Born: 1896 (Sicily)
Occupation: Owned meat market; film producer; painter and paper hanger
Ethnic Background: Italian (Sicily)
Interviewer: Theresa DePippo
Comments: Rosario was one of a group of children present at congressional hearings on the 1912 Strike. He had been working as a yarn boy. He met President Taft. His father owned a market and the Cosmopolitan Theatre. He and his brother built a film studio, wrote screen plays, and made films. He toured Canada with their film St. Genevieva. Recollections of Common St., Newbury St., and Essex St.
See also # 18
Collection
Lawrence History Center Oral History Collection
https://www.lawrencehistorycenter.org/files/audio/oh/2007.500.116-conta…
Date (created)
1982-04-29