Rose Melville( January 30, 1867 or
1873- October 8, 1946) born Rose Smock, was an American stage actress famous for playing one character her whole career," Sis Hopkins".
Melville got her start in 1889 at Zanesville, Ohio playing a male role in a play called" Queen's Evidence".
Other known plays she appeared in were" Uncle Tom's Cabin The Two Orphans" and" Fanchon the Cricket".
Mellville had a sister Ida, together they formed a traveling stock company.
In 1894 a play called" Zeb" was produced in which Melville performed the Sis Hopkins character for the first time.
The play was so successful that it was brought to New York that same year.
The Sis Hopkins character appeared in three more plays" Little Christopher The Prodigal Father"; 1896–97 and" By the Sad Sea Waves"; 1898- 99.
Melville presented Sis Hopkins in Vaudeville in a sketch called" Sis Hopkins' Visit".
After this sketch she had it rewritten as a longer play called" Sis Hopkins".
It was this play that garnered her greatest fame and she eventually performed it over 5,000 times.
In 1916 the Kalem Company contracted with Rose Melville to make twenty- one short films all with Melville starring in her Sis Hopkins character.
She dispensed with the Sis Hopkins character briefly in the 20s to play in two feature films in 1922 and 1923.
In 1918 Goldwyn Pictures produced a feature film version of the" Sis Hopkins" play starring Mabel Normand.
The film is now lost.
Al Weisel( July 18, 1963 – February 27, 2010) was a freelance writer who lived in New York City.
Weisel wrote for" Rolling Stone The Washington PostNew York Newsday", and" Us Magazine".
He also wrote for" PremiereSpinTracks GeorgeTravel& LeisureOutTime Out New York", and the" Bulletin"( Australia).
From 1999 to 2002 he was the Movies Editor at CDNow where he launched the video/ DVD section.
In October 2005, he published" Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Cause", a book he co-authored with Larry Frascella, which explores the making of the film" Rebel Without a Cause" and in particular the relationships between director Nicholas Ray and leading actors James Dean and Natalie Wood.
He authored a satirical political blog under the pseudonym Jon Swift.
There he wrote:" I am a reasonable conservative who likes to write about politics and culture.
Since the media is biased I get all my news from Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and Jay Leno monologues."
He died on February 27, 2010.
Live Fast, Die Young is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Paul Henreid starring Mary Murphy, Norma Eberhardt, Mike Connors and Sheridan Comerate.
Considered a cult film, promotional campaigns used the tagline" a sin-steeped story of the rise of the Beat Generation."
It was also known as Seed of Violence.
Troy Donahue was borrowed from Universal Pictures to play his role.
Sis Hopkins is a 1919 comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Mabel Normand.
The supporting cast features John Bowers and Sam De Grasse.
The plot involves an unsophisticated and eccentric country girl who comes to the city to stay with wealthy relatives.
Initially they underestimate her because she behaves so differently.
Based on a play made famous by Rose Melville, the film was released by the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation on March 2, 1919 with a running time of 50 minutes.
It is not known whether the film currently survives, and it may be a lost film.
It was subsequently remade in 1941 under the same title with hillbilly comedian Judy Canova playing Normand's role.
Norma Eberhardt( July 8, 1929 – September 16, 2011) was an American actress who began her career as a fashion model.
Her film credits included" Live Fast, Die Young" and" The Return of Dracula", both released in 1958.
Norma Eberhardt( July 8, 1929 – September 16, 2011) was an American actress who began her career as a fashion model.
Her film credits included" Live Fast, Die Young" and" The Return of Dracula", both released in 1958.
Clarence G. Badger( June 9, 1880 – June 17, 1964) was an American film director of feature films in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.
His films include" It" and" Red Hair", more than a dozen features and shorts starring Will Rogers, and two features starring Raymond Griffith," Paths to Paradise" and" Hands Up!"
He moved to Australia to direct" Rangle River"( 1936) and decided to retire there, only making one more feature," That Certain Something"( 1941).
Mr. Right is a 2009 British film directed by David Morris and Jacqui Morris.
The jointly- made gay- themed film is the debut for both directors.
Paul Henreid( 10 January 1908 – 29 March 1992) was an Austrian- born American actor and film director.
He is best remembered for two roles: Victor Laszlo in" Casablanca" and Jerry Durrance in" Now, Voyager", both released in 1942.
" Live Fast, Die Young" may refer to:

Question: Do both directors of films Live Fast, Die Young (Film) and Sis Hopkins share the same nationality?
Answer: yes