Talk:Grace Moore
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Announcement: I am collecting miscellaneous information about Moore at User:Orlady/Grace_Moore --orlady 16:59, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
- Now done with my contributions, I will delete that page. --orlady 04:19, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
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[edit] Details of geography and dates
I question the factual basis for the statement that she grew up in Chattanooga. All sources indicate that she grew up in Jellico, Tennessee, which claims her as its most famous citizen. For example, see http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/imagegallery.php?EntryID=M119 , http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0601254/bio , and http://www.gracemoore.net/biography.php . This fact was added by User:ZekeMacNeil, who I have contacted. --orlady 18:16, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
- I deleted the statement that she moved to Chattanooga as a child, since I found zero support for it. --orlady 23:30, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- However, the Zepp article in the Tennessean says her parents lived in Chattanooga as of 1928. --orlady 00:12, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
There is also some reason to question details about her birth. Some sources (including http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9125884/Grace-Moore ) give her birth date as 1901, not 1898. Apparently the 1901 birthdate appeared in Who's Who during her lifetime. I decided the best way to handle this is to use the 1898 date, but mention the other date in parentheses.
Birthplace is usually given as "Slabtown", but sometimes Del Rio is the place named. A couple of sources say "Nough, Tennessee." http://www.cockecounty.com/About.html says: "In Del Rio you will find many interesting stops including the Grace Moore birthplace," but there is no other information about the location of this birthplace. Slabtown no longer seem to be recognized as a community. However, I found a few genealogical query pages with references to "Slab Town" as a place near Del Rio. Also, there seems to have been a Slab Town School. --orlady 23:30, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Parents' names
A picture caption in the Tennessean article "Opera star trained at Ward-Belmont" identifies her mother as Tessie Jane Moore (not "Jane Moore", as given in current version of article based on Jellico history source. I think it's reasonable to assume that Jane is the same person as Tessie Jane. --orlady 00:12, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Other questionable statements
I also wonder if there is a factual basis for the statement "She reportedly made racist comments and refused to appear on the same stage as an African-American performer." --orlady 18:30, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
- Statement deleted. --orlady 16:59, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
I deleted the statement "She was at one time chosen by Florenz Ziegfeld as one of the most beautiful women in the world." It seems that Ziegfeld said that about many women. Since she apparently was never a Ziegfeld Girl, the statement has little significance here. --orlady 19:04, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Uncited potential source
http://www.maurice-abravanel.com/moore_grace_.html is interesting, but I think it may have errors.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Orlady (talk • contribs) 04:15, 8 December 2006 (UTC).
[edit] Major Cleanup
I just spent a few hours doing a major cleanup of this article. If there's something I've missed please fix it.
NewYork1956 07:55, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
