Well let that be a lesson to consult "la t�te rance de fromage"
heavily when writing about dear Ollie...

--- In TheNewCovenOfOliveThomas@yahoogroups.com,
"rancidcheesehead" <rancidcheesehead@...> wrote:
>
> First, congratulations on finding the actual wedding date of
Ollie
> and Jack. It is excellent news and Bill should be commended
on his
> superb research. As can be attested by anyone who searched
for
> this "holy grail", there were a lot of red herrings and the
wedding
> date explains a lot of things including why Ollie made "Heiress
for a
> Day" in less than ten days (she left with Jack for the east
> immediately after finishing this film) and why Ollie was not
> mentioned in any form as their biggest draw as Famous
Player-Lasky
> and Triangle were about to merger. (Ollie was in NYC with
Jack as
> newlyweds while officials from both firms inspected the Culver
City
> studios and watch an Alma Ruebens picture being filmed.)
The merger
> was off as Ollie started to film again.
>
> Second, Ollie first marriage and divorce are well documented
and can
> be obtained from the Office of the Prothonotary in Pittsburgh for
> less than $20.00. Ollie was sixteen and Krough was 20 and
listed his
> profession as a clerk. They separated in Nov 1913 and Ollie
filed for
> divorce from NYC in January 1914 citing extreme cruelty. The
divorce
> was granted in February 1915 for $25.00 because Mr. Thomas
could
> never be served. Ollie was granted a week's leave from the
Frolic to
> attend the court hearing. The details that can be obtained tend
to
> confirm certain details of Mr. Thomas' 1931 interview.
>
> Again, congratulations on fine work.
>
> Rancid
>