads, a sunken bridge, bush hindering eyesight and a lack of sidewalks and people are frustrated with this true danger zone where many people have lost their lives. One life lost in particular, 17-year-old Anyica Yearwood who was killed in 2010, is still fresh in many people’s minds. She was dragged by a vehicle which had struck her while she was waiting at a bus stop along Shop Hill. Armintha Headley lives near the area where that tragedy occurred. She said it was still dangerous there. (WN)

EX MANAGER FUMES AT SANDALS – A FORMER SANDALS BARBADOS employee is accusing her old workplace of giving her the runaround. Renée Ally, the hotel’s former landscape manager, said she was dismissed in June 2016 and almost a year later was still in limbo regarding a proper compensation package. “I had been there for about 23 months before I was dismissed. They claimed it was my performance but I never had any write-ups or disciplinary action against me on file so I don’t know why,” she said. “I went to the Labour office to state my case as I knew I had been unfairly dismissed and I wanted compensation.” (WN)

MALLALIEU ON THE MOVE – Barbados Motoring Federation (BMF) president Andrew Mallalieu is facing a busy few weeks of travelling as he attends three of the next six races on the Grand Prix calendar as an FIA (Federation Internationale de l’Automobile) steward. And his continuing commitment to the work of the world governing body reflects well on the BMF, and on the island, one of the smallest nations affiliated to the FIA. Mallalieu will officiate as a Formula 1 steward at the Austrian GP on July 9, and also, for the first time, as F2 steward, in Monaco (May 27) and Hungary (July 30). In addition to his work as a steward, Mallalieu has been a member of the Rallies Commission, representing North America and the Caribbean, since 2010, a position he was invited to take up by the then-new FIA President Jean Todt, who was keen to involve more younger delegates. He is also a director of NACAM, which encompasses 14 FIA-affiliated countries in the region. (WN)

COVERS SNAG – There is a crisis with the covering of pitches in the Barbados Cricket Association’s (BCA) major competitions because of old and inadequate covers. This was disclosed by BCA director of cricket Steven Leslie yesterday after the majority of first-round matches in last Saturday’s Super Cup 50-over championship ended in no-results due to wet areas, either on the pitch or by the bowlers’ run-ups. “We do have a crisis in Barbados right now with the provision of covers. “I would say that we are in a position where, possibly just a few clubs have what I would consider adequate covers and a large majority, who [have] if not inadequate covers, have covers which certainly are not able to fulfil the requirement of both the pitch and the run-ups,” Leslie said in an interview with WEEKENDSPORT.  (WN)

FOSTER, CHIC CHIC MAKE MARK IN DRESSAGE – Roberta Foster and Chic Chic were winners in the Intermediate 1 class during last weekend’s Dressage competition at Congo Road Equestrian Centre, St Philip. The 2016 second-placed International Equestrian Federation World Dressage Challenge pair, who recently returned from training and competing in the United States for three months, are making their mark, having competed in Prix St George with scores in the 60s. Fifteen-year-old Bree-Anne Hurdle has proven she is the most outstanding junior dressage rider, having achieved successful scores in the high 1960s and 1970s, aboard her mount Vivaldi in the last three competitions at the higher level. She also rode the first level test aboard Rumba, securing a 63.97 per cent, while 12-year-old Indy Jones, who prefers to be in the show jumping ring, competed with Essien in dressage and achieved a score of 63.53 per cent to capture second place. (WN)

YOUNG NETBALLERS SHOW PROMISE – Grantley Prescod registered the biggest scoring margin on court today when the National Sports Council’s Pine Hill Dairy-sponsored Primary Schools Netball Competition continued at the Police Boys and Girls Sports Club. Playing in the Marion Johnson-Hurley and Carolyn Sinckler zone, Grantley Prescod trounced St Gabriel’s 12-1 with goal-shooter Kimberley Phillips scoring seven of ten attempts and Azariah Ashton five of six. Goal-shooter Megan Cyrus shot the lone goal for St Gabriel’s. Meanwhile against St Ambrose Primary, Grantley Prescod shooters were not so free but still managed to pull off the win 2-0 with one goal each from Phillips and Ashton. (BT)

BAJANS SHINE AT WOODBINE – Three Barbadian horsemen were part of the winning connections of the midweek race card at the Woodbine Racetrack Wednesday. Ace veteran jockey Patrick Husbands and his nephew Simon, along long-standing trainer Ricky Griffith logged wins in each of the last three races on the day’s eight-race card at Canada’ premier racing oval. The elder Husbands steered 5-1 chance Conquest Boogaloo to a half-length victory in the CAN $62,300 sixth race, going 1,700 metres on the all-weather track.  (BT)

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Parallel Worlds: Frank Mayo Biography

｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆.His Childhood

｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆.His Family

｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆.His Screen Stardom

｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆.His Bond With His Mother (Parallel Worlds)

｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆.His Complicated Relationships With Women

Upper picture - Frank Mayo I (Frank Maguire Mayo) Center - Frank Mayo II (Edwin Mayo) Bottom - Frank Mayo III (Frank Lorimer Mayo) (Photoplay, May 1920)

Frank Mayo's grandfather Frank Maguire Mayo was one of the pioneers in American theatrical circles. He "created the virile, wholesome, tenderly humorous role of Davy Crockett, hunter and woodsman in the never-to-be-forgotten play. Later he repeated his former success in 'Pudd'nhead Wilson,' the play dramatized from Mark Twain's famous book by the same name."(*Motion Picture Magazine, Jan 1919)

Little boy: Edwin Mayo (Lormy's father) Standing man: Frank Maguire Mayo (Lormy's grandfather) (*David Carroll, "The Matinee Idols," 1972, p.47)

He had one son named Edwin and two daughters named Eleanor and Deronda. Edwin Mayo was likely born in California around 1862. He had divorced his first wife Jennie Bartine in Sep 2, 1886, and later he married an actress, Frances Graham(e) in Sep 12, 1888. Her off stage name was Frances Johnstone.

Parents of Frances Johnstone, George Lorimer Johnstone and Frances Hoy married in Ohio in December, 1857.

Their son George Lorimer, Jr. was born in Ohio in November 2, 1859.

Their daughter Alice was born in Ohio in 1861.

Their daughter Frances was born in Newport, Kentucky in March 9, 1865.

Their son Paul Menifee was born in Newport, Kentucky in July 7, 1867.

Their daughter Kathrine Mary was born in Newport, Kentucky in January 21, 1870.

These five children are shown with their father George Lorimer Johnstone, Sr. and an adult woman named Anna in Campbell, Kentucky Census of August 6, 1870.

George Lorimer Johnstone, Sr., who was an operator of a Mississippi steamboat line, died in New Port, Kentucky in October, 1870. And then, these five children are shown with their mother Frances Hoy in New York, New York Census of December 23, 1870.

Frank Lorimer Mayo was born in 28 June, 1889. He was the only child of Edwin Mayo and Frances Johnstone. Lormy made his stage debut as a child in his grandfather's company. One of the earliest articles to name Frank Mayo III was from May 20, 1892. It says, "Three generations of Mayos, Frank, his son Edwin and grandson Master Leon appeared in Davy Crockett last Saturday night."(*Crawfordsville Star, Crawfordsville, Indiana, May 20, 1892) And Lormy was the only grandson born during Frank Maguire Mayo's living years.

For your reference, his birth year was misreported as 1886 during his screen stardom years and he also said that his birth year is 1886 to the press. But actually his birth year is written as 1889 on the official documents such as his draft registrations and his first wife Joyce's passport application.

When Lormy was 6 year old, he was playing with grease-paint and was smearing all over his face with it, only to be caught by a property man. He grabbed Lormy by the back of his neck and threw him on the stage. In his role, he had to enter rubbing his eyes as if he had been asleep, and, when he dropped his hands, his grandfather took one look at Lormy's face and whispered, 'Get off this stage!' At the end of the act his grandfather came back to the wings, where Lormy sat huddled in his mother's arms, and told him that he is fired. This started Lormy's sobs, and he asked mother if we really would starve now he was fired. But next day, he was re-engaged.(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920)

Later, when Lormy became an motion picture actor in the United States, he was asked, what your grandfather and your father would have thought of motion picture as an art. he replied, "I fear grandfather would never have considered them seriously, for he was too much of the old school to welcome such a radical step. But I'm sure father would have welcomed them as a marvelous means of perpetuating the work of great actors."(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920)

Lormy continued to work as an actor until his grandfather died June 8, 1896. Lormy was on the train with him when he died.(*Moving Picture World, 1 Jan 1916) Lormy was placed in a military school in Peekskill, New York.(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920)

Lormy remembered Belle Stoddard, wife of Paul Menifee Johnstone, as “like a mother to me than aunt.” He said, "At the time I was sent to school at Peekskill my mother and father were both on the road, while my aunt had married Menifee Johnstone and decided to retire from the stage for a while. So I was left in my aunt's care for many years. Whenever my parents played in any city near New York my aunt would take me to visit them, and always on Christmas and at Easter time we would join my father and mother wherever they happened to be."(*The Canaseraga Times, Canaseraga, New York, Oct 1, 1920) Lormy said she had been "a real good sport" to him.(*Picturegoer, Dec 1921)

Later, his father died February 18, 1900. Lormy claimed that after his father's death, he and his mother clung to each other in their grief and spent several years traveling thru Europe and later settled in Liverpool.(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920) But actually his mother remarried in May 25, 1903, to an Englishman named Henry Butler Hardrige Palmer in Manhattan, New York City. Then it makes perfect sense that the three of them ended up living in the England. But Lormy never said about his mother's remarriage to American press.

In May 3, 1906, a boy named William Spencer Palmer was born to Henry Butler Hardrige Palmer and Frances Johnstone in Rock Ferry, Cheshire. He was baptized on February 24, 1907, in Bebington, where Bebington College, where his half brother Lormy attended(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920), was located.

In England(*Photoplay, Apr 1917), Frank Mayo married an blue-eyed, auburn-haired English woman named Joyce Eleanor Moore. She was born in March 6, 1894.

Meanwhile, George Lorimer Johnstone, Jr., who worked as a producer at the Santa Barbara Film Company(=American Film Manufacturing Company), invited Lormy to join him, so Lormy left his mother in England for the United States to join his uncle.(*Motion Picture Magazine, Sep 1920)

(Passenger list of SS Adriatic had sailed from Liverpool in June 25, 1914, and arrived at port of New York City in July 3, 1914. This record shows Frank and Joyce Mayo as a married couple and it means they were married before June 25, 1914. / Family Search)

In terms of his early career, Lormy worked first at American Film Manufacturing Company, then at Selig.

(Group photo of Balboa Players at a ball at the Hotel Virginia: The Moving Picture World, 4 March 1916 Bottom right-hand photo: Photo of Mrs. Joyce Moore Mayo. Her passport application, 1920 / Family Search)

And then, he and his wife Joyce Eleanor Moore worked at Balboa during 1915-17. At Balboa, his frequent leading lady was Ruth Roland.

During his very early film career, he unintentionally rode on his grandfather's coattails. One article said, "His grandfather, Frank Mayo, one of the foremost American actors of a generation ago, is still remembered for his sterling characterizations in 'Davy Crockett' and 'Puddin' Head Wilson.' Although American born, Americans do not know much of this young man, for the greater part of his professional life has been spent abroad."(*Moving Picture World, 1 Jan 1916)

Lormy was likely signed with World in 1918. At World, He was usually portrayed as villain characters and often co-starred with June Elvidge.

Since about 1919, Lormy started to work for Universal. One article described the Universal films starring Frank Mayo as "Universal features full of punch and punches."(*Pictures and Picturegoer, Feb 1924) At Universal, Lormy was usually cast in the 'fighting Romeo' roles. He said that the reason of the success of Universal film The Brute Breaker (1919) is because there was a climatic fight in it. He said, "I should like to have a chance to show the public that I can at least try to do something else than fight. I do not care about playing society-man types. Pretty boys are out of my line. I wouldn't play a pretty-boy part because I hate the type."(*Pantomime, Feb 25, 1922)

Meanwhile, in 1919, Lormy and his wife Joyce are separated. One article describes Joyce Moore's conjugal pastime was throwing lamps at her husband.(*Motion Picture Magazine, January 1922)

In 1920, Joyce Moore charged Dagmar Godowsky, a co-star of her husband and a daughter of famous pianist Leopold Godowsky, with being the home-breaker.(*Photoplay, May 1920) It is said that Frank Mayo sued Joyce Moore for a divorce on the grounds of desertion(*Photoplay, January 1922) after Joyce had dropped her second suit for separate maintenance she filed against him.(*Motion Picture Magazine, November 1920)

In 1921, Frank Mayo received interlocutory decree of divorce. Three (or four) days later, on October 1, 1921, he married Dagmar Godowsky in Tia Juana, Mexico, because California laws require a divorced person to wait one year before marrying again. In other words, he married Dagmar before his divorce decree became final. Like Rudolph Valentino, Henry Walthall, he was investigated for bigamy. Unlike the general press, movie magazines incorrectly reported that Frank Mayo had married Dagmar after his divorce was finalized, which gave Mayo and Dagmar's marriage considerable support. The disgrace was that his picture appeared in the newspaper next to Henry Walthall's photo while he was investigated for bigamy, and the problem was that Lormy had no reason to flee to another country and marry whereas Henry Walthall had reason to flee to another state and marry(his mistress, Mary Charleson, had already given birth to his baby eight months earlier), so unlike Henry Walthall's marriage, Lormy's marriage could only be seen as bigamy no matter how they look at it. It must have left a huge stain on his career.

”Often, when the subject of Mrs. Mayo's career is broached, there is a friendly argument between husband and wife, for Frank wishes her to be content as the wife of a man who adores her."(*Pantomime, Feb 25, 1922) In response to Dagmar Godowsky's question, “But Frank, do married women have no rights? Must I sit at home just because I am your wife?” Lormy is said to have replied, “You must.”(*Pantomime, Feb 25, 1922) He once said, "I don't believe a woman should work after she is married.(*Photoplay, June 1922) I personally think that home life is happier for a woman's remaining in the home and making a career of domestic life; yet I sympathize with my wife's ambitions, and I know we shall continue to be happy no matter what happens."(*Picture-Play, April 1922) His idealized image of a woman seems to reflect Belle Stoddard Johnstone rather than his mother.

I don't know exactly when it happened, but Joyce Moore has attempted to have the decree of divorce set aside; and has come all the way from Paris, where she appeared in a revue, to do it. Joyce said that she was not notified of the divorce proceedings while Lormy saying that she was. (*Photoplay, Jan 1923)

Meanwhile, Lormy's stepfather Henry Butler Hardrige Palmer died in November 4, 1922.

(Passenger list of SS Baltic which left Liverpool on September 29, 1923. This record shows Frances Johnstone Palmer and her son W.S. Palmer together. / Family Search)

(SS Baltic arrived in New York City on October 9, 1923. W.S. Palmer's naturalization record of 1943 / Family Search)

In 1923, Frances Johnstone moved to United States from England with her son William Spencer Palmer.

There wasn't enough insistent demand for Frank Mayo to warrant owner of Universal Pictures, Carl Laemmle's giving him a raise and retaining his service.(*Screenland, Feb 1924) Lormy left Universal. He seems to have signed with Goldwyn around January, 1923. "Out of Universal, Mayo sold his services to Goldwyn for several times the amount he received at Universal City. But he didn't sign as a star; he signed as a supporting player. In other words, Goldwyn considers Frank Mayo several times more valuable to have around the studio than did Universal."(*Screenland, Feb 1924) His career took a downward spiral at least since 1925.

In 1925, one article reported that "Here it is almost the season for brides and not a single film star has announced her engagement. More of them seem to be contemplating divorce. Dagmar Godowsky is getting one from Frank Mayo but it seems to be that the papers have been full of that for years."(*Picture-Play, Jun 1925) The event that cemented Dagmar Godowsky's decision to divorce was her husband's involvement with Anna Luther.

"Anna Luther was a Keystone-Triangle leading lady during 1915-16, who left for Foxfilm comedies and feature films in the 1920s."(*Brent E. Walker, Mack Sennett's Fun Factory, p.591) Dagmar Godowsky named Anna Luther as co-respondent in a suit brought against Frank Mayo in March 1925. Dagmar Godowsky discovered her husband with Anna Luther in his apartment. She claimed that her husband was wearing only a bathrobe.

When Dagmar said, “Now I can get my divorce.”, Frank Mayo reportedly said, “But why bother about that?” Dagmar then said, “You and I were never legally married and so the courts have nothing to say about parting us.”(*The Troy Sunday Budget, Troy, New York, Jul 12, 1925)

Meanwhile, Anna Luther claimed that she had been friends with Frank Mayo since the days when she was still at Keystone Studios and was merely comforting Mayo, who was suffering from a headache. "It looks pretty funny to me, Don't forget that Dagmar herself was the co-respondent in Frank Mayo's first divorce suit," unashamed but witty Anna Luther said.

In the same year, 1925, Frank Mayo applied for $2500 attorney fees to permit Joyce Moore to appear in connection with a suit between them over a property settlement that they had entered into in 1923. Joyce Moore was said to be in England and without means to come to America and appear in the suit over the contract under which Frank Mayo was to pay her $150 a week alimony. Joyce Moore also filed a motion after the interlocutory decree was entered, asking her default be set aside on the ground that she had been unable to come to America and fight the divorce suit. She was said to have been working at the time in Paris, France, as a chorus girl at a salary of $25 a week. During the arguments in the new case it developed that a final decree of divorce had never been entered.(*Photoplay, January 1925) This is what made marriage between Mayo and Godowsky was annulled.

However, I think that only movie fans were unaware that their divorce was not yet final but the parties (Frank Mayo and Joyce Moore) were aware of that. (There were reports in the general press outside of movie magazines that Frank Mayo's marriage was being investigated for bigamy.)

In May 29, 1925, He is granted a final decree of divorce from Joyce Moore.

An article about the preview of the 1927 film Ragtime, directed by Scott Pembroke, reveals that the hostess of the preview was Joyce Moore. The article describes Joyce Moore as “Mrs. Frank Mayo” and “known in stage and screen circles as Joyce Mayo”.(*Moving Picture World, 27 Aug 1927)

In August 25, 1928, Frank Mayo married vaudeville performer Margaret Louise Shorey. The wedding took place in Lynchburg, Virginia, where the two were filling a stage engagement.(*Picture-Play, Jul 1929)

Meanwhile, Although Lormy's mother Frances returned to the United States after her husband's death, Lormy and his mother lived in separate parallel worlds.

According to United States Census, 1930, Frances Johnstone lives with her son William Spencer in New Jersey while Lormy living with his wife Margaret Shorey in Los Angeles, California.

According to United States Census, 1940, Frances Johnstone lives with her son William Spencer and her sister Kathrine Mary Johnstone in New York City while Lormy living with his wife Margaret Shorey in Los Angeles, California.

(William Spencer Palmer's WW2 draft registration / Family Search)

(Frank Mayo's WW2 draft registration / Family Search)

Most notable records showing these two parallel worlds are World War 2 draft registrations of Lormy and his half brother William Spencer. Lormy wrote the name of (Isa)belle Stoddard Johnstone, wife of late Paul Menifee Johnstone, on the space 'Name and address of person who will always know your address' while William Spencer wrote the name of his mother on that space.

(W.S. Palmer's personal description. World War 2 draft registration in 1940 (aged 34) / Family Search)

(W.S. Palmer's personal description. Naturalization record in 1943 (aged 37) / Family Search)

William Spencer Palmer married an American woman named Elizabeth Sherwood in June 27, 1941, and he became naturalized in the United States in 1943. Their daughter Frances P. Palmer was born in New York in 1945.

Frances Johnstone' sister Kathrine Mary Johnstone died in February 23, 1947.

According to United States Census, 1950, Frances Johnstone lives with her son William Spencer, his wife Elizabeth, and his daughter Frances in New Jersey while Lormy living with his wife Evelyn in Los Angeles, California. Back then, William Spencer Palmer was a proprietor of Jewelry accessory firm.