{"id":3774,"date":"2021-05-07T22:55:49","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T22:55:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/?page_id=3774"},"modified":"2021-05-09T01:07:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-09T01:07:31","slug":"warburton-guilbert-1896-1939","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/features\/warburton-guilbert-1896-1939\/","title":{"rendered":"Warburton Guilbert 1896-1939"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Francis Warburton Guilbert was born in 1896 into Racine&#8217;s wealthy class to parents A. Arthur Guilbert, architect, and Bessie Bull Guilbert, daughter of Stephen Bull, one of the giants of the Case Corporation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Gerald Karwowski, a local history buff who operates the Oak Clearing Museum near Union Grove, said Guilbert wrote 3,114 songs &#8230; Jerry has 1,485 pieces of unpublished Guilbert sheet music so he has a way to go to get a complete file of Guilbert music.&#8221; &#8212; Racine Journal Times, September 9, 1996.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/warburton-headshop-1928.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/warburton-headshop-1928.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3778\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/warburton-headshop-1928.jpg 320w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/warburton-headshop-1928-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>F. Warburton Guilbert in 1928, age 32.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scott-fitzgerald-author-evil-eye_1_639bf3a7a67d0a58224bcada13cd3765.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"284\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scott-fitzgerald-author-evil-eye_1_639bf3a7a67d0a58224bcada13cd3765.jpg\" alt=\"Warburton Guilbert worked with F. Scott Fitzgerald while they were both in Princeton's Triangle Club producing musical comedies. The Evil Eye was produced in the 1915-1916 season.\" class=\"wp-image-3781\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scott-fitzgerald-author-evil-eye_1_639bf3a7a67d0a58224bcada13cd3765.jpg 284w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/scott-fitzgerald-author-evil-eye_1_639bf3a7a67d0a58224bcada13cd3765-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 284px) 100vw, 284px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Warburton Guilbert worked with F. Scott Fitzgerald while they were both in Princeton&#8217;s Triangle Club producing musical comedies. The Evil Eye was produced in the 1915-1916 season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/H1042-L71501430.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"988\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/H1042-L71501430.jpg\" alt=\"Here Warburton teamed up with F. Scott Fitzgerald again to produce Safety First during the Triangle Club's 1916-1917 season.\" class=\"wp-image-3783\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/H1042-L71501430.jpg 750w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/H1042-L71501430-228x300.jpg 228w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Here Warburton teamed up with F. Scott Fitzgerald again to produce Safety First during the Triangle Club&#8217;s 1916-1917 season.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/photo-of-warburton-from-Gerry-Karwowski-184312073_3498017140299887_8134265864637011806_n-679x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3798\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/photo-of-warburton-from-Gerry-Karwowski-184312073_3498017140299887_8134265864637011806_n-679x1024.jpg 679w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/photo-of-warburton-from-Gerry-Karwowski-184312073_3498017140299887_8134265864637011806_n-199x300.jpg 199w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/photo-of-warburton-from-Gerry-Karwowski-184312073_3498017140299887_8134265864637011806_n.jpg 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><figcaption>Warburton in about 1917, from Gerry Karwowski&#8217;s collection<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1922: Death of father A. Arthur Guilbert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1926: Mother Bessie Bull Guilbert becomes ill<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1928: Death of mother Bessie Bull Guilbert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>April 7, 1930, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, Francis 33 is an Actor and Composer for Motion Pictures. He rents his home @ $90 per month and has a roommate, Clarence S. Bliss 50, an Insurance Salesman. From the 1930 Federal Census.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/new-faces-of-1934-Fulton-Theater-91AEbtl-xML._AC_SL1500_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/new-faces-of-1934-Fulton-Theater-91AEbtl-xML._AC_SL1500_-669x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3786\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/new-faces-of-1934-Fulton-Theater-91AEbtl-xML._AC_SL1500_-669x1024.jpg 669w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/new-faces-of-1934-Fulton-Theater-91AEbtl-xML._AC_SL1500_-196x300.jpg 196w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/new-faces-of-1934-Fulton-Theater-91AEbtl-xML._AC_SL1500_-768x1176.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/new-faces-of-1934-Fulton-Theater-91AEbtl-xML._AC_SL1500_.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Warburton&#8217;s show business career appears to have peaked in 1934 in the musical comedy, New Faces (sometimes called New Faces of 1934) at the Fulton Theater (now Helen Hayes Theater), 210 W. 46th St., New York. New Faces put on 149 performances before it closed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/140148449_1466979598.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"750\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/140148449_1466979598-1024x750.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3789\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/140148449_1466979598-1024x750.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/140148449_1466979598-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/140148449_1466979598-768x562.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/140148449_1466979598-1536x1125.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/140148449_1466979598.jpg 1861w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Racine Journal Times, October 5, 1939: To Hold Services Friday Afternoon for F. W. Guilbert<br>Ashes of the late F. Warburton Guilbert, former Racine resident, who died September 22 in Hollywood, will be brought to Racine and will be deposited in a grave on the Stephen Bull lot in Mound cemetery. Services will be held Friday at 2 p. m. at the grave. Rev. Alexander Simpson of St. Luke&#8217;s Episcopal church will officiate. Mr. Guilbert was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. Arthur Guilbert and a grandson of the late Stephen Bull. Mr. Guilbert had won a wide reputation as a composer and musical director. Many of his productions were presented in radio broadcasts and in moving pictures. He also appeared in numerous stage productions. His death followed a short illness. 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