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17 Friday Aug 2012
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Like many of the socialites of her day, Sylvia was involved in charity work. This post’s photo shows her with Colonel Jack Warner, executive producer of Warner Brothers studio, and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt.
Silky and Mrs. Vanderbilt were part of the Thomas J. Watson committee that provided wartime funds from the motion picture industry. It was just one of several committees Silky participated in during World War II. I imagine, as a widow, she needed to keep herself busy.
The three fundraisers were discussing ticket sales of Irving Berlin’s “This Is The Army” which opened July 28th, 1943 at the Hollywood Theater. All proceeds from the film went to the Army Emergency Relief fund.