NOV. 22 ISSUE ANSWERS: Vilma Banky (1901-1991) was a silent movie star. She was born in Hungary where she started her acting career. Samuel Goldwyn discovered her and brought her to Hollywood. American audiences loved her acting and called her “The Hungarian Rhapsody.” In the 1920s, she was Goldwyn’s biggest money earner. She played mostly romances. In 1927 the film industry went through a major change-sound. Now the audience could hear what the actors were saying. This was a big problem for Vilma. She had a strong Hungarian accent. This didn’t go well with her fans. As with other actors at the time voice was important. This ended her movie career. Her films would have been shown at Romeo’s Palace Theater at 117 South Main Street in Romeo. Frank Parker constructed his theater in 1905 using the new masonry block technique. For 23 years silent films were shown here. The piano was played by Ella Arnold to gve sound effects to the films. In 1930 the silent films ended and the building became the Juliet Theater showing the new “talkies.” R. Beringer, Romeo Historical Society staff