The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-04-30
BUNNY'S FUNERAL
HELD IN NEW YORK
THE FAMOUS MOVIE COMEDIAN
is BURIED FROM THE
ELkS' LODGE.

new York, April 30.-John Bunny
moving picture actor who has delight
ed thousands, was buried in Eyergree,
Cemetery yesterday. Celebrities IL
the moving picture world and mana
gers, actors and actresses of the legiti
mate stage attended his funeral in the
lodge room Of the Elks Club Wednes
day night Funeral services were con
Quoted by Elks and Masons.
| Mr.. Bunny was unquestionably the
most popular celebrity that the movies
have produced OF no actor in any
branch Of the stage can it more truly
be said that his face was his fortune.
His beaming countenance. flashed ST.
multaneously on tens of thousands of
screens throughout the country, de.
lighted the young and old alike. When.
ever he walked on the street he was
sure to be followed by ar admiring
throng. He had to give up dining in
restaurants because he grew weary of
bCiiS BdLeu at continually.
Three years ago Mr.. Bunny made
his first trip to England. He said he
did not believe he personally knew a
soul in the islands. But when he
walked in the streets of London the
attention he created was as great as
in New York
Children In London Knew Him.
There's funny BUNNY" the chill. |
dren would cry as they fell into the
procession that logged his footsteps.
In Paris and Berlin the experiences of
this old genius were the same.
Not until 1910 did Mr.. Bunny dis.
cover that he could capitalize his face
md make it earn a fortune. For wears
lie had been earning less than 800 a
week as legitimate actor and in
musical comedies. Then he went into
he movies as flyer" In a year his
alary had risen to $500 a week all ,
he year round, and he collected royal 7
les. in addition. on the hundreds of
Inns IN which he appeared. ID
Early this year he temporarily left I
lowing pictures to head a vaudeville I
ompany, and 1t was while in this 4
'ork that he became i'll. He had been 4
bic to name his own salary, so eager
ere the people to see the real Bunnvs
/ the flesh. u
Leaves Widow and Son. g
The actor was fifty-two years old. n
e was born in Brooklyn. where as a Il
~ he attended the st. James Patro. fe
lial School in Jay street. His father
I'd come from Penzance, England. m
ID the son was the first of nine gen. W
atoms that had not adopted a sea- m
ring life. For time he worked in 81
store, but at twenty launched out as W
minstrel man. CT
Mr.. Bunny's marked physical pecu. re
rities limited his range Of roles
hen he graduated to the legitimate o'
age. But he was much sought after 81
act certain parts. One of his big ga
ccesses was In a "rube" role in 81
way Down East" In thirty years on pi
e stage he appeared with Maude an
lams, Sol Smith Russell. Annie Rus.
II, and in companies managed BY OF
llliam A. Brady, Charles Frohman. sa
'nry w. Savage, Daniel Frohman nc
d the Shuberts. He even imper-
mated low comedy roles of Shakes sh
are plays, and was successful as Tn
tom when Annie Russell produced TN
Midsummer Nights Dream" TIL
dr. Bunny was a member of the
IS, Masons and the Vaudeville Club. ior
Houston, Texas, in 1890, he mar. sh
d Miss Clara Scallan. He leaves, me
ides his widow son, John Bunny. 10Y
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