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{{short description|American actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = George F. Houston
| name = George F. Houston
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| birthname = George Fleming Houston
| birthname = George Fleming Houston
| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|1|11}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1896|1|11}}
| birth_place = [[Hampton, New Jersey]], USA
| birth_place = [[Hampton, New Jersey]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|11|12|1896|1|11}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1944|11|12|1896|1|11}}
| death_place = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], USA
| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]]
| othername = George Byron
| othername = George Byron
| occupation = [[Film]], [[theatre|stage]] actor
| occupation = [[Film]], [[theatre|stage]] actor
| spouse = Leone Sousa (1909 - 2001)<br>Virginia Card (?-1944) (his death)
| spouse = {{plainlist|
* {{marriage|Leone Sousa|September 8, 1933|February 21, 1940|end=divorced}}
* {{marriage|Virginia Card||November 12, 1944|end=died}}
}}
| yearsactive = 1934&ndash;1942
| yearsactive = 1934&ndash;1942
| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
| allegiance = {{flag|United States of America}}
| branch = {{flag|United States Army}}
| serviceyears = 1917–1919}}
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==Early life, World War I service==
==Early life, World War I service==
Born and raised in [[Hampton, New Jersey]], his parents were [[Reverend]] Thomas Houston, a blind evangelist,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/celebrity-clipping-oct-25-1935-1850860/ |title=About George Houston |date=October 25, 1935 |newspaper=[[Charleston Daily Mail]] |accessdate=July 9, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709110528/https://newspaperarchive.com/celebrity-clipping-oct-25-1935-1850860/ |archivedate=July 9, 2020 |url-status=live |page=17 |via=[[NewspaperArchive]]}}</ref> and Mrs. Charles Houston. He attended [[Blair Academy]], in [[New Jersey]], where he ran [[Track and field|track]], then later he attended the Institute of Musical Arts, the original name for what would eventually become [[Juilliard School]]. Houston received two degrees, one in voice, and one for teaching music.<ref name="hs">{{cite book |last1=Parish |first1=James Robert |last2=Pitts |first2=Michael R. |title=Hollywood Songsters: Garland to O'Connor |date=2003 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-94333-8 |pages=391–393 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p3HWDtBhLykC&q=%22George+Byron%22+singer&pg=PA391 |accessdate=June 7, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
Born and raised in [[Hampton, New Jersey]], his parents were Thomas and Margaret Fleming Houston. His father, Thomas, was from [[Scotland]], and had been [[Blindness|blind]]ed as a child in an accident. His father became a successful [[Presbyterian]] minister, and was called, respectfully, "the blind evangelist". George Houston attended his father's services and learned to sing through the church.


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Houston joined the [[U.S. Army]], serving in [[France]] during [[World War I]], attached to the 17th French Division, in the [[Ambulance]] Service. His military service ran from June 5, 1917, to April 12, 1919.
Although [[Hollywood, California|Hollywood]] would later advertise that George Houston attended [[Rutgers University]], he did not. Instead, he attended [[Blair Academy]], in [[New Jersey]], where he ran [[Track and field|track]], then later he attended the "Institute of Musical Art", the original name for what would eventually become [[Juilliard School]]. Houston received two degrees, one in voice, and one for teaching music.


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In 1923 he began studying at the [[Eastman School of Music]] in [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]]. Houston garnered leading bass roles in such operas as ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'' and ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' under the direction of [[Vladimir Rosing]]. Members of Rosing's opera department soon spun off into the [[American Opera Company]], touring the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] successfully for several years until the Depression grounded the promising venture in 1930. Highlights for Houston included a performance of ''[[Carmen]]'' with guest artist [[Mary Garden]], a season at the Guild Theater on Broadway and a performance for [[Calvin Coolidge|President Coolidge]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], in December 1927.
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Houston joined the [[US Army]], serving in [[France]] during [[World War I]], attached to the 17th French Division, in the [[Ambulance]] Service. His military service ran from June 5, 1917, to April 12, 1919.

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In 1923 he began studying at the [[Eastman School of Music]] in [[Rochester, New York|Rochester]]. Houston garnered leading bass roles in such operas as ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'' and ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' under the direction of [[Vladimir Rosing]]. Members of Rosing's opera department soon spun off into the [[American Opera Company]], touring the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] successfully for several years until the Depression grounded the promising venture in 1930. Highlights for Houston included a performance of ''[[Carmen]]'' with guest artist [[Mary Garden]], a season at the Guild Theater on Broadway and a performance for [[Calvin Coolidge|President Coolidge]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] in December 1927.


==Acting career==
==Acting career==
Houston's Broadway credits included ''The O'Flynn'' (1934), ''Caviar'' (1934), ''Shooting Star'' (1933), ''Melody'' (1933), ''A Modern Virgin'' (1931), ''The Venetian Glass Nephew'' (1931), ''Fioretta'' (1929), and ''Chee-Chee'' (1928).<ref>{{cite web |title=George Houston |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/george-houston-45664 |website=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |accessdate=June 7, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607223641/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/george-houston-45664 |archivedate=June 7, 2020}}</ref>
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After doing some stage acting on [[Broadway theater|Broadway]], Houston was enticed to try his acting skills in [[Hollywood]] by the early 1930s, hoping to win parts in singing films. He received small bit parts in six different films, but no roles that cast him in a starring role. After his sixth, he found himself unemployed.


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After doing some stage acting on [[Broadway theater|Broadway]], Houston was enticed to try his acting skills in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] by the early 1930s, hoping to win parts in singing films. He received small bit parts in six different films, but no roles that cast him in a starring role. After his sixth, he found himself unemployed.
In 1935, a small production company, [[Grand National Pictures]], took notice of Houston and hired him to play the lead role in the 1936 film ''[[Captain Calamity (film)|Captain Calamity]]'', and then later to play the role of [[Wild Bill Hickok]] in ''[[Frontier Scout]]''. The film, released in 1938, was successful and brought Houston to the notice of other production companies. That same year he would play a small role in ''[[Blockade (1938 film)|Blockade]]'' with [[Henry Fonda]] and [[Madeleine Carroll]], but in which he was billed as [[Lord Byron|"George Byron"]], in [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]'s movie ''[[The Great Waltz]]'', also released in 1938, he played Fritz Schiller and sang Strauss' "I'm in Love with Vienna" in a rousing operatic [[tenor]] voice, which was referred to in the movie itself as "contralto."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030202/fullcredits|title=The Great Waltz (1938) - IMDb|via=www.imdb.com}}</ref>

On September 8, 1933, in [[New York City]], Houston married [[Leone Sousa]], a model and [[Ziegfeld girl]].<ref name="cg">{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/divorce-clipping-feb-22-1940-1850734/ |title=George Houston Divorced |date=February 22, 1940 |newspaper=[[Charleston Gazette]] |accessdate=July 9, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709045229/https://newspaperarchive.com/divorce-clipping-feb-22-1940-1850734/ |archivedate=July 9, 2020 |url-status=live |page=13 |via=[[NewspaperArchive]]}}</ref><ref name="lat">{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55008053/husband-right-i-was-wrong-says/ |title=Husband Right---I Was Wrong, Says Actress Granted Divorce |date=February 22, 1940 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709103517/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55008053/husband-right-i-was-wrong-says/ |archivedate=July 9, 2020 |url-status=live |page=21 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> They later moved to [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]. In 1936, Houston and Sousa performed together in the play [[Everyman]], produced by the California Festival Association at the [[Hollywood Bowl]] and directed by [[Max Reinhardt]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Leone Sousa; Model and Ziegfeld Follies Girl |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-19-me-14271-story.html |date=January 19, 2001 |access-date=July 9, 2020 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709054523/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-jan-19-me-14271-story.html | archivedate=July 9, 2020 | url-status=live}}</ref> Houston was cast as Mephisto in another lavish Max Reinhardt production of Faust at the Pilgrimage Theatre in Hollywood in 1938.

In 1935, Houston was noticed by small production company [[Grand National Pictures]], who hired him to play the lead role in a series of musical westerns including the 1936 film ''[[Captain Calamity (film)|Captain Calamity]]'' and the 1938 film ''[[Frontier Scout (1938 film)|Frontier Scout]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/entertainment-clipping-dec-15-1942-1850809/ |title=Cowboy Ballads Led Houston to Hollywood |date=December 15, 1942 |newspaper=[[The Cumberland News]] |accessdate=July 9, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709065855/https://newspaperarchive.com/entertainment-clipping-dec-15-1942-1850809/ |archivedate=July 9, 2020 |url-status=live |page=13 |via=[[NewspaperArchive]] |quote=George consented to sing a few prairie ballads for the man, and before he realized what was happening, he found himself under contract to Grand National Pictures to do a series of musical westerns.}}</ref> The 1938 film was successful and brought Houston to the notice of other production companies. That same year he would play a small role in ''[[Blockade (1938 film)|Blockade]]'' with [[Henry Fonda]] and [[Madeleine Carroll]], in which he was billed as [[Lord Byron|"George Byron"]]. In [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]]'s movie ''[[The Great Waltz (1938 film)|The Great Waltz]]'', also released in 1938, he played the opera singer Fritz Schiller.<ref name="hs" />

On February 21, 1940, Houston and Sousa divorced, after having parted on November 1, 1939. Sousa spoke about Houston in court: "He paid practically no attention to me. He'd go out socially without me and he wouldn't return until some time between 2 and 5 o'clock in the morning. [...] He was always having bills for champagne sent to our home. But I never saw the champagne." Sousa was awarded the divorce decree and Houston was made to pay her $200 a month in [[alimony]] until one of them died or Sousa remarried.<ref name="cg" /><ref name="lat" /> Houston later married opera singer Virginia Card, who he stayed with until his death.<ref name="nyt">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1944/11/14/archives/george-f-houston-opera-singer-47-head-of-pasadena-calif-unit-dies.html |title=GEORGE F. HOUSTON, OPERA SINGER, 47; Head of Pasadena, Calif., Unit Dies on Eve of Guild Tour -- Began Here in 1927 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 14, 1944 |accessdate=July 9, 2020 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>


By 1940, following several failed film endeavors, [[Grand National Films Inc.|Grand National Pictures]] was in trouble, and they went out of business soon after. Houston had been billed prior to this time by a new company, [[Producers Releasing Corporation]], as the future character of [[Billy the Kid]] in an eight film series for that company. However, when it came time to film the series, [[Bob Steele (actor)|Bob Steele]] was cast in the role for six episodes, and was replaced by [[Buster Crabbe]] following Steele's departure to [[Republic Pictures]].
By 1940, following several failed film endeavors, [[Grand National Films Inc.|Grand National Pictures]] was in trouble, and they went out of business soon after. Houston had been billed prior to this time by a new company, [[Producers Releasing Corporation]], as the future character of [[Billy the Kid]] in an eight film series for that company. However, when it came time to film the series, [[Bob Steele (actor)|Bob Steele]] was cast in the role for six episodes, and was replaced by [[Buster Crabbe]] following Steele's departure to [[Republic Pictures]].


Despite his not being cast in the "Billy the Kid" role, PRC gave Houston his own series of films. He would make eleven films as "The Lone Rider", beginning with the 1941 film ''[[The Lone Rider Rides On]]'', in which he sang the theme song in an equally rousing tenor voice at the beginning and end.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7yQ7U0Ou0w</ref> [[Al St. John|Al "Fuzzy" St. John]] played his [[sidekick]] in all eleven films. However, by the end of 1942, Houston was replaced by veteran actor [[Robert Livingston (actor)|Bob Livingston]] as the "Lone Rider." St. John and actor [[Dennis Moore (actor)|Dennis Moore]] would remain with the series.
Despite his not being cast in the "Billy the Kid" role, PRC gave Houston his own series of films. He would make eleven films as "The Lone Rider", beginning with the 1941 film ''[[The Lone Rider Rides On]]'', in which he sang the theme song in an equally rousing bass-baritone voice at the beginning and end.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7yQ7U0Ou0w|title = - YouTube|website = [[YouTube]]}}</ref> [[Al St. John|Al "Fuzzy" St. John]] played his [[sidekick]] in all eleven films. However, by the end of 1942, Houston was replaced by veteran actor [[Robert Livingston (actor)|Bob Livingston]] as the "Lone Rider." St. John and actor [[Dennis Moore (actor)|Dennis Moore]] would remain with the series.


==Death==
Houston planned to return to his singing interests, but died unexpectedly on November 12, 1944, of a [[heart attack]]. His wife, [[Virginia Card]], was at the time starring in the Broadway hit ''[[Oklahoma!]]'', which had just debuted in 1943. Houston was, at the time of his death, preparing to take his opera company on a nationwide tour.
Houston planned to return to his singing interests, but died unexpectedly on November 12, 1944. After a rehearsal of a film, Houston had a few drinks and collapsed from a heart attack. The police, thinking he was drunk, deposited him in the [[drunk tank]]. He then died either in the drunk tank<ref>{{cite news |last=Tankenson |first=Bertha |date=April 4, 1985| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-04-04-me-19678-story.html |title=George London |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709081747/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-04-04-me-19678-story.html |archivedate=July 9, 2020 |accessdate=July 9, 2020 |url-status=live |quote=The American Opera Company was in existence only about two years and was mildly successful. It broke up when George Houston collapsed with a heart attack on a city street, was thought to be drunk and tossed into the drunk cell, where he died.}}</ref><ref name="omb">{{cite book |last=Keel |first=Howard |date=2005 |title=Only Make Believe: My Life in Show Business |publisher=[[Barricade Books]] |page=61 |isbn=1-56980-292-0}}</ref> or on the way to hospital.<ref name="hs" /> His wife, Virginia Card, was at the time starring in the Broadway hit ''[[Oklahoma!]]'', which had just debuted in 1943. Houston was, at the time of his death, preparing to take his opera company on a nationwide tour.<ref name="nyt" />


George Houston was beloved as a voice teacher and coach by Howard Keel and John Raitt. Keel writes of him in his autobiography ''Only Make Believe'': "...like a father to me." He describes Houston's tragic death. After a rehearsal of a film, Houston had a few drinks and collapsed from a heart attack. The LA police deposited him in the drunk tank where he died.
George Houston was beloved as a voice teacher and coach by Howard Keel and John Raitt. Keel wrote in his autobiography ''Only Make Believe'' that Houston was "...like a father to me.", and described his death.<ref name="omb" />


== Partial filmography ==
== Partial filmography ==

* ''[[The Melody Lingers On (film)|The Melody Lingers On]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Melody Lingers On (film)|The Melody Lingers On]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Captain Calamity (film)|Captain Calamity]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Captain Calamity (film)|Captain Calamity]]'' (1936)
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* ''[[Wallaby Jim of the Islands]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Wallaby Jim of the Islands]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Conquest (1937 film)|Conquest]]'' (1937) as Grand Marshal George Duroc
* ''[[Conquest (1937 film)|Conquest]]'' (1937) as Grand Marshal George Duroc
* ''[[The Great Waltz]]'' (1938) as Fritz Schiller
* ''[[Frontier Scout (1938 film)|Frontier Scout]]'' (1938) as [[Wild Bill Hickok]]
* ''[[The Great Waltz (1938 film)|The Great Waltz]]'' (1938) as Fritz Schiller
* ''[[The Howards of Virginia]]'' (1940) as [[George Washington]]
* ''[[The Howards of Virginia]]'' (1940) as [[George Washington]]
* ''[[Laughing at Danger]]'' (1940)
* ''[[Laughing at Danger (1940 film)|Laughing at Danger]]'' (1940)


The "Lone Rider" films:
The "Lone Rider" films:
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George F. Houston
Born
George Fleming Houston

(1896-01-11)January 11, 1896
Hampton, New Jersey
DiedNovember 12, 1944(1944-11-12) (aged 48)
Los Angeles, California
Other namesGeorge Byron
Occupation(s)Film, stage actor
Years active1934–1942
Spouses
Leone Sousa
​
​
(m. 1933; div. 1940)​
Virginia Card
​
(died 1944)​
Military career
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Army
Years of service1917–1919

George Fleming Houston (January 11, 1896 – November 12, 1944) was an American B-western film actor and accomplished singer in the early half of the 20th century.

Early life, World War I service[edit]

Born and raised in Hampton, New Jersey, his parents were Reverend Thomas Houston, a blind evangelist,[1] and Mrs. Charles Houston. He attended Blair Academy, in New Jersey, where he ran track, then later he attended the Institute of Musical Arts, the original name for what would eventually become Juilliard School. Houston received two degrees, one in voice, and one for teaching music.[2]

Houston joined the U.S. Army, serving in France during World War I, attached to the 17th French Division, in the Ambulance Service. His military service ran from June 5, 1917, to April 12, 1919.

In 1923 he began studying at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. Houston garnered leading bass roles in such operas as Boris Godunov and Faust under the direction of Vladimir Rosing. Members of Rosing's opera department soon spun off into the American Opera Company, touring the United States and Canada successfully for several years until the Depression grounded the promising venture in 1930. Highlights for Houston included a performance of Carmen with guest artist Mary Garden, a season at the Guild Theater on Broadway and a performance for President Coolidge in Washington, D.C., in December 1927.

Acting career[edit]

Houston's Broadway credits included The O'Flynn (1934), Caviar (1934), Shooting Star (1933), Melody (1933), A Modern Virgin (1931), The Venetian Glass Nephew (1931), Fioretta (1929), and Chee-Chee (1928).[3]

After doing some stage acting on Broadway, Houston was enticed to try his acting skills in Hollywood by the early 1930s, hoping to win parts in singing films. He received small bit parts in six different films, but no roles that cast him in a starring role. After his sixth, he found himself unemployed.

On September 8, 1933, in New York City, Houston married Leone Sousa, a model and Ziegfeld girl.[4][5] They later moved to Los Angeles, California. In 1936, Houston and Sousa performed together in the play Everyman, produced by the California Festival Association at the Hollywood Bowl and directed by Max Reinhardt.[6] Houston was cast as Mephisto in another lavish Max Reinhardt production of Faust at the Pilgrimage Theatre in Hollywood in 1938.

In 1935, Houston was noticed by small production company Grand National Pictures, who hired him to play the lead role in a series of musical westerns including the 1936 film Captain Calamity and the 1938 film Frontier Scout.[7] The 1938 film was successful and brought Houston to the notice of other production companies. That same year he would play a small role in Blockade with Henry Fonda and Madeleine Carroll, in which he was billed as "George Byron". In MGM's movie The Great Waltz, also released in 1938, he played the opera singer Fritz Schiller.[2]

On February 21, 1940, Houston and Sousa divorced, after having parted on November 1, 1939. Sousa spoke about Houston in court: "He paid practically no attention to me. He'd go out socially without me and he wouldn't return until some time between 2 and 5 o'clock in the morning. [...] He was always having bills for champagne sent to our home. But I never saw the champagne." Sousa was awarded the divorce decree and Houston was made to pay her $200 a month in alimony until one of them died or Sousa remarried.[4][5] Houston later married opera singer Virginia Card, who he stayed with until his death.[8]

By 1940, following several failed film endeavors, Grand National Pictures was in trouble, and they went out of business soon after. Houston had been billed prior to this time by a new company, Producers Releasing Corporation, as the future character of Billy the Kid in an eight film series for that company. However, when it came time to film the series, Bob Steele was cast in the role for six episodes, and was replaced by Buster Crabbe following Steele's departure to Republic Pictures.

Despite his not being cast in the "Billy the Kid" role, PRC gave Houston his own series of films. He would make eleven films as "The Lone Rider", beginning with the 1941 film The Lone Rider Rides On, in which he sang the theme song in an equally rousing bass-baritone voice at the beginning and end.[9] Al "Fuzzy" St. John played his sidekick in all eleven films. However, by the end of 1942, Houston was replaced by veteran actor Bob Livingston as the "Lone Rider." St. John and actor Dennis Moore would remain with the series.

Death[edit]

Houston planned to return to his singing interests, but died unexpectedly on November 12, 1944. After a rehearsal of a film, Houston had a few drinks and collapsed from a heart attack. The police, thinking he was drunk, deposited him in the drunk tank. He then died either in the drunk tank[10][11] or on the way to hospital.[2] His wife, Virginia Card, was at the time starring in the Broadway hit Oklahoma!, which had just debuted in 1943. Houston was, at the time of his death, preparing to take his opera company on a nationwide tour.[8]

George Houston was beloved as a voice teacher and coach by Howard Keel and John Raitt. Keel wrote in his autobiography Only Make Believe that Houston was "...like a father to me.", and described his death.[11]

Partial filmography[edit]

The "Lone Rider" films:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "About George Houston". Charleston Daily Mail. October 25, 1935. p. 17. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.
  2. ^ a b c Parish, James Robert; Pitts, Michael R. (2003). Hollywood Songsters: Garland to O'Connor. Taylor & Francis. pp. 391–393. ISBN 978-0-415-94333-8. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  3. ^ "George Houston". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on June 7, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "George Houston Divorced". Charleston Gazette. February 22, 1940. p. 13. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.
  5. ^ a b "Husband Right---I Was Wrong, Says Actress Granted Divorce". Los Angeles Times. February 22, 1940. p. 21. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Leone Sousa; Model and Ziegfeld Follies Girl". Los Angeles Times. January 19, 2001. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  7. ^ "Cowboy Ballads Led Houston to Hollywood". The Cumberland News. December 15, 1942. p. 13. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive. George consented to sing a few prairie ballads for the man, and before he realized what was happening, he found himself under contract to Grand National Pictures to do a series of musical westerns.
  8. ^ a b "GEORGE F. HOUSTON, OPERA SINGER, 47; Head of Pasadena, Calif., Unit Dies on Eve of Guild Tour -- Began Here in 1927". The New York Times. November 14, 1944. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
  9. ^ "- YouTube". YouTube.
  10. ^ Tankenson, Bertha (April 4, 1985). "George London". The New York Times. Archived from the original on July 9, 2020. Retrieved July 9, 2020. The American Opera Company was in existence only about two years and was mildly successful. It broke up when George Houston collapsed with a heart attack on a city street, was thought to be drunk and tossed into the drunk cell, where he died.
  11. ^ a b Keel, Howard (2005). Only Make Believe: My Life in Show Business. Barricade Books. p. 61. ISBN 1-56980-292-0.

External links[edit]

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