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of many theatre actors and producers, performing on screen in the new medium of film was an inferior, far less prestigious occupation than acting on stage in the "legitimate" theatre. Yost therefore adopted the name Barry O'Moore during his early years as a film actor to distinguish his screen work from his stage career, allegedly in an effort to conceal his identity and, at least to some degree, to distance himself professionally "from the shame of the cinema". Nevertheless, Yost during the motion-picture portion of his career was not credited as Barry O'Moore in all of his films or referred to consistently as O'Moore in studio production records or in release advertisements in either the silent or sound eras. Yet, outside the film industry, in the realm of theatre, he was invariably credited for decades as
Herbert Yost in his many Broadway roles and in other stage productions.
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Biograph production records, contemporary personal notes, period correspondence, or footage from a surviving film in which the actor is clearly identifiable. Some modern filmographies relating to Yost or to his screen name Barry O'Moore include his casting in some 1908 and 1909 Biograph releases but do so without any source citations. One modern reference–the 1985 volume
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The use of a screen name to hide or obscure one's identity proved to be an irrelevant issue for Yost at
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actors". Reportedly, to reduce the risk of tarnishing his reputation as a professional actor by being identified as a screen performer, Yost often billed himself as "Barry O'Moore" while working in films. He was ultimately cast in scores of motion pictures in the early silent era, although with the
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like his older siblings Walter and Harry. Harry, in fact, guided or "sponsored" his little brother's entry into performing on stage by getting
Herbert a job in 1897 with the Murray-Hart Comedy Company, which specialized in "one-night stands". In its travels to various cities and towns, that troupe
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provided audiences with some context for storylines, but Yost, like other screen actors of that period, had to convey his characters' intent and emotions solely through facial expressions, hand gestures, and by other subtle and exaggerated body movements. In his first few films for
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Mr. Yost was one actor who used a different name for his picture work. He called himself "Barry O'Moore" in the movies. Not that he felt the movies beneath him, but he was nervous about the future reaction. He showed good foresight. For as soon as the big theatrical producers got wind of the fact
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Yost spent the vast majority of the final 30 years of his career acting on stage, but he did return very briefly to films during the early sound era. Recordings of his voice are therefore preserved in at least three screen productions in which he was cast and also credited as
Herbert Yost. Those
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A full, accurate accounting of any actor's filmography from the early 1900s is made more difficult by the large number of
American films that are lost from that era. Identifications of specific cast members in any single production can also be hard to verify and often impossible to cite with
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between November 1908 and July 1915. By the time he began working in the film industry, Yost already had more than a decade of stage experience in hundreds of dramatic and comedic roles and was widely regarded in the theatre community "as one of the country's finest
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certainty, for many surviving production records provide few details. Also, Biograph and some other early studios, as a matter of company policy for years, did not publicly credit its performers or identify them in film-related news or in advertisements in either
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in Manhattan on March 14, 1944, and Yost performed not only there during the production's one-year run in New York but also during the play's subsequent tour, which continued across the country until July 1945, ending just three months before the actor's death.
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After one full season working for Murray-Hart, Yost joined the Frost Stock Company and did a multitude of jobs in its traveling shows for a salary of six dollars a week ($ 200 today). He portrayed several characters in the company's staging of
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occupied most of Yost's professional time in 1911, but he did return to screen acting to work in a variety of releases for Edison Studios from 1912 to mid-1915. In 1914 he took time away again from films to accept a role in the Broadway play
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in which Yost had co-starred on Broadway in 1911. The 1915 film version was the veteran actor's last screen performance of the silent era and one in which he was credited as Herbert Yost, no longer as Barry O'Moore. After the release of
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A listing of O'Moore's (Yost's) motion pictures can be compiled by referencing various release schedules, reviews, and profiles of Edison films cited in trade publications and newspapers published between January 1912 and January
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in Manhattan on January 2, 1911. The play was a critical and popular success and brought the actor very positive notices from New York City's top reviewers. In an assessment of the production's premiere,
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served as minor supporting characters, likely casting assignments made by Griffith to acclimate the veteran stage actor to film sets and performance methods before placing him in starring roles.
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1928:"Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940", digital image of original enumeration page, Herbert and Agnes Yost, 27 April 1940, Greenwich Town, Fairfield County, Connecticut. NARA, FamS.
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trade publications or newspapers. Such public recognition of cast and crew would not begin at Biograph until 1913, nearly four years after Yost left the company.
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focused special attention on the performances of two cast members, noting that the players "who seemed to win from the audience the most favor were
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stage role in the play's 1915 screen adaptation produced by the World Film Manufacturing Company. That 1915 release was Yost's last silent film.
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from 1908 through 1912, entries in contemporary studio directories, and print copies of Biograph's 1908 and 1909 releases preserved in the
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in that listing. Yost's casting in that production is not found in any of the numerous primary sources cited in the noted 1985 reference
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in his portrayal of the "disappointed uncle" Charles Dow Hanlon. Yost was next cast as David Crampton in another Broadway comedy,
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first two shorts for Edison in 1909, Yost soon embarked on a tour to perform with his future wife Agnes Scott in
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through a bed of violets." O'Moore's first short as Octavius in the studio's popular "Adventure" series is
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that their actors were working in moving picture studios, they decided to put a crimp in the idea. The
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stated, "Mr. Yost is a most gifted and intelligent comedian."
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and Herbert A. Yost." In another Manhattan review, the
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1735:"SOUND SHORTS/Love, Honor and Oh Baby"
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