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  1. Feb 8, 2015 · It all began 100 years ago, on Feb. 8, 1915, when Carrie Davies shot Charles Bert Massey to death. That killing on a quiet residential street in Toronto quickly became a sensation.

  2. Nov 7, 2018 · Fritz Lang (1890-1976) The director of Metropolis (1926), M (1931) and Fury (1936) needs no introduction. While serving with the Imperial Landwehr Field Gun Division No.13, Fritz Lang exposed himself to enemy fire three times to report on Russian fortifications in Galicia between October 1915 and March 1916.

  3. Aug 17, 2017 · In March of 1915, The Birth of a Nation opened to positive reviews and large crowds. The NAACP’s attempt to get the film banned, some professed, failed because the “mostly white” film board ignored their pleas. Wilson was too busy to care.

  4. Mar 18, 2021 · Gray begins the book with the shooting and death of Bert Massey on February 8, 1915 as he approached the door of his home. His maid, Carrie Davis, was arrested. The book proceeds to describe Carrie’s treatment by the justice system, what Toronto was like at that time, and the Massey family.

  5. Oct 13, 2013 · But the Massey crime, the death of Bert Massey, really appealed because it happened in 1915, a pretty crucial year in Canadian history. At the same time, it happened in Toronto, a city that...

  6. Sep 6, 2013 · A scandalous crime, a sensational trial, a surprise verdict—the true story of Carrie Davies, the maid who shot a Massey. In February 1915, a member of one of Canada’s wealthiest families was shot and killed on the front porch of his home in Toronto as he was returning from work.

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    Exactly 100 years after the Armenian genocide committed within the Ottoman Empire, a director (Simon Abkarian) is staging a play at the historic Los Angeles Theatre to honor the victims of the massacre.