Parents
Willard F. Blood
B: Feb. 01, 1862
Illinois
D: Apr. 30, 1929
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Agnes May Griffith
B: Mar. 31, 1872
Iowa
D: Dec. 16, 1950
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Wife:
Neva Rosetta (Cross) Blood
B: Oct. 23, 1898
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
D: Mar. 01, 1981
Mesa, AZ.
Kenneth Griffith Blood was born on April 3, 1897 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the only child of Willard and Agnes Blood. He married Neva Cross on July 6, 1919 in Sioux Falls. Son-in-law to George and Julia Cross. Brother-in-law to Ione (Bill) Allan, Georgia (Joe) Wolden, Warren (Arley) Cross, Sam (Velma) Cross and Judy (Ernie) Johnson. Ken was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. He and Neva spent summers at their cabin at Lake Madison in South Dakota. He played hard and he worked hard as the chief projectionist at the Hollywood Theater in Sioux Falls. This tribute to the projectionist by poet Alvin Richard Plough was published in 1917 in the Motion Picture News.
An Unhonored Craftsman
There's a man we never see
Given no publicity
Working on so you may view
All the movies that are new
Without flickering or break
Though his tired arms may ache
Ever watching through his "peep"
Into darkness broad and deep
Save when penetrating ray
Lights the screen as bright as day
Toiling ever on his feet
In the blinding glare and heat
Threading film in a machine
That projects it on the screen
Keeping carbon lights aglow
Cleaning after every show
Looking out for censor's seals
Or rewinding all the reels
Mending breaks by clever patches
Blamed for laboratory scratches
Unseen is the part that's his
This unhonored craftsman is
THE MOVIE OPERATOR
Willard F. Blood
B: Feb. 01, 1862
Illinois
D: Apr. 30, 1929
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Agnes May Griffith
B: Mar. 31, 1872
Iowa
D: Dec. 16, 1950
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Wife:
Neva Rosetta (Cross) Blood
B: Oct. 23, 1898
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
D: Mar. 01, 1981
Mesa, AZ.
Kenneth Griffith Blood was born on April 3, 1897 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the only child of Willard and Agnes Blood. He married Neva Cross on July 6, 1919 in Sioux Falls. Son-in-law to George and Julia Cross. Brother-in-law to Ione (Bill) Allan, Georgia (Joe) Wolden, Warren (Arley) Cross, Sam (Velma) Cross and Judy (Ernie) Johnson. Ken was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. He and Neva spent summers at their cabin at Lake Madison in South Dakota. He played hard and he worked hard as the chief projectionist at the Hollywood Theater in Sioux Falls. This tribute to the projectionist by poet Alvin Richard Plough was published in 1917 in the Motion Picture News.
An Unhonored Craftsman
There's a man we never see
Given no publicity
Working on so you may view
All the movies that are new
Without flickering or break
Though his tired arms may ache
Ever watching through his "peep"
Into darkness broad and deep
Save when penetrating ray
Lights the screen as bright as day
Toiling ever on his feet
In the blinding glare and heat
Threading film in a machine
That projects it on the screen
Keeping carbon lights aglow
Cleaning after every show
Looking out for censor's seals
Or rewinding all the reels
Mending breaks by clever patches
Blamed for laboratory scratches
Unseen is the part that's his
This unhonored craftsman is
THE MOVIE OPERATOR
Parents
Willard F. Blood
B: Feb. 01, 1862
Illinois
D: Apr. 30, 1929
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Agnes May Griffith
B: Mar. 31, 1872
Iowa
D: Dec. 16, 1950
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Wife:
Neva Rosetta (Cross) Blood
B: Oct. 23, 1898
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
D: Mar. 01, 1981
Mesa, AZ.
Kenneth Griffith Blood was born on April 3, 1897 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the only child of Willard and Agnes Blood. He married Neva Cross on July 6, 1919 in Sioux Falls. Son-in-law to George and Julia Cross. Brother-in-law to Ione (Bill) Allan, Georgia (Joe) Wolden, Warren (Arley) Cross, Sam (Velma) Cross and Judy (Ernie) Johnson. Ken was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. He and Neva spent summers at their cabin at Lake Madison in South Dakota. He played hard and he worked hard as the chief projectionist at the Hollywood Theater in Sioux Falls. This tribute to the projectionist by poet Alvin Richard Plough was published in 1917 in the Motion Picture News.
An Unhonored Craftsman
There's a man we never see
Given no publicity
Working on so you may view
All the movies that are new
Without flickering or break
Though his tired arms may ache
Ever watching through his "peep"
Into darkness broad and deep
Save when penetrating ray
Lights the screen as bright as day
Toiling ever on his feet
In the blinding glare and heat
Threading film in a machine
That projects it on the screen
Keeping carbon lights aglow
Cleaning after every show
Looking out for censor's seals
Or rewinding all the reels
Mending breaks by clever patches
Blamed for laboratory scratches
Unseen is the part that's his
This unhonored craftsman is
THE MOVIE OPERATOR
Willard F. Blood
B: Feb. 01, 1862
Illinois
D: Apr. 30, 1929
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Agnes May Griffith
B: Mar. 31, 1872
Iowa
D: Dec. 16, 1950
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
Wife:
Neva Rosetta (Cross) Blood
B: Oct. 23, 1898
Sioux Falls, S. Dak.
D: Mar. 01, 1981
Mesa, AZ.
Kenneth Griffith Blood was born on April 3, 1897 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the only child of Willard and Agnes Blood. He married Neva Cross on July 6, 1919 in Sioux Falls. Son-in-law to George and Julia Cross. Brother-in-law to Ione (Bill) Allan, Georgia (Joe) Wolden, Warren (Arley) Cross, Sam (Velma) Cross and Judy (Ernie) Johnson. Ken was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. He and Neva spent summers at their cabin at Lake Madison in South Dakota. He played hard and he worked hard as the chief projectionist at the Hollywood Theater in Sioux Falls. This tribute to the projectionist by poet Alvin Richard Plough was published in 1917 in the Motion Picture News.
An Unhonored Craftsman
There's a man we never see
Given no publicity
Working on so you may view
All the movies that are new
Without flickering or break
Though his tired arms may ache
Ever watching through his "peep"
Into darkness broad and deep
Save when penetrating ray
Lights the screen as bright as day
Toiling ever on his feet
In the blinding glare and heat
Threading film in a machine
That projects it on the screen
Keeping carbon lights aglow
Cleaning after every show
Looking out for censor's seals
Or rewinding all the reels
Mending breaks by clever patches
Blamed for laboratory scratches
Unseen is the part that's his
This unhonored craftsman is
THE MOVIE OPERATOR
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