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The Ralph B. Faulkner Archive
Previously unpublished artifacts from the Ralph B. Faulkner Archive have been made available to the public for the very first time here at the Museum of TrailingEdge Archives.
Former Olympian, Ralph B. Faulkner, famously known as "The Swashbuckler to the Stars," was the preeminent Hollywood sword master during the Golden Era of Cinema. Ralph B. Faulkner was the fencing master who trained and choreographed Errol Flynn, Douglass Fairbanks Jr, Basil Rathbone, Danny Kaye and countless other Hollywood stars, for their famous Hollywood and television roles.
Ralph B. Faulkner also taught, from scratch to prominence, arguably the greatest American fencer of all time, Janice-Lee York Romary, who is also featured prominently in the Ralph B. Faulkner archive. Romary's long lost and very earliest accomplishments are detailed here for the first time in modern times.
Janice-Lee York Romary's 10 U.S. fencing championships is more than any other male or female American fencer in history. She was also the first woman in history to compete in six (6) Olympic Games. Janice-Lee York Romary was honored at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City as the first woman in history to carry the flag for the United States.
Helene Julie Mayer, is also spotlighted in this Archive. Many historians argue that Helene Mayer is the greatest international female fencer of all time. She was named by Sports Illustrated as one of the Top 100 Female Athletes of the 20th Century,
The below photo, which is part of the Ralph B. Faulkner archive, is the only known photo in the world showing both Helene Julie Mayer and Ralph B. Faulkner together.
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Helene Julie Mayer and Ralph B. Faulkner
1936-1938
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Helene Julie Mayer and Ralph B. Faulkner
1936-1938
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Helene Julie Mayer
January 1929
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Helene Julie Mayer
January 1929
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August 3, 1932
Los Angeles Times
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Note: Many more fabulous period clippings on Helene Mayer may be found at the very end of this exhibit!
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April 8, 1935
The Oakland Tribune
Helena Mayer vanquishes Edith Jane, the defending title holder, to capture the Pacific Coast Women's Individual title. At this time both Ralph B. Faulkner and Helene Mayer were fencing for the same club, The Los Angeles Athletic Club. Ralph B. Faulkner and Edith Jane were, of course, inseparable at this juncture.
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Ralph B. Faulkner meets Edith Jane, his life-long partner
February 16, 1927
As part of a promotion for the Los Angeles Athletic Club, where Ralph B. Faulkner fenced, a demonstration match was held between Ralph B. Faulkner and Edith Jane, "last year's women's and men's champs for Southern California." According to Mr. Faulkner's diary, he met Edith and became close friends with her in 1925, and so he all but certainly made the arrangement for this LAAC fencing exhibition with her directly.
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Ralph B. Faulkner in front of an absolutely stunning scenic background.
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June 16, 1936
Los Angles Times
Ralph B. Faulkner officially turns professional on June 16, 1936
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July 11, 1937
Los Angeles Times
After a year of turning professional, Ralph B. Faulkner is already the famous swashbuckler to the stars. Pictured above, he is attacking Cesar Romero, and in a high-profile spot in the LA Times, as a promotional piece. Because volumes have been written on Ralph B. Faulkner's connection to the Hollywood movie industry, I will not elaborate on it further here.
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The Original Falcon School
1937 to 1944
5610 Hollywood Blvd, LA, CA.
This is the original site of the school at 5610 Hollywood Blvd, from 1937 to 1944, before moving to 5526 Hollywood Blvd, in 1944, to combine operations with The Edith Jane School of Dancing. The consolidation was not just out of convenience, but out of necessity. During the war years there were fewer swashbuckler movies for Ralph B. Faulkner (the Boss) to work in and there was a significant drop in school enrollment due to war drafts and social disruption. These were tougher times for the Boss, financially, so the merger with Edith's operation made a lot of sense.
I will mention briefly why we called the Boss "the Boss." He never once asked us to call him that. We called him the Boss because everyone else who came before us was was calling him that. It was a closely adhered-to tradition. It was a common understanding among all the Salle members, except for the occasional crazy, that it was very disrespectful to call him anything else, though the Boss himself probably couldn't have cared less.
The Boss met Janice-Lee York, as she was known at the time, at Max Reinhardt's Junior Workshop, where he taught fencing part-time, from August/September of 1938 to 1939 (see below), so just a little bit over a year.
Janice-Lee York was also pursuing theater at Max Reinhardt's Junior Workshop, where her father worked as the Registrar of the Workshop. She appeared in numerous plays, along with her brother Rusty and her friend Skip Shurtz (see article below). Her brother, Rusty, was recognized at being particularly gifted at acting, having been compared to Mickey Rooney.
Note: Skip was apparently not too fond of his formal name "Sewall." Once spoken to over the phone and accidentally called "Sewall," there was a long period of silence that followed.
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The Falcon School in 1937 (left), the year it opened (at the old address before moving).
I imagine that the dark car parked directly in front
of the entrance to the school might be the Boss's. Because the Boss was there much of the time, I imagine it might have been his "reserved" parking space, so to speak.
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Period Advertisement For The Falcon School
(page 24)
The amazing, but tragicly sad, story of the Carthay Circle Theatre is another story....
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May 30, 1938
Los Angles Times
Janice-Lee York's father, Shelby York (shown above) was on Max Reinhardt's executive staff responsible for the formation of Max Reinhardt's workshop.
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August 20, 1938
The Citizen News
Ralph B. Faulkner signs on to teach fencing part-time at the Max Reinhardt Workshop and complete their faculty roster! The Boss taught there for the extra money and to recruit new Falcons, Falconettes and Falcon Fledglings into the flock. This is where he would later meet and start teaching Janice-Lee York at Max Reinhardt's Junior Workshop.
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August 27, 1938
The Citizen News (Hollywood)
Ralph B. Faulkner is listed among the faculty at the Max Reinhardt Workshop.
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August 28, 1938
Los Angeles Times
In August/September 1938 the Boss started teaching part-time at the Max Reinhardt Junior Workshop, while also maintaining his regular Salle at Falcon Studios. Many incorrectly believe that that Max Rinehardt's local operation moved into Falcon Studios, which is not true. Instead the Boss was just teaching part-time at The Max Reinhardt Studio's dedicated location for only a little over a year.
It's worth noting that Adolph Bolm's highly innovative cutting-edge group started rehearsals at the Falcon School, which they then performed, quite spectacularly, at The Hollywood Bowl.
Ralph B. Faulkner MoTEA Archive
September 4, 1938
The Pittsburg Press, PA
Shelby York, Janice-Lee York's father, became the Registrar of the Max Reinhardt Workshop school of the theatre in Hollywood.
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November 1, 1939
The Citizen News
"The Faulkner members of the fair sex recently made a clean
sweep of the city women's foil matches and placed..."
1. Helen Holroyd,
2. Joan Doan
3. Janice York
4. Jean Hulsman
5. Mildred Harris
"...in the first five places."
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November 18, 1940
The Van Nuys News and Valley Green Sheet
Janice-Lee York, her brother Rusty, known as "a second Mickey Rooney" and Sewall Shurtz starred in various plays at Max Reinhardt's Junior Workshop. That's how Janice-Lee met the Boss and first started taking foil lessons with him.
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November 1, 1939
Los Angeles Evening Citizen News - Hollywood
The Boss giving lessons at the Max Reinhardt Workshop. This is the very fencing floor where Janice-Lee York first started to learn how to fence. Note that this location is at the Max Reinhardt Studio, not the Falcon Studio.
The Boss was a hugely sweet and likable person who got along great with literally everyone. He seemed to be ego-free and never once bragged about his accomplishments, except for the accomplishments of his students. The only way a newcomer to the Salle would transiently think otherwise, was a rare and unpredictable moment that would happen about once every few months. We would be bouting and then walls would start rumbling (mataphorically) while the Boss very loudly and very s-l-o-w-l-y roared in deep low rich tone, "NNNNOOOOOOOooooooooooo......" while giving a lesson to a student obviously not paying attention and repeating some mistake over-and-over. The whole Salle, at all 4 corners, would come to a literal screeching standstill, in an instant moment of shock we all looked over at the lesson, and then at each other. I imagine few mistakes would ever be repeated after that. It was always done in a loving way, though, but I think it worked wonders.
Like all of us, he had a few quirks as well. The biggest I can remember, by far, is that he never threw out old burned-out incandescent light bulbs. He asked me to add them to a growing box in the storeroom, in case they might be useful for some purpose, someday. Although he never voiced it, I think he got this from his experiences working on sets in movies, where one often needs to improvise with spontaneous props.
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June 1, 1940
Hollywood - The Citizen-News
Before the U.S. entered World War 2, Falcon Studio was experiencing explosive growth, as can be seen in the above article. However, during
the war there was a considerable drop in the Boss's income because there were significantly fewer swashbuckler movies being made (for him to work in) and the war draft shrunk the fencing ranks (see the above Introduction).
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March 31, 1941
Los Angeles Times
The Boss' Secret Ceremony for inducting new fencers is revealed to the press. The Secret Ceremony for inducting new fencers is mentioned in at least two clippings. This was apparently promotional gimmick used to attract new talent during this period of explosive growth.
"Janicelee York" and Polly Craus are listed as an attendees as well as Edith Jane, a noted five-time Pacific Coast Champion.
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April 15, 1940
Los Angeles Evening Citizen News - Hollywood
Janice-Lee York's earliest great accomplishment in fencing.
A "12-year-old sensation," Janice-Lee York, the Boss's child fencing prodigy, suddenly captures the Junior Pacific Coast Championship foil title on April 15, 1940! The museum of TrailingEdge Archives is apparently the first to report this online (the main online sources on Janice-Lee mistakenly state that she first won the Junior Pacific Coast Championship at age 14 in 1941, or the 1940 event is not mentioned at all). Further, in 1941, according to the press clipping she tied for first place in the Intermediate Class, not the Junior Class. However, in the Archive's scan of the The Riposte, she actually took second. To summarize:
1) Janice-Lee won the Junior Pacific Coast Championship in 1940, at age 12, which is a year earlier than previously thought.
2) Janice-Lee never won the Junior Pacific Coast Championship in 1941. According to the clipping shown below, taken from April 21, 1941, she tied for first in the Intermediate class Pacific Coast Championship, not the Junior Class. However, according to The Riposte (see below), Janice-Lee York actually took second.
MoTEA is apparently the first to report online, in modern day, this very early championship of Janice-Lee York at 12 years old.
*********IMPORTANT UPDATE******* 6/3/2021
As it turns out, MoTEA has in its Archive the May 1940 and June 1941 issues of The Riposte, which for those two years posted the results of the Pacific Coast Championships. (The Riposte was the official magazine of the governing body that preceded American Fencing). The Curator scanned the relevant pages and posted in this Archive.
The Riposte confirms that Janice-Lee York, at the age of 12, took first place in the 1940 "Individual Junior Championship" in the Pacific Coast Championships:
1. Janice Lee York, Faulkner School of Fencing, Hollywood
2. Virginia Westlake, Utah Division, Salt Lake City.
3. Mary Jean Clark, Faulkner School of Fencing, Hollywood
ALSO, in 1941 she didn't tie for first place, as the April 21 1941 Los Angeles Times sports section maintains. According the The Riposte, Janice-Lee York took second in the Intermediate Class. Most likely, it was a mistake, or reported incorrectly, to the LA Times that it was a tie. It's possible it may have been a highly contested Final bout.
See immediately Below!
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May 1940
The Riposte
This confirms that Janice-Lee York won the Junior Pacific Coast Championship at age 12.
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April 21, 1941
Los Angeles Times
sports section; Page 21
According to this clipping, Janice-Lee York tied for first place in the 1941 Pacific Coast Intermediate Class Championship. Many incorrectly claim she won the Junior Pacific Coast Championships in 1941. In summary, the clipping from The Faulkner Archive maintains that she tied in the Intermediate Class. Later in this Archive, The Riposte magazines shows she actually took second.
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Above: June 1941 Photo of Mavis Myre
Mention in the April 21, 1941 article above:
"Tiny 11-year-old Mavis Myre of Los Angeles paced her Faulkner School team to victory in the women's junior foil event."
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This confirms that Janice-Lee York did not win the PCC Junior Individual Women's Foil in 1941, Emilie Romaine did.
For the PCCs Intermediate Individual Women's Foil:
1. Muriel Calkins, Los Angeles A. C.
2. Janicelee York, Faulkner School
3. Moreene Fitz, the Cavaliers
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January 27, 1941
San Francisco Examiner (sports section). Pg. 19
Pictured above, is the earliest known photograph of Janice-Lee York as a fencer. This forgotten/lost clipping was uncovered by Curator. It well-personifies Janice Lee's explosive and meteoric rise as she bursts onto the scene. Note her laser-focused eyes.
Nine months after Janice-Lee captured the Junior Pacific Coast Junior Championship (at the age of 12; see above) she was already a fencing media sensation, at age 13, as this clipping suggests. This clipping is first reported here by the Faulkner Archive's Curator. Her facial expression is quite serious. Those appear to be palm trees at the bottom of the clip.
This photo is taken from a worm's eye view. One possible reason why this clipping may have been lost in the sands of time and resurfaced now (Faulkner Archive) was in its day, the under-the-skirt impromptu view may have been considered inappropriate by some. The West Coast Fencing Archive has one of the original press photographs.
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January 26, 1941
Minneapolis Star Journal, Pg. 12
This is the earliest known photograph of Janice-Lee York as a fencer, and at an age of 13 years and 5 months old. It is from a long lost/forgotten newspaper clipping uncovered by the Curator. The next earliest photo, at age 14, is found both here and at The West Coast Fencing Archive. This previously unknown/forgotten clipping in modern day (from the Faulkner Archive) well-personifies Janice Lee's explosive and meteoric rise to greatness! She is literally exploding onto the scene in this debut photograph! The West Coast Fencing Archive apparently has one of the original press photographs.
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This previously unknown/forgotten clipping (in "modern" times) certainly features one of the most remarkable photographs ever taken of Janice-Lee York, and at 13 years old, the earliest known of her as a fencer. It perfectly personifies her explosively flinging into national prominence. The West Coast Fencing Archive apparently has one of the original press photos.
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August 15, 1942
Hollywood Citizen News
This clipping, uncovered by the Curator, is possibly the only photo known of Janice-Lee York "fencing" Helene Mayer. It's remarkable that by age 14 Janice-Lee was already crossing steel with arguably the greatest female athlete of her era. Helene Mayer was introduced at the top of this exhibit.
As can be seen above, in the early days the press would concatenate "Janice" and "Lee" as "Janicelee."
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March 9, 1942
Brooklyn Eagle
Janice-Lee York wins the All-Eastern Intercollegiate fencing championship at age 14.
Because of her father's job and her family being relatively well-off financially, Janice-Lee traveled a lot to fence,
which enabled her to seize on her prodigious fencing talents.
By contrast, Polly was more of a "working class" individual at that time, but still relatively well-off. Polly once mentioned that at this particular juncture in her life she was making about $75 a week as a studio "script girl" supporting both herself and her mom. At the time she said her monthly rent (for both her and her mom) was also approximately $75. This left enough disposable income for Polly to develop her amazing talents as a fencer.
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There appears to be a misunderstanding concerning this photo by some other online museums, which claim that this is a photo of Janice-Lee York and the Boss celebrating after her winning the PCC Junior Championship in 1941 and at 14 years old.
There is a problem with this interpretation:
First, According to contemporary press reports in the Faulkner Archive, she won the PCC Junior Championship a year earlier in 1940, and at age 12, not 1941 at age 14. This was confirmed by checking with the Museum's physical archive of The Riposte, from 1940 and 1941.
Second, According to the Faulkner Archive clipping, she was tied for first place in the PCC Intermediate Championship in 1941, at age 13, not the Junior Championship, at age 14. HOWEVER, the PCCs reported in The Riposte (featured in this exhibit from the Faulkner Archive) said she came in second (2nd), not tied for first. This raises the interesting possibility of it being a highly-contested final bout.
Hence, the date cannot be right, assuming the statuette is, in fact, from the PCCs.
Third: I believe at this time the give-aways at the PCC's were always medals, not trophies, for the junior events. Also, the statuette is distinctly different from the PCC perpetuals (for example the presence of hat and cape).
Given the above, if it is, in fact, from 1941, then it would seem more likely to be a celebration of Janice-Lee capturing the All Eastern Interscholastic Championship in 1941, which she did at age 14 (see clipping above). She fenced in it "unattached" not out of disloyalty to the Boss, but because she had to represent a school because of the rules, but wanted to stay a Falconette.
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A Falconette or Falcon Fledgling in 1941/42
1941/1942
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Left Image: Copyright © 2021 Ralph B. Faulkner MoTT Archive Right Image: Ralph B. Faulkner MoTEA Archive
Left closeup: 1941/1942 Right closeup: Janice-Lee York 1942
Left Image: Presently unknown Falconette. There is some similarity to Janice-Lee York, but also some differences.
Right Image: Another print of, as well as a very excellent article on Janice-Lee York Romary; may also be found at The West Coast Fencing Archive. It is a mirror-reversed print of her showing her as she would look as a left-hander with the Falcon patch and buttons on her right side. Probably whoever originally made the print, accidentally L-R reversed the negative in the negative holder of the enlarger. Then it was made again without the reversal.
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This "V" for victory Falcon photo was written about several times in the press in early 1942 (article not presently scanned) indicating that it was taken to commemorate victory in the world war that the United States had just entered.
Hence, this photograph was taken sometime between December 8th 1941 and early 1942. Four (4) other photographs were taken as part of a series and carefully arranged and directed by the Boss. The identical dates of these photographs are determined by closely observing the arrangement of the purses along the back wall and the Falcon Club News board in the back between the various photos, indicating they were probably taken in the same day.
The Boss said he had to recruit a few of Edith Jane's dancers for the shot, in order to properly fill out the "V" formation.
The same unknown Falconette noted above is standing next to Polly, and appears next to Polly, or very close by, in many other photographs.
1941/1942
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Group shot of the so called "Falcon Fledglings"
The clock and chest location on the left places this shot at the far right-hand side of the Salle. The space had Falcon-high ceilings, a feature that appealed to the Boss.
(see photo later in this exhibit to orient oneself)
1941/1942
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June 13, 1941
The Citizen News (Hollywood)
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August 10, 1941
Los Angeles Times
What an amazing day this must have been at Griffith Park!
Note that Edith Jane was a five-time Pacific Coast Women's Champion.
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September 6, 1941
The Citizen News
This pretty much sets the stage for the pictures of Falcon Studios that follows. The growth of the Salle leading up to the US entering the war was explosive and unprecedented.
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Polly Craus crossing steel with a presently unknown Falconette.
1941/1942
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A Falconette and Falcon Infight, Corps-a-Corps.
1941/1942
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The Boss (Ralph B. Faulkner), not too surprisingly far from the saber action (staged)
1941/1942
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Polly Craus and several presently unknown Falconettes. Note the beautifully formed high septime stop-thrust by the top Falconette.
1941/1942
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A presently unknown falconette, and several others.
1941/1942
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Polly Craus
1941/1942
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Numerous Falcons and a Falconette. That's possibly Ted Lorber in the back.
1941/1942
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A number of Falconettes along with Polly Craus
1941/1942
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The Boss observes his Falcons, Falconettes and Falcon Fledglings.
1941/1942
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Herbert (Herb) Sauke (top of image) and several other Falcons.
1941/1942
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Helene Julie Mayer and Ralph B. Faulkner
1936 to 1938
complete with accompanying note
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Ralph B. Faulkner - Profile - Sea Hawk
1939
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Falcons
1941/1942
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Herbert (Herb) Sauke and The Falcon Club News
Observe the Falcon Club News Panel
Note the worm's eye view of a lunging fencer pinned at the upper-left side of the Falcon Club News panel. This looks very similar to the lunging Janice-Lee when she was 13 (see above January 26 and January 28, 1941 clippings). It is possible it is her, though the hair looks to be different.
1941/1942
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Unknown Falconettes.
1941/1942
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Unknown Falconettes.
1941/1942
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Polly Craus and numerous Falconettes, and a Falcon
1941/1942
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The Falcon School in 1941/1942
5610 Hollywood Blvd
(the original site of the school before moving to 5526 Hollywood Blvd to combine operations with The Edith Jane School of Dancing)
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Flash Forward to March 1948
The Amateur Swordsman
March 1948
Scanned by MoTEA
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Note: Bruce Dickinson, the drummer for Iron Maiden, also competed in this event.
Note: The bronze medal winner is the Curator of this museum.
Note: The first Memorial was held in March 1987 at FSF. This happened while the school was still running after the Boss' passing. Former Pacific Coast Saber Individual Champion, Carlos Fuertes, won the event.
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...very artistic with demi-lunar background!
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BONUS FILM WITH JANICE-LEE YORK AND POLLY CRAUS
"Woman Spears" - Point Counterpoint - West Coast Girl's Fencing School Turns Out Perennial Champions - Narrated by Virginia Gregg
STARRING:
Falcon School of Fencing Falconets,
Janice-Lee York Romary, Polly Craus
Film courtesy of The Boss. We transferred it from film to digital and it is now posted to YouTube at the above link.
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